Word: calship
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...steel division had slashed the 418,000 tons of steel plate needed by shipyards in August to 368,000 tons. Because of this steel shortage all shipyards were slowed down. Todd's Richmond yard had six of 21 shipways idle, Bethlehem-Fairfield with 16 ways and Calship with 14 ways each had two idle...
...Calship's books are new contracts for 169 more ships...
...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...