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Page 2 THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDER August 1, 1945 TLs Ilcrth Carolina Shipiddy 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 August 1, 1945 No. 12 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 LYNWOOD A. CORBETT Atkinson Anglesmiths Department LT. ROBERT V. MERCER Bladenboro Electrical Department LT. BRUCE C. ROBBINS 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 SGT. FOREST WADSWORTH Clarkton v:Mold Loft and Fitters Departments Loiter To Tho Editor JAPS TOUGHER FOE To The Editor: Two of your North Carolina Shipbuilders have been received and I take this means of thank ing you for them. They are in teresting and I also see how your cooperation is helping in the war effort. Ships are a vital necessity in the defeat of the enemy and your workers seem to be doing their bit toward the final defeat of our common ene my. Now that the Nazis are de feated, all efforts must be ex tended toward the final defeat of Japan and the end of the war. This must be a war to end all wars. Japan is a much tough er foe than many people give her credit for being. She is des perate, so will fight to the last unless given an appeased peace, which is utterly out of the ques tion with our powers. Many American lives are being lost and will continue to be until de feat has come about. The Japs are a fanatical race and will stop at nothing to gain their ob jectives. Therefore, they are a tougher enemy to fight than the Nazis were. They will fight to their death rather than give up. My father works for your corporation and seems to enjoy the work and the fellowship of his fellow workers. v Yours very truly, SSgt. Hal G. Campen, 570th Air Service Group, APO 719, care Post master, San Franeisco, Calif. June 17, 1945. Two Years Ago Turning back the calendar two years to August, 1943, we find . . . The S. S. John Branch, our 126th and last Liberty, was de livered on the 28th of the month, seven days after being sponsored by Miss Mary Ann Milburn, daughter of Brig. Gen eral and Mrs. Bryan L. Mil- burn, then stationed at Camp Davis. The launching program was marked by presentation of the Maritime Eagle pennant to the company by Captain Ed ward Macauley, Deputy War Shipping Administrator. Eleven employees were award ed $140 in War Bonds and stamps for their suggestions, dealing with better production, safety and other yard and ship building improvements, sub mitted during the month. Construction of our first C-2, the S. S. Storm King, was well under way with the launching scheduled for Sept. 17. We were the fourth American shipyard then engaged in building this type of vessel. Motion pictures of how we weld a stern frame wp mnrfo for showing at the convention of the American Welding so ciety in Chicago. The yard was selected because of the excel lent craftsmanship shown in aiiyuig uut mis particular jod FIRST SHOT The first shot fired by an American ship during the Pearl Harbor attack came from the merchant vessel Tangier, serv ing at the time as a seaplane tender for the Navy. PFC. EDWARD F. CLINE Wilmington Welding Department CPL. JOHN W. PERRY Raleigh Drillers Department CAPT. A. P. (BYNG) FARRAR Chapel Hill Hull Staff 6,520 Employees Enter Services Twenty eight Reported Killed Many More Are Wounded Approximately 6,520 em- ?loyees entered the Armed 'orces and Merchant Marine from Dec. 7, 1941, through July 5 of this year to give the yard the largest mythical service flag of any industry in North Carolina. Of this number, at least 28 have given their lives for their country. Many others have been wounded and several have been prisoners of war. Every department has former members on this long list and we confidently believe the yard has been represented by former employees in every major en gagement. Reports from vari ous Public Relations Offices in dicate that these men are now serving in every theater of war. Many of those who put down the tools of shipbuilding to take up guns have done their full share of fighting and have re ceive d honorable discharges. Some of this number have re turned to the yard and have again taken up the battle of pro duction, as important as ever as the nation presses to conquer Japan and r e st o r e peace throughout the world. According to Employment Of fice statistics on termination of personnel to enter the Armed Forces and Merchant Marine, 5,896 men and women1 left the yard from Dec. 7, 1941, to Sept. 15, 1944. From that date through July 5, 625 more donned uniforms to increase the figure to its present total. Included among those who have left are 27 young women now in the WAC, WAVES and Nursing Corps. One of them, Miss Gladys , L. Harve y, WAV-La, is serving overseas. All here are proud of these former fellow workers who are or have been fighting. As they do their part in achieving vic tory over the Nipponese and re storing order in Europe, we should not forget that we can do our share by buying more War Bonds and doing all the other things, large and small, on the home front that will go toward winning the , war as soon as possible. A 500-foot American tanker expands from 12 to 14 inches in length when her cargo of oil is loaded. . Any Bites Yet? BALLAST Thousands of servicemen arel being returned from the Euro pean war theater. Among them are many former employees who have been receiving The Shipbuilder. If you have a friend or relative receiving The Shipbuilder, please notify the Editor when he comes back to the United States in order that the address can be corrected. If he goes overseas again, we should be furnished his new address. RELATIVES IN SERVICE Speaking of relatives in the service, it would be interesting to know who among our employ ees have the largest number of sons and or daughters in uni form. If you have three or more sons andor daughters in the armed forces, please notify your personnel supervisor who, in turn, is asked to notify the Editor. CONVERTED Many of our Liberty ships have been converted for use in vari ous types of war service. La,test to undergo conversion is;' the S. S. Edward Rutledge, our hull No. 29. The work is being done at the Eureka shipyard, New- burgh, N. Y. She is being changed from a cargo ship to a troop transport and will be fit ted with a "strap." 3 MEN 90 YEARS The caricature in the July is sue of P. F. Halsey, Vice-Presi dent and General Manager; J. A. Maclay, Hull Construction superintendent, and E. S. Bays den, Hull Outfitting superintend ent, was the source of some good natured ribbing. - However, we feel that they might easily be called the Three Musketeers of the yard since collectively, they represent 90 years of shipbuilding experience. They all began their careers at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company in 1915. YARD FACILITIES The following questions; con cerniner facilities are often ask ed by visitors to the yard. How many can you answer? 1. How many acres In the yard? 2. How many feet of water front? 3. How many miles of paved roadwavs? 4. How many miles of stand ard gauge railroad track? 5. How many miles of whirl er crane track? 6. How many miles of gantry crane track? 7. How many feet of fence around the yard. 8. What is the width of the river, in feet, at shipway No. 1 ? 9. What is the width of the river, in feet, at shipway No. 9 ? 10. How many square feet in the mold loft? 11. How many Diesel electric engines do we have? 12. How many bridge cranes do we have ? 13. How many steam (jib) cranes do we have? 14. How many tower whirler cranes do we have ? 15. How many gantry cranes do we have? 16. How many Krane Kars do we have? 17. How many trucks, tract ors, automobiles and station wagons? (Answers on page 4) I Believe I believe in the dignity of safety because it protects me and my fellow man. I believe in the teachings of safety because they attempt to alleviate suffering for me and mine. I believe in the magnanimity of safety because it creates con ditions whereby man may enjoy the fruits of his labor. I believe in the useful service safety offers because it con siders humanity as unexpend- able not comparing humanity Lwith inanimate objects. I believe in the supreme worth of safety because it teaches man to perpetuate his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe that the rules and laws of safety are made for man and that safety is the ser vant for the welfare of man. I believe in the sacredness of safety because it creates a world whereby cleanliness and order reign. And above all, I believe in safety because it considers the prolonging and preserving of life and limb so that mankind shall not be broken and maimed while striving for a decent live lihood. By the Safety Man of United Air Lines. During World War I, the United States lost approximate ly half a million tons of ship ping. This was less than two weeks' production of Liberty ships at the height of our pres ent wartime shipbuilding pro-, gram. -
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