Straight decker
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title:
Straight decker
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A straight decker according to the original meaning of the term is a ship built with its pilothouse forward and engines aft to provide a continuous hold in between. This design originated to increase cargo capacity and facilitate loading and unloading of lake freighters on the U.S./Canadian Great Lakes routes. The current common meaning of "straight decker" upon the Great Lakes is a bulk/ore freighter which has not been equipped with self-unloading machinery. Straight deckers are mainly owned by
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_decker
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2024-04-19T02:11:07Z
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