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Ships for victory : a history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II / by Frederic C. Lane, with the collaboration of Blanche D. Coll, Gerald J. Fischer, David B. Tyler ; charts by Joseph T. Reynolds.
- Title
- Ships for victory : a history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II / by Frederic C. Lane, with the collaboration of Blanche D. Coll, Gerald J. Fischer, David B. Tyler ; charts by Joseph T. Reynolds.
- Author
- Lane, Frederic Chapin, 1900-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
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- United States. Maritime Commission.
- Description
- xxviii, 881 p., [28] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports., plans; 23 cm.
- Summary
- A chronicle of America's intensive shipbuilding programme during World War II, this explores the development of revolutionary construction methods and the recruitment, training, housing and union activities of the workers.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Originally published by Johns Hopkins Press, 1951"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The Commission and the Shipbuilding Industry -- A General View of Wartime Shipbuilding -- The Maritime Commission Before the War -- The Long-Range Program -- Standard Types of Cargo Vessels -- The Shipyards of the Country in 1940 -- Emergency Shipbuilding Before the Declaration of War -- The Inception of the Emergency Program -- Selecting the Sites and Managers -- The Second Wave of Expansion -- The Third Wave -- Popularizing the Program -- Design and Initial Procurement for the Liberty Ship -- The Basic Design Decision and the Working Plans -- Modifications in Design -- Purchasing Through a Central Agent -- The Break with Gibbs and Cox -- Contracts with Shipbuilders and Their Supervision -- Lump-Sum Contracts -- Facilities Contracts -- Manhour Contracts -- Price-Minus Contracts -- The Commission's Supervisory Staff -- Expansion and Reorganization After Pearl Harbor -- The Fourth Wave of Expansion -- The Fifth and Final Wave -- Politics and Administrative Methods in the Selection of Shipyard Sites -- The Commission Under the War Powers -- Decentralization of Supervision -- Excess Capacity and the Cancellation of the Higgins Contract -- The Inclusion of Military Types and the Signs of Over-expansion -- Plans and Progress at the Higgins Yard -- The Decision to Cancel -- Inquest Post-Mortem -- Speed and Productivity in Multiple Production -- Standardization and Subassembly -- The Plans of the New Shipyards -- Assembly-Line Methods -- The Productivity of Labor -- Building the Labor Force -- Job Breakdown and Union Rules.
- ISBN
- 0801867525 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2001018657
- OCLC
- 45799004
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library