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FROM:
“Learn ship design” by Subhodeep Ghosh:
http://lshipdesign.blogspot.com/2016_03_01_archive.html
Subhodeep Ghosh writes:
“ [The keel} is often referred to as the backbone of any ship. It is the chief structural member in the form of the center plane girder that runs longitudinally from fore to aft, generally a beam around which the entire hull is supported. This could be worth saying that the entire hull grows from strength to strength about the keel at the base. The structural strength and integrity of the keel, is a key determinant to the safety and the performance of the ship.”
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