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THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDER
June 1, 1945
The Hcrth Carolina SHpbmlder
Published by the North Caro
lina Shipbuilding Company, Wil
mington, North Carolina, in the
interest of the employees.
Editor
PAUL A. WILSON
Assistant Editors
AL. G. DICKSON
C. T. LEWIS
MRS. C. K. MARSHALL
Art Editor
R. F. BAREFOOT
Vol. 3 June 1, 1945 No. 10
ROLL OF HONOR
SGT. LLOYD E. DALE
Watha
Welding Department
PFC. DOUGLAS F. POTTER
Wilmington
Warehouse and Store Room
FRANK L. JOHNSON, JR.
Wilmington
Employment Department
PFC. WILLIAM H. MAYERS
Acme
Ship Carpenters Department
LT. WILLIAM F. PRITCHARD
Wilmington
Fitters Department
S 2c OWEN C. FILLYAW
Wilmington
Fitters Department
PVT. KENNETH TANT
Middlesex
Shipwrights Department
S 2c THOMAS C. CLARKE
Wilmington
Erectors Department
LT. HAROLD L. PATTERSON
Kannapolis
Fitters Department
PFC. NORWOOD O. BROOKS
Wilmington
Shipwrights Department
PFC. MALCOLM D. RILEY
Efland
Fitters Department
PVT. SAMUEL G. HATCH
Wilmington
Transportation Department -
S 1c ELLON E. DAVENPORT
Dover
Layoff Department
SGT. AMOS DOBSON, JR.
Lynchburg, Va.
Hull Construction Staff
PVT. ALFRED L. BALDWIN
Wilmington
Riveters Department
PFC. ARTHUR W. JACKSON
Wilmington
Welding Department
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LYNWOOD A. CORBETT
Atkinson
Anglesmiths Department
. . ' -V:
LT. ROBERT V. MERCER
Bladenboro
Electrical Department
:
LT. BRUCE C. BOBBINS
Bostic
Fitters Department
SGT. H. S. HARRELSON
Cerro Gordo
Fitters Department
MOMM 1c EDWIN H. AVANT
Whiteville
Timekeepers Department
LT. CHARLES B. BOYD
Wilmington
Warehouse Department
PVT. HENRY T. POUND
Gaston, S. C.
Fitters Department
PVT. JAMES C. HUDSON
Tryon
Welding Department
Letters To
HOPES TO RETURN
Dear Sir:
I am writing this letter to
thank you for my copy of The
North Carolina Shipbuilder. I
certainly enjoyed reading it,
and I hope it continues to arrive
regularly. The pictures of the
launching of the American Ran
ger brings back happy memor
ies of the period I spent there
as a supervisor in the Sheet
Metal department.
I hope to some day return
there after we get through
knocking the devil out of the
little yellow boggie man over
here, and it won't be as long
as it has been, if we continue
to receive ships for supplies,
ammunition and provisions like
the ones that vou people are de
livering to the government.
I have seen quite a few of
the ships that I helped build
scattered all over this old globe
of ours and I was glad to see
them and to know that I had a
part in helnine to build such
fine cargo carrying vessels. May
you continue with your good
record, is mv wish. Your ships
were at Normandy and South
ern France, and if and when we
invade Japan, I know others will
be there also.
Well. Editor. I have covered
quite a large slice of this world
since leavincr mv iob there. My
ship has been in two invasions,
Normandy and Southern t ranee.
Also in the bombardment of
Toulon and Cherbourg.
We have also one of the late
President's sierned commenda
tions for the good job we did in
carrying him on his last cruise,
which was a very nice trip. We
visited Africa, Egypt and the
island of Malta. We have also
been in Ireland, Scotland, Eng
land, Sicily, Panama and Ha
waii. I have vet to visit a port
where there wasn't at least one
or two of your ships there. So
keep up the good work, we are
counting on people like your
yard to get us the stuff to finish
up over here, and to come home
again. Thanking you again for
your kindness, I remain,
Sincerely,
D. A. Babb, F 1c,
U. S. S. Quincy BDIV,
co F. P. 0.,
San Francisco, Cal.
PLANS TO VISIT YARD
Dear Sir:
I am now stationed at the
North Island Naval Air station
in San Diego, California and
would like to receive my copy
of The Shipbuilder here in the
future. I have read every issue
of your paper since leaving the
yard last June and believe me
everyone has enjoyed and appre
ciated it immensely. In that
way I have been able to stay in
contact with many friends and
acquaintances that I made dur
ing my two and one-half years
in the Fitters department.
I remember very well the
good old days when the yard
was setting and breaking rec
ords to help bring this war to a
speedy and victorious end, and
am proud to have been a part
of it. Evidently conditions have
changed a great deal since then
because we have already accom
plished one of our objectives,
and well on the way towards the
other. However, I intend to
visit the yard sometime this
summer and say "hello" to all
my mates that are still around
plugging for victory.
Sincerely,
C. G. Tart, Sp. (A) 3c,
P. T. Division,
U. S. N. A. S.,
San Diego 35, Cal.,
May 7, 1945.
SGT. FOREST WADSWORTH
Clarkton
Mold Loft f and Fitters
Departments .
PFC. EDWARD F. CLINE
Wilmington
Welding Department
The Editor
MEETS OUR SHIPS
To The Editor:
I left the yard only about a
year ago but I have never been
able to get . completely away
from it. It seems that every
place I go I run into some of
the ships that were built by the
North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
It makes- me feel proud to say
to the fellows: "I helped build
that ship. Because you know
that it is a good ship."
I was on one of the C-2's built
by N. C. S. Co. just a short while
ago. It had been converted into
an AE for the Navy. I talked
with the officers and men aboard
and they were all high in their
praise for the ship. They were
only too eager to show me
aboard the ship and to say what
they thought of the hull.
I am now serving aboard a
Coast Guard manned troop
transport with the Marine de
tachment that is ferrying troops
to the battle fronts of Europe.
We are carrying a steady sup
ply of troops to the fronts all
around the world. We recently
carried the largest load of
wounded back from Europe in
this war.
I would like to be back in the
yard now just to see all the fel
lows that I had the pleasure to
work with. I worked in the
Welding department while in
the yard. My clock number was
73216.
I would like very much to
hear from any of the fellows
that have time to write and I
would like very much to have
my name put on the mailing list
of The Shipbuilder.
Yours truly,
Pfc. D. B. Harvell, Sr.,
Division X,
U. S. S. Gen. W. P.,
Richardson, (AP. 118)
F. P. 0.,
New York, N. Y.
ADMIRE PRODUCTION
To The Editor:
As a former employee of the
yard, it is very pleasing to con
gratulate the yard for its prog
ress. I receive the North Caro
lina Shipbuilder monthly and I
really have something to brag
about to the boys. I pass the
paper around to mv buddies, and
they too admire the mass pror
duction of ships the yard is put
ting out. The yard is really on
the ball. So, hats off to the en
tire staff and employment of the
yard. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations from me and
the gang.
Please photograph crane 0614
next time instead of 0618. 0614
is- my old favorite. Take care
of it until I return.
Sincerely,
Sgt. Samuel Stokes,
2708 Engineer D.G. Co.,
APO 350,
co Postmaster, N. Y.
GLAD TO HELP
To The Editor:
Have tried to write you ever
since I returned to the hospital
but this is the first opportunity
I have had. A few days after I
returned, I received another
operation and it has kept me
down Until the last few days.
Wanted to thank you again
for allowing me to see your yard
in operation. I thorouchlv en.
joyed it all and appreciated all
the consideration 1 was shown.
Was more than glad to speak on
your Red Cross drive nrocram
and only hope I was able to help
a lime anyway.
Sincerely,
Sgt. William D. Stray
horn, ...
Lawson General Hos
pital, Atlanta, Ga.,
April 29, 1945.
ENJOYS SHIPBUILDER
To The Editor:
Ichave received several copies
of The North Carolina Ship
builder and have enioved them
lots. I am looking forward to
tne next issue, thanks to Mrs.
CARICATURE Who is he?
nize the man in the sketch as yourself, call at the Editor's office
in the Administration building
have the original drawing.
BALLAST
STORM KING'S BUSY YEAR
The S. S. Storm Kiner. our
first C-2 and hull No. 91, was
launched on Sept. 17, 1943,
under the sponsorship of Mrs-.
P. F. Halsey, wife of the Com
pany's Vice President and Gen
eral Manager.
Commissioned Feb. 10, 1944,
the ship steamed 42,217 miles in
her first year of service, lhe
following items of interest are
from, the first anniversary issue
of Sea Breeze, the S. S. Storm
King's magazine:
Food consumed aboard the
ship during the 12 months in
cludes 184.510 pounds of fruit.
280,152 pounds of meat, 24,672
dozens of eggs and 39z,39y
pounds- of vegetables.
She has transported thousands
of troops without a single loss,
during which time she has been
under way 3,428 hours and an
chored 4,371 hours. The pro
peller has made more than 15,
000,000 revolutions-. She has
crossed the 190th meredian 12
times and visited 17 islands or
J. L. Woolard for putting my
name on the mailing list. Give
my best regards- to the Mold
Loft employees.
Yours truly,
1cl H. J. Woolard,
Co. F, 21st Engineers,
(AVN),
APO 528,
Care Postmaster,
New York N. Y.,
April 12, 1945.
"LITTLE HOMESICK"
To The Editor:
Several days ago I received
a copy of The North Carolina
Shipbuilder. It had pictures of
the launching of the 200th ship.
I must say that I got a little
homesick for the old familiar
sights. So keep up the good
work. You have a very impres
sive record.
Give my regards to Bill
Threatt and his crew. Also to
Kirby McPherson on Union
Melt machine No. 13.
I like the sports page very
much. I would like to see some
of your basketball teams in ac
tion. I. know they are winners.
Keep your eyes on the Third
army.
Yours truly,
T4 Gurley M. Smith,
. Sv. Btry., 869th, F. A.
Bn.,
APO 200,
Care Postmaster,
New York, N. Y.,
April 16, 1945.
Maybe he's you. If you recog
and if you are the subject you can
island places. She has burned
1,829,540 gallons of fuel oil.
Indicative of considerable ac
tion against the enemv is the
fact that 13,151 rounds- of am
munition have been fired from
her guns.
The ship s dentist has pulled
170 teeth and her doctor has
performed 92 major operations.
During this busy year, 93,260
messages-, incoming alone, have
been handled by her communica
tions unit.
FORMER YARD
Through the courtesy of Spur
geon Baxley, we recently read
a copy of "Forced Draft," pub
lication of the Carolina ship
yard located here during the last
war. We saw a few familiar
names and we wondered how
many of our present employees
worked in the old yard. All such
employees interested in appear
ing in a group picture in a fu
ture issue of The Shipbuilder
are asked to contact the Editor's
office.
WORD FROM LT. WARE
Recently we heard from First
Lieut. Sto'rer P. Ware, formerly
Secretary of the Company and
Editor of The Shipbuilder. He
is stationed at a Marine Corps
base in California and expects
to go overseas in the near fu
ture. "Was glad to see that the
yard did well by the Red Cross
as usual. Please give my re
gards to one and all in the
yard." he wrote.
Hollo way In Training
At Ship Repair Unit
Selected from among the lat
est group to complete U. S.
Navy recruit training at Bain
bridge, Md., because of his civil
ian shipyard experience, Otis
Holloway, of Sumter, S. C., has
reported for advance instruc
tion at the Ship Repair unit,
Staten Island, N. Y. A welder
while employed here in 1943, he
will continue to work at his
trade while in service.
i He is the second member of
his family in service, brother
Frank P. Holloway being a ser
geant with the U. S. Army over
seas. He is married and has
two children.
AND HOW
Extra dollars mount up
Till the heap is high,
Golly how they count up
When it's bonds you buy;