The invention involves a steel and the process of making it, which steel is especially adapted for welding at good productivity to produce a product well able to meet the special low temperature requirements for such purposes as ships for transporting liquified natural gas, without departing from normal steelmaking and rolling practices beyond ordinary normalizing. The steel for this and other reasonably similar purposes will have the following composition range:______________________________________ Percent Preferred Percent ______________________________________ Carbon 0.04 to 0.12 0.06 to 0.10 Manganese 0.30 to 0.90 0.65 to 0.85 Silicon 0.15 to 0.50 0.20 to 0.35 Nickel 0.15 to 0.50 Copper 0.15 to 0.40 Aluminum (acid soluble) 0.020 to 0.090 Aluminum (total) 0.025 to 0.100 Niobium (Columbium) 0.020 to 0.060 0.035 to 0.055 Iron and impurities, balance ______________________________________