Word: calship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Calship's books are new contracts for 169 more ships...
...this progress a big bouquet must go to little-known California Shipbuilding Corp. Sprawled on Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor, Calship delivered 15 fat cargo ships in June-almost one-quarter of the whole U.S. total and an alltime world's record. Best the fabulous Hog Island yard ever did was eight a month. And they were only 7,500 tonners v. 10,500 tons for today's boats...
...Calship broke another world's record last week when it launched the Junipero Serra 41 days after keel-laying. The previous record was 46 days by Calship's archrival, Oregon Shipbuilding Corp...
...Today Calship is the No. 2 emergency U.S. shipyard. It cost $20,000,000, covers 175 acres, has 14 shipways and ten outfitting docks. Like most World War II shipyards, it uses assembly-line prefabrication methods. Its first ship, the John C. Fremont, was 273 days from keel to delivery; last week's Joseph McKenna, only 75. In February Calship delivered one ship, in March three, in April five, in May eleven and in June 15. Cried Maritime Commission Vice Chairman Admiral Vickery: "An inspiration to the nation...
Bechtel & McCone like such back-patting, but they have bigger goals ahead. In the first six months of 1942, the U.S. built 228 ships and admitted 332 sinkings. So Bechtel & McCone are talking of more work, more expansion, faster production. They have plenty to work on: Calship has a backlog of 224 Liberty ships (worth about $350,000,000), almost seven times the 35 vessels the yard has delivered to date...