Word: hull
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stabilizer fins for smoother steaming in rough weather. Planned for 1,300 passengers, compared to the Doria's 1,290, the Leonardo at 32,000 tons and 760 ft. is 10% heavier and longer. The extra weight is accounted for by safety precautions, including additional compartmenting of the hull. The Doria sank when three of its twelve compartments were flooded; the Da Vinci will float with three of its 15 compartments flooded. When the Leonardo goes into service in 1960, Italy expects to have a powerful new dollar earner as the flagship of her already prosperous fleet...
Radical Boat Design. Higgins, Inc., New Orleans boat builder (World War II PT-boats), demonstrated a new 52-ft.-10½-in.-long aluminum boat that can carry 30 passengers at 40 m.p.h. in rough waters. The boat's hull has a series of protruding edges angled to reduce water resistance and cushion pounding. Two 500-h.p. gas turbine engines power the craft. Price: about...
Radcliffe's Community Service Committee will hold its annual fund drive Monday through Wednesday of next week, D. Robin Hull '60, co-chairman, announced yesterday...
...Cliffe drive is run completely separately from the Harvard Combined Charities Drive, Miss Hull said, since Harvard is committed to certain charities which the Radcliffe community has not listed. The Harvard Drive will also be held next week...
...Cliffe contributors will be given the option to choose which of the specified charities they wish to support. They will also be able to write in any unspecified charity. Dormitory representatives will personally contact all students, Miss Hull added...