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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 4341508, member: 54"]SS Ft. Meigs was launched on June 3, 1943 according to the info at link above. It could be a typo for June 8 which appears on the object. I’m thinking the item is some form of brake that got knocked off a rail to let the ship slide down the ways at launching. I’m not familiar with the mechanical details but an expendable brake of some kind would make sense. I think searches of ship launching would show something like it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 4341508, member: 54"]SS Ft. Meigs was launched on June 3, 1943 according to the info at link above. It could be a typo for June 8 which appears on the object. I’m thinking the item is some form of brake that got knocked off a rail to let the ship slide down the ways at launching. I’m not familiar with the mechanical details but an expendable brake of some kind would make sense. I think searches of ship launching would show something like it.[/QUOTE]
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