FIRST WELD ON FIRST SHIP
LST 157
June 25, 1942

One of the great technological developments employed in shipbuilding during World War II was the process of arc welding. In arc welding, an electrical current is used to create an electrode that consists of material similar to that being welded which in turn is used to join sections of a ship.

Gift of the United States Navy
1948.151, 151

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