Ships for Victory

A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II

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Frederic Chapin Lane

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Paperback / softback

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During World War II, America's shipbuilding industry, mobilized under the U.S. Maritime Commission, set records of production that have never been equalled. Given the daunting task of building ships faster than they were being sunk, shipbuilding firms across the country found new ways to increase their efficiency and scale of production. Huge new shipyards were built, a labour force of 640,000 was employed, and over 55 million dead-weight tons of ocean-going ships were delivered, including the famous Liberty and Victory ships. First published in 1951, this is a detailed chronicle of this remarkable wartime programme: the development of revolutionary construction methods; the upheavals in management, awarding of contracts, and allocation of steel and other materials; the recruitment, training, housing, and union activities of the workers; the crises, confusions and scandals that arose; and the role of shipbuilding within the total war effort.

Author Biography:

Frederic C. Lane (1900-1984) was a noted maritime historian of medieval and Renaissance Venice. Among his many books are Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Renaissance and Venice, A Maritime Republic, both available from Johns Hopkins. Arthur Donovan is a professor of humanities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Release date Australia

November 16th, 2001

Author

Frederic Chapin Lane

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributors

Preface by Arthur Donovan
With Blanche D. Coll
With David B. Tyler
With Gerald J. Fischer

Illustrations

50 Charts; 28 Halftones, black and white

Pages

944

Dimensions

152x229x44

ISBN-13

9780801867521

Product ID

6918039

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