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no April, 1944 PUBLISHED FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY Vol. 2, No. 8 PRESENT WORK VITAL TO YARD'S FUTURE Additional Vessels To Best Yards . .... I? I rt"-'j,W V. -ut -" , f - - I - i .M SHIPBUILDERS SHOW THEIR WORK TO FAMILIES AND FRIENDS Here is a small part of the crowd of approximate ly 12,000 persons who boarded the S. S, Noonday at the special visitation period on March 26. The large attendance during the nine hours the vessel was open indicated the keen interest in the ships we are building. The employees, families and guests toured every section of the large C-2 that was easily accessible and the event proved highly successful. Much favorable comment was heard on the manner in which the Watch force handled the orderly crowd and the heavy traffic in the vicinity of the North yard. Commission Buys Main Yard Tract Move In Keeping With Policy For Plants Built By U. S. The United States Maritime commission recently exercised its option to purchase from the company the originarland on which the main part of the yard is located and thus it now owns all the real estate, plant facili ties and equipment here. This move is in keeping with the policy of the Commission with respect to all the shipyards that have been built with gov ernment funds. Consequently, it has no bearing on the pos sible permanency of this yard, as it merely puts us in the same position Jn that respect as all of the other new shipbuilding or ganizations. , t - Since the Commission holds title to all our facilities, it necessarily has a" hand in set ting many of the policies of the yard. All working hours, wage rates and . similar I policies are subject to the approval of the Commission and other ; govern mental agencies. For - example, no changes in the wage rates may be made without prior au thorization ' and : approval of both the Commission and the War Labor board. GET LIBERTY SHIPS Transfers of a Liberty Ship and a tanker to the Royal Nor wegian Government and a Lib erty Ship to the Belgian Govern ment have been approved by the War Shipping Administration, it has been announced. Annual Red Gross War Fund Appeal Is Successful In Yard Report Given At Press Time Shows $33,500 Contributed The annual War Fund Ap peal of the American Red Cross is drawing to a close in the yard and as we go to press the latest available report, made on April 1, showed employees have contributed more than $26,000. The goal was $25,000. The com pany has made a separate con tribution of $7,500. All indications are that we will again be the largest single contributor in New Hanover county's drive,, whose goal is $75,000. , With thousands i of shipbuild ers realizing that the Red Cross is facing the greatest responsi bility in , its -long history of service, interest in the financial effort has been high. Many de partments reached their quotas oh the , opening day, March 20, and several have given a great deal more than , was asked of them. Few campaigns here have received as enthusiastic response as this one. Ju4ge Henry L. Stevens, Jr., of Warsaw, sounded the keynote of the drive at the American Legion launching of the S. S. Golden Fleece when he asked each of us not to contribute $1 but to give one day's pay to "help save bur sons who are fighting on 72 fronts." A for mer National Commander of the (Continued on page 4) Orders Necessary For Tools, Goggles At Retail Sales Store Employees planning to purchase tools, goggles, shields or any hardware from the Retail Sales store, in the south yard due west of the warehouse, must have a signed order from their foremen or assistant foremen. This is necessary for the store to keep its priorities, which are essential in the replacement of stock. So remember, get the order be fore you go to the store. It will save you many extra steps. Hi-Mate Planned AprilJW And 20 Fifth Edition Of Show Will Feature Yards y Radio Program With preparations underway and all indications pointing to the best show ever, presented here by Shipbuilders, the fifth edition of Hi-Mate will be pre sented in the New Hanover High school auditorium on Wednes day and Thursday, April 19-20. Rehearsals are being held regularly at the Brigade Boys' club, at Second and Church streets. Those interested in par ticipating in the Revue are in vited to contact Larry Drinard, shipway No. 6, extension 83 or 290. Meanwhile, the various committees are actively engaged with plans to make this spring s (Continued on page 7) Reduction Of Time On C-2 Ships Here's how we've reduced the times of keel lay ing to launching and launching to delivery on C-2's: Keel to Launching to Hull Launching Hull -Delivery 108 88 days 100 68 days 109 84 44 - 101 59 44 110 76 44 102 59 44 111 73 44 103 54 44 112 65 44 104 53 44 113 62 44 105 49 44 114 55 44 106 45 44 115 51 44 107 44 44 116 47 44 108 40 44 -Best time ever made on any C-2 sh?p in any yard. Must Better Marks And Maintain Principles The yard is establishing a reputation as a good builder of C-2 type ships but a fine name alone will not assure continuation of operations after the present contracts are completed. We are through the try ing period of converting production from Liberty vessels to the larger and finer long-range ships. The outstanding records made on the Libertys were an inspira tion to do as good a job on the C-2's. We are moving toward the stride that marked that pro gram and progressively we have reduced the keel ; laying to launching and launching to delivery times of the C-2's de livery to the U. S. Maritime Commission in recent months. Reduce Time As an indication of our prog ress, the period from keel lay ing to launching was cut from 84 days on hull No. 109 to 47 days on hull No. 116, this being the best time ever made on any C-2 ship in any yard. The time from launching to delivery was reduced from 68 days on hull No. 100 to 40 days on ,hull No. 108. Recently, a group of officers of the Maritime commission and representatives of some of the country's largest manu facturers visited the yard. They were favorably impressed with our work and the quality of ships we are building. - How ever, they sounded a note of warning that all future con tracts will be on the basis of tough, competitive bidding. This can mean only one thing to us. If we are to secure future con tracts and thus continue opera tions for an indefinite period, we must work and fight hard to better our records and main tain the principles under which this yard has operated from its inception. To the individual it means that each of us must not only continue our good standards of work but must better them. The armed cargo carriers are needed as greatly today as the Libertys were in their time to win the war. We must build them eco nomically, fast and well. In do ing so we will maintain our name as one of the country's best shipyards, we will set rec ords that will invite additional assignments from the Maritime commission. Therefore, our fu ture jobs depend, in large meas ure, on what we do here today. Attends Sea Trial The group that toured the en tire yard was also present at the sea trial of the S. S. Sweep stakes, our hull No. 106. , At the conclusion of ' their visit, they were loud in their praise of what they had observ (Continued on page 2) 9 9
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