Her Finest Hour Shipbuilding In The Portland Area During World War Ii
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Author | : Robert R La Du |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2016-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781683488002 |
This work describes the monumental accomplishments of the World War II shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Working twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, they built and launched thousands of vessels--Liberty ships, Victory ships, tankers, aircraft carriers, submarine chasers, and many kinds of landing craft--to help defeat the Axis powers and preserve the way of life of the free world. Robert La Du viewed firsthand these activities from his home overlooking shipyards on the Willamette River. His father worked at Albina shipyard, his sister worked at Henry Kaiser's Swan Island shipyard, and he himself, as a high school student, worked nights at Commercial Iron and Steel shipyard. These experiences inform and enhance the pages of Her Finest Hour.
Author | : Robert La Du |
Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2017-01-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1683488016 |
This work describes the monumental accomplishments of the World War II shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Working twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, they built and launched thousands of vessels—Liberty ships, Victory ships, tankers, aircraft carriers, submarine chasers, and many kinds of landing craft—to help defeat the Axis powers and preserve the way of life of the free world. Robert La Du viewed firsthand these activities from his home overlooking shipyards on the Willamette River. His father worked at Albina shipyard, his sister worked at Henry Kaiser's Swan Island shipyard, and he himself, as a high school student, worked nights at Commercial Iron and Steel shipyard. These experiences inform and enhance the pages of Her Finest Hour.
Author | : Robert R. La Du |
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Total Pages | : 89 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Portland (Or.) |
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Author | : United States. Congress |
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Total Pages | : 1230 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Law |
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author | : PETER J. MARSH |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2020-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781526783059 |
Churchill famously claimed that the only thing that had really frightened him during the war was the Battle of the Atlantic. Keeping open the lifeline between the US "arsenal of democracy" and the UK was essential to preparations for the invasion of Europe and in the final analysis this came down to building merchant ships faster than German U-boats could sink them. Crucial to this achievement was the British-designed "Liberty Ship," a simple cargo ship that could be built rapidly, combined with the untapped industrial potential of the U.S. that could build them in vast numbers. Undoubtedly the most important individual in the rapid expansion of U.S. wartime shipyard capacity was Henry Kaiser, a man with no previous shipbuilding experience but an entrepreneur of vision and drive. This book tells the story of how he established huge new yards using novel mass-production techniques in the most surprising location--Oregon, one of the least industrially developed areas of the US and one without an existing pool of skilled labor to draw on.
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Total Pages | : 1414 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Lumber trade |
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Author | : Roland Wilbur Charles |
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Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Transports |
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"This book contains authentic photographs and salient facts covering 358 troopships used in World War II. In addition, other vessels of miscellaneous character, including Victory and Liberty type temporary conversions for returning troops, are listed in the appendices ..."--Pref.
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Total Pages | : 1244 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Marine engineering |
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Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Marine engineering |
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Includes section "Book Reviews".
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Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Electronic journals |
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A journal of women studies.