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Re: Mississagi hatch combings
Posted: June 26, 2012, 3:35 pm
by Brent
They were raised to help make up for loss of capacity taken up by the self unloading system. Note that the USS AAA have a raised trunk that was added when they were converted.
Re: Mississagi hatch combings
Posted: June 25, 2012, 6:29 pm
by Guest
They were raised when she was converted to a self-unloader to help her cube out when carrying coal.
Mississagi hatch combings
Posted: June 24, 2012, 10:55 pm
by rocky
Saw the Mississagi today at Port Huron and noticed the first five hatch combings are twice the height of the rest. Any reason why that is?