Jason (AR 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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U.S.S. VIBURNUM KAN-57, ULITHI HARBOR Net Tender October i944 There WHS neither the time nor the material in the forward area for renewing the wOOd Cenetfuetien- Yet the ship could not proceed to a rear area until the hull was repeired- Therefefe, the Only solution was to lap a steel path over the damaged area. This Wee eeeempliehed by eempletely boxing in the ruptured keel with thirty-pound steel plate, which was secured with four-foot bolts. Twelve-inch H bars were bolted between the wooden frames on the upper side of the hold. Then the steel frames were welded between the b0Xed'in keel end the HHH bars. The pictures best illustrate the manner in which this was accomplished and the progress of the finished repairs. The steel plates were fitted to the frames and connected to the bow sheathing and steel sheathing aft. Q X 7 X if Mix? , 4 nj ' , Q -. e ll! it Wihwg tif, . Viidfve Ev L Q ,A 'V I xt U , - -o 1 I - . fn? 0 .' ' ' , , :Q X s.'?4Ka. ' .:Qg4'f , V, , Q92 ' . Q nf ill N Nuff, ... , Ii, ' an .X N ,.. ia lx ...t .kv C i-,-5 , ' , .N Q ,. .' N33 .- sv-Q . ' -,sissy 4, Q . N . 5 ' x , , s' Three of the five frames can be seen A1 external view of hull plating being here with hull plate being filleted filleted pf Second deck number, one hold, which was View from bridge deck shows beams being 7 changed from wood to steel construction fitted in place for the main deck C' nvvg-.1-.4 an 1 is. 6 Ffa ' I 516 xx I

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ULITHI HA u s s vlaumaun CAN-575 Qctober ,RW nefrender 94 u NUM truck a Japane u Thflqifgi VEZSRWTHCE blew a hole in the starboard side of number one hold. The netsl gi J itini-3 rafpped a hole in the starboard bow between frames seven and eighteen exp o ng m d twent five by fifteen feet The keel was raised a distance of twenty vggeihahniaillgiured atygrame twelve. The force of the explosion blew through the Second d k teari ' away the work shops, and COf1'UiT1u9d thrgugh the port Side of the main ec . deck The Dpsort' side was ruptured at frame twelve about five feet above the keel. The Pictures on this page and those on the following P3895 were 'sagem after the Ship WHS placed in a floating dry dock at Ulithi Harbor 11'l NOV9mb9I' 194 ' , ' 2 , ' 4 147171 X , v, 'n ,N I i 8. x I J . I J , , ! QQ 9 1 D x , K t ' . A 1 Q. ,g 2 Close view, looking aft on starboard side, dry- Starboard side looking forward from frmM218 doc ked in AFDL-82 showing forward end of rupture 1 Y at , . is il -tt . ' i X X , ,f X f . r L X X J. .Q Q ,Ar n W i Looking forward from the brid - - N ge viewi th , , .o . , 8 demolished main and second decksg 8 St'Mb'W f1 Slide looking forward from ffm' 1 p WSixtpelenwpipmpvqW-YN V W p Showing damaged keel - se mine in late October 1944 just outside the

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gr.. 'ullial ' ' ' ':g, Z.!E- Qredhw--. ' ' ' -f-f 'L' A UL mu HARBW u.s.s. ZIBURNUM CAN-577 october IQQQ Net Ten er ' el plate six feet, in width was To repair the rupture Og 2112.2 Igfrrainesside Tao S1-Ese-vent leakage whe re the steel 333:23 in place througnthe keellan FGWS were used. Ag theee eorewe were not available in over the wood, 918ht'inCh ee S5 in the JASQNV3 foundry. when the bull was completed the forward area they were caS red alongside the JASON in early January 1944, The the VIBURNUM was undocked and moo 1 d. Fmt 1 d d in decks over number one hold were complete y remove J ee -constructed 3233111 wgrle Tistalled and the shops on the second deck rebuilt. On 25 January the ship cleared the JASoN's side ready fOr duty in all TQSPGCJLS' ,. A frame welded to a twelve-inch H bar, which is bolted through the shelf and outer skin In Z S v rf '1 , 0 , X 4, W G' W ' f '5f:?.h-ff w it s E e 1 Vlew of completed hull lmmedlately F,-E1Qht een prlor to undocklng Section of keel boxed in with 30-pound 19181-0, and frames welded to the boxed-in section 118 N1 df Ili-f fnmflet L in Chia viivt J, 'l E. v I i 1 4 ' . Mak' U Lf XIV-1V 'I ' Q ' 1 1 'uh . i ' Uh 1 P if: ,mmf 1-A si lmlgs 'ide the U.S-S' 1 - , W-f-V-..-.n,..... , ,.,.,,,, H 'A