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Construction materials for ships and boats is as varied as the jobs the vessels do. Some materials used have been:

  • wood
  • metals, such as steel and aluminum
  • fiberglass (poyester resin or epoxy mixed with glass fibers)
  • carbon fiber composites
  • plastics
  • ice (no, I'm not kidding), pycrete (14% wood pulp or sawdust and 86% ice)
  • animal hides
  • cement (See concrete ships below)
  • cloth
  • rubber
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