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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