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stowed per row. In general, sweatboard-to-sweatboard
(4) Sweatboard-to-sweatboard stowage of
stowage increases in efficiency with compartment width
and in compartments having convex sheer such as
stowed in lower hold number 1, where camber and sheer
shown in figure 9-22. Camber and sheer angles are
angles are important factors influencing stowing and
quite severe in this type of hold, and loads stowed at the
dunnaging. Loads are maintained parallel with the
sweatboards require considerable vertical shoring. The
ship's center line and are made to bear tightly against
boarding separating the first row aft is essentially a full-
one another. Wood decking for the first tier is not
block construction; this construction is needed to fill a
required, as the item is unitized on wood skids. An
void at the edge of a step in the ship's deck, which
alternate sweatboard-to-sweatboard method for stowage
extends the width of the hold. This step is the reason
of projectiles is shown in figure 9-22. In this case, the
that the next rows forward are somewhat lower.
compact unit load of projectiles can be extended to the
hull, offering a significant gain in the number of pallets
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