Word: calship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bechtel-McCone operated an Army Air Forces modification center for B-24s and B-29s. At the same time, McCone became president and director of the California Shipbuilding Corp., and wearing two hats, launched himself into a 15-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week schedule. At Calship, Engineer McCone found ways to set production goals higher than anyone thought possible, saw to it that they were met. Result: Calship produced 467 ships worth a billion dollars. Since World War II's end he has taken over and built up a onetime iron works into the Joshua Hendy Corp...