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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Milton O. Critchfield, Great Falls, VA (US);
Chin-Tun Kuo, Rockville, MD (US);
Loc B. Nguyen, Sterling, VA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/00 ;
Abstract
The metallic midship section of a hybrid marine vessel hull is attached through transition extensions thereof to bow and stem sections of the hull made of a fiber reinforced plastic having transition extensions of reduced cross-section abutting and/or overlapping the transition extensions of the metallic hull section and held firmly attached thereto by holding attachments carried by cover plating extending between the overlapped transition extensions.