Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 8, 22 June 1933 — FINS ON SHIP'S HULL ACT AS STABELIZERS [ARTICLE]

FINS ON SHIP'S HULL ACT AS STABELIZERS

ftns ptojeetmg outside the are in use a meatis o£ pwveutiug a i>teamsiiip from | seUlng in roiigh A §pecial steeriiig gear, whieh has & anall 87S06cope as its nerve center. coatrols the fins, When. the ship roiis» Uie leadliig of the fui ( Ott oae aide oi ilie huil w&ile Uie ol' Uie Uii oil ihe oUityr de;>ceuu«. The j£or-j molion ol' the ship eauses wai»r to exert a pressure sa\ Uie ima ttu\ī, eounter&.ets tho mllLag of Uie siup,

The fius eau bc drawn Inio Uke hull when not in use.