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2013.005

Lukacs, Claire

Gift

Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.

1944 - 1944

Date(s) Created: 1944 Date(s): 1944-1944

Notes: Archives 2013.005.0071 ==== 11,200 Ships of All Sizes and Types Built, Converted Repaired! ... that's the score to date in 10 Todd Shipyards! That's the wartime accomplishment of more than 145,000 men and women in Todd yards from Coast to coast — helping to lick the biggest shipyard job in history. In tonnage — it adds up to more than three times the size of America's entire pre-war merchant fleet. But the best thing about that 2-year total is what it means in terms of global warfare. It's a score that means top speed in building, repairing, converting the merchant vessels andfighting ships needed to wage war on the seven seas—and to win! ---- cruisers destroyers destroyer escorts corvettes cutters patrol boats submarines sub chasers destroyer tenders harbor craft hospital ships mine layers mine tenders mine sweepers navy auxiliaries navy conversions navy oilers net tenders retrievers --- cargos ship, all types tankers liberty ships transports ---- carrier escorts "baby flat tops" seaplane tenders LST LCT LCI (L) barges ferries derricks tugs ---- water tankers troop ships dredges trawlers frigates whalers many other types ---- Todd Shipyards Corporation for more than a quarter ot a century, builders and repairers of fighting ships tor the U. S. Navy and Army ... merchant ships for all the world NEW YORK BROOKLYN HOBOKEN BARBER. N.J. SO. PORTLAND. ME. GALVESTON HOUSTON MOBILE NEW ORLEANS I.OS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE TACOMA BUENOS AIRES LONDON ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-04-06