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How Are Cruise Ships Built - Episode 326

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A Bowling Ball Sinks

Archimedes' buoyancy principle says that if a thing weighs less than the amount of water it's displacing, it will sink. Most modern day cruise ships use something called an azimuth thruster to power their propellers. Azimuth thrusters are driven by electric motors and not rudders like in traditional engines.

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