By Professor Harry Benford (Emeritus) of the University of Michigan Historic Technical Paper Bridges the Gap Between Welds & Rivets SNAME is pleased to announce that “In Tribute to Riveted Ships” has been selected as a SNAME Featured Paper. This important work by Harry Benford, a renowned retired professor of naval architecture at the University of Michigan, serves a historic purpose. Riveted ships may have gone the way of the dinosaur, but the techniques employed will be understood by future generations of historians and architects thanks to this concise work of scholarship.