The hull was to be built from glass-reinforced plastic, known as a composite, something never tried on a large American military ship.
She was the first warship in the world to be constructed from glass-reinforced plastic.
The boat was originally manufactured in solid wood, although since the 1960s glass-reinforced plastic, or a sandwich of the two, is also used.
The sculpture is made from polymer concrete, steel and glass-reinforced plastic.
Fibre-reinforced polymers are in wide use today, as is glass-reinforced plastic.
The fuselage is made of glass-reinforced plastic around a steel tube frame.
The most commonly used in structural applications are glass-reinforced plastics.
The work is made of glass-reinforced plastic and the joints of steel.
The superstructure is made of light alloy and glass-reinforced plastic, which allow a reduction in top weight.
Since 1973, this design has been built in glass-reinforced plastic with the same weight distribution as the original wooden version.
