THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDER
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January 1, 1946
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Taken from a height of approximately 3,000 feet, this photograph shows all the yard, with the exception of a comparatively small
One of the first aerial views made after the end of the war, the picture was snapped shortly before launching of the S. S. American
on Nov. 23. On the extreme left is part of the terminal of the Texas Oil company. The homes of many employees in Sunset Park
The Front Page
Little 1946 sits on top of
the world with plenty of
confidence on. the Front page
of this issue of The Ship
builder. The smiling youngster is
Charles Michael Baucom,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
E. Baucom, of 113 Morning
side drive. His father is
a member of the Piece Work
Counters department.
One of the world's first sky
scrapers was a lighthouse, built
by the Greeks 300 years before
Christ. It stood on the island of
Pharos, near Alexandria.
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The S. S. Rapid, our hull No. 228 and built for the United States Lines, is shown entering New York harbor. This picture
appeared on the front cover of the Nov. 29 issue of Maritime Activity Reports. (Photo courtesy of United States Lines).
Company Wins National Safety
For Distinguished Service To
The Distinguished Service to
Safety Award of the National
Safety Council has been awarded
our company for establishing an
accident frequency rate substan
tially below the most recent
averages for similar organiza
tions and by showing marked
improvement in comparison with
the previous year.
Formal notification of the
honor one of the highest in
safety was received here from
Ned H. Dearborn, President of
the Council, on Dec. 13.
In his letter, Mr. Dearborn
One Of Our Ships Steams
OUR YARD
said:
"This award is granted only
to those organizations which
have made an outstanding safe
ty record. The directors and
staff of the National Safety
Council join me in extending you
our heartiest congratulations on
your fine achievement and our
best wishes for its continuation
in the future."
Plans for the presentation of
the large banner and certificate
are expected to be started in the
near future.
Every employee who has
Past The Statue Of liberty
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s
Council's Award
Safety In 1945
helped in the advancement of the
yard, month by month, to greater
safety, should find pride in this
honor. Among the outstanding
safety gains are the facts that
we have not had a single indus
trial fatality during the past
year and have reduced accident
frequency and severity 64. per
cent from October, 1944, to Oc
tober, 1945, in comparison with
the previous 12 months.
How did we make this out
standing record?
As every practical person
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part of the Northern extension.
Importer, from shipway No. 9,
are shown in the lower right.
N. C. Built Ships
Return Many GFs
Eight Arrive In 10-Day
Period With 3,286
Troops Aboard
Vessels built by the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company
are well represented in the great
fleets returning American war
veterans from overseas.
During a ten-day period late
in November and early in De
cember, the listing of arrivals at
East and West coast ports in
cluded eight ships delivered
here. All except one, the U. S. S.
Mt. McKinley, a C-2 type, are
Libertys.
According to press announce
ments of their arrivals, 3,286
servicemen returned aboard the
vessels.
The ships, together with our
hull numbers, date of arrival and
number of GI's aboard, are:
S. S. William Moultrie, No. 9,
Nov. 28, 12 men; S. S. Hilary
Herbert, No. 170, Nov. 29, 557
men; S. S. Thomas Pollock, No.
185, Nov. 29, 31 men; S. S.
Thomas Sumter, No. 10, Dec. 4,
853 men; U. S. S. Mt. McKinley,
No. 92, Dec. 5, 635 men; S. S.
William Moseley, No. 73, Dep.
8, 575 men; S. S. Woodrow Wil
son, No. 71, Dec. 8, 31 men, and
S. S. Robert Owen, No. 158, Dec.
8, 592 men..
The great expansion in this
country's foreign trade which is
anticipated when wartime con
trols are completely lifted will
be materially assisted by the
existence of the finest Merchant
Marine in the nation's history,
according to Frank J. Taylor,
president of the American Mer
chant Marine Institute.