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Owing to the greater girth of a ship amidships than at the ends, certain strakes are dropped as they approach the bow and stern to reduce the amount of plating at the ends. What is the name given to these strakes?

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Owing to the greater girth of a ship amidships than at the ends, certain strakes are dropped as they approach the bow and stern to reduce the amount of plating at the ends. What is the name given to these strakes?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Shell plating layout along the length of a vessel (amidships vs. ends) • Meaning of stealer plates/stealer strakes in ship construction • What happens when a continuous strake is interrupted or terminated before reaching the bow or stern

💭 Think About

• Think about which term is used when a continuous line of plating (a strake) does not run full length and is deliberately ended as the hull narrows. • Consider which option names a type of strake rather than a space or a completely different structural feature. • Ask yourself: when plate rows are reduced in number toward the ends, what are the remaining strakes called, and what are the ones that are ended or replaced called?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which term refers specifically to spaces or empty areas inside the hull (those are not what this question is asking about). • Check which option is used in textbooks to describe strakes that are cut short or replaced as girth decreases toward bow and stern. • Confirm that the term you choose correctly matches: "certain strakes are dropped" as they approach the bow and stern, to reduce plating — focus on the word dropped.