Hello!
Hmmm, Forgive me Bill but I do'nt think anyone's going to offer a WPS that was used in the construction of a still active United States Nuclear powered submarine... I know you did'nt mean any harm in your suggestion to this student but, If I remember correctly, that sort of info is to the best of my knowledge - still classified...
As far as the "boats" (That's right, Submarines are'nt called "ships" by the men that served or built them even though the 2nd letter "S" in "SSN" or "SSBN" stands for "Ship", and the first letter stands for "Sub") that have been decommisioned are concerned, one might be able to find some info about them at a location very near to this student. Please let me explain...
Since this student attends Ohio State University, then there should'nt be a problem for this student to go visit the Edison Welding Institute's Navy Joining Center which is close by and is affiliated with the university indirectly if I'm not mistaken...
I'm sure that they would be more than willing to help the student out with at least some of the info for the "Iowa" class battleships...
Heck, they might even have a database on those ships with the details necessary for this project. Hope this helps!
Respectfully,
SSBN727
Run Silent... Run Deep!!!
P.S. Iowa Class Battleships are just that... They're NOT "KANSAS
type warships (where do you get Kansas from???)... Also, I should point out to the student that the appropriate word to use instead of "boat", is "ship" when applied to a battleship!
Professor Crisi!!! Please stop calling Brazil a "Third world country" because, It is NOT a "Third world country"!!! It's a "Second world country"!!! ;>)