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The Shipbuilding Business in the USA. 2 Volumes
Published by Macdonald & Jane's, London, 1974
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrations, Plans, Tables (illustrator). First UK Edition. Heavy books no extra postage within UK. Regret we cannot supply outside UK. Original published in 1948. .Two volumes complete. Blue spines over decorated blue cloth, bright gilt titling.T (1) xiv + 324pp, 20 illustrations, plans, tables. (2) x + 252pp, 15 illus, plans, tables. Originally published by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Part of forward "TWICE within a quarter of a century American shipbuilders have been called upon for extraordinary effort to meet great world crises. In 1915, when the German submarine depredations of World War I and the mounting needs of the Allies demanded limitless sea transportation, American shipyards swung into action. An industry that in 1914 had produced only twenty-four new merchant ships of 130,000 gross tons and twenty-three naval vessels of 105,000 displacement tons, four years later turned out 714 merchant ships of 3,370,000 gross tons and 180 naval vessels of 233,000 displacement tons-an accomplishment little short of miraculous. This achievement was a controlling factor in winning victory for the Allies. After this building program, the industry shrank to near prewar dimensions and for more than a decade survived precariously on diminished orders for new construction for the Navy and the Merchant Marine. In the 1930's, vessels built for the Maritime Commission and the Navy in the post-panic years began to revitalize American shipyards. In 1939, the approaching war again challenged us. Twenty-eight merchant ships of 242,000 gross tons and twenty-seven naval vessels of 66,000 displacement tons were delivered by an industry employing 120,000 men in that year and the value of ships built and repair work done amounted to $250,000,000. Four years later 2,000,000 men and women delivered ships to the value of thirteen billion dollars. Eighteen hundred ninety-six merchant vessels of over 13 ,000,000 gross tons and 18,294 naval vessels of 2,586,000 displacement tons were built in that single year, dwarfing the record of World War I in supplying the demands of the Navy, of the Army, and of wartime commerce. There is real romance in the creating of ships to meet the needs of war and of ever-changing world commerce. Through the long years when shipbuilding has been in the doldrums our faith in its future has heartened us, and when the call for gigantic effort has come it has been met with courage and enthusiasm. Few shipbuilders have made substantial fortunes, but many have experienced the satisfaction of work well done and of useful service performed. Size: 4to.
