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Liberty factory : the untold story of Henry Kaiser 's Oregon shipyards

Title: Liberty factory : the untold story of Henry Kaiser 's Oregon shipyards / Peter J Marsh.
Author: Marsh, Peter J.
Publication: Barnsley, S Yorkshire : Seaforth Publishing, 2021.

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Description

256 pages : black and white illustrations, black and white maps; 27 cm

Subject

Note

Maps on lining pages.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Europe's descent into war 1928-1940 -- Part 1: The Emergency shipyards: 1. Henry Kaiser and the Liberty Ship -- 2. Portland becomes 'The Liberty Ship Capital of the World' -- 3. Building a bridge of ships -- 4. The Liberty Ship gives way to the Victory Ship, 1943-1945 -- 5. Kaiser Vancouver: 'The Short Order Yard' -- 6. Kaiser Swan Island: 'Tanker champions of the World' -- Part 2: The Kaiser Yards in close-up: 7. Henry J. Kaiser - the father of modern shipbuilding -- 8. The 'obsolete' steam engine that powered the Liberty Fleet -- 9. Pre-fabrication and mass production in the Kaiser Shipyards -- 10. The ten-day ship -- 11. Inside the Kaiser Yards -- 12. Women doing men's work -- 13. Daily life on the home front -- Part 3: Other Portland area war industries: 14. Commercial iron works -- 15. Albina Engine & Machine Works -- 16. Willamette iron & Steel Corporation (WISCO) -- 17. The Oregon War Industries Collective -- 18. Portland Shipbuilding Company -- 19. Gunderson Brothers -- 20. Astoria Marine Construction Company (AMCCO) -- Tailpiece.

Call Number

JFF 21-538

ISBN

9781526783059
1526783053

OCLC

1137751477

Author

Marsh, Peter J., author.

Title

Liberty factory : the untold story of Henry Kaiser 's Oregon shipyards / Peter J Marsh.

Publisher

Barnsley, S Yorkshire : Seaforth Publishing, 2021.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252) and index.

Research Call Number

JFF 21-538

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