The Elements of Wood Ship Construction

A shipyard manual on building large wooden vessels: moulding and framing, keelsons, planking, fastenings, caulking and launching. Richly illustrated with construction plans and details.

Charles Desmond

A practical treatise on modern wooden ship construction, with a supplement on laying off. Large plans and photographs show every stage of building a wooden hull.

H. Cole Estep

Written for carpenters and woodworkers who want to build boats and ships, and used as a school textbook. It explains lofting, bevelling, framing and planking with simple methods and many diagrams.

Richard M. Van Gaasbeek

A manual for shipbuilders, superintendents and marine engineers on how steel ships are built and kept in service: materials, framing, plating, bulkheads, strength calculations and maintenance. Includes folding plates reduced from working drawings.

Thomas Walton