Word: shipyards
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trio of red tugboats nuzzled SS(N) 593-the nuclear submarine Thresher-away from her berth at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The tug whistles blasted, and three small children, still flushed from farewells to their fathers aboard Thresher, honked back from a car parked near by. The submarine headed out toward a sunny...
Thresher's departure caused little excitement around the shipyard. Behind her were nine months of overhaul and modernization. New electronic and sonar gear had been installed. To put in the intricate equipment, several holes had been cut in the boat's hull-the largest was a yard square, to make way for an improved garbage ejector...
Place in History. Now, on a brilliant Tuesday morning, the sub set to sea for two days of post-overhaul tests in the Atlantic. The 129 men aboard-17 of them civilian technicians from the shipyard-figured to be back in time for a party Thursday night in the base gymnasium. The occasion was the 63rd anniversary of the Navy's first submarine force...
...dodged newsmen in The Netherlands, Henry Ford II, 45, must have had something big in the works. A new auto design for Europe? Nope. A new yacht for Ford? Yes! Under construction at a Hague shipyard, the 100-ft. yacht has twin diesels for 18-knot cruising speed, a saltwater conversion plant, sumptuous guest cabins, and a master's suite with an Italian terrazzo-tile bath fitted with gold taps. Rumored cost: close to $700,000. "If one of my friends gets details about this boat," Ford told his builders, "he'll immediately order a bigger, faster, more...
Understandably, the Japanese are risking only small amounts in fledgling economies, but the lure is irresistible. Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Japan's largest shipbuilder, is putting an initial $1,500,000 into a shipyard in Singapore, has joined in a $2,000,000 cement plant in Malaya. Yawata Iron & Steel...