jumboize
/ˈdʒʌmbəʊʌɪz
/(also jumboise)
verb [with object]
Enlarge (a ship, especially a tanker) by inserting a new middle section between the bow and stern: the line has plans to jumboize some of its newer ships for the container trade...
- The Navy plans to jumboize all five ships of the fleet.
- One of our projects was to jumboize the ferries.
- Here is a a model I built of the 4th Oiler I served on during the Vietnam War 1963 three years before she was jumboized.
Derivatives
jumboization
- After jumboization the ships would emerge with an overall length of 644 feet and a full load displacement of 35000 tons.
- Technically, ship jumboization is said to have no bounds.
- Todd was no stranger to ship jumboization.
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