Show T STEEl SHIPS RAPIDLY Y 10 TO U. U S. S flEET FLET V 11 fit nf- 1 By Associated Press Cr March larch Progress 9 1 1 r WASHINGTON rf riot ot the steel shipbuilding campaign wasa was s Ji made public tonight by the shipping s o board in figures of ot deliveries and andr lr r launching which showed a a. steady upward upward up- up M ward trend since the first of the year In February seventeen vessels of or c- c lO OO tons were completed and put r r. r into service The total was nearly f o Q twice that of ot January admittedly a a. abad ar r r b bad id month when only nine vessels i L with a Il tonnage of ot were ered cred March arch deliveries at the tho present i rate are arc expected to reach twentythree twentythree twentythree twenty- twenty three vessels of ot tons m 1 Launchings have haye more than kept 5 J j pace with deliveries sixteen ships of ot oft having been put overboard over over- overboard t t. s tons board in January and fifteen of or tp qt tons were launched in February Dur- Dur ping c March It Is expected that thirty thirty- five vessels with ith a tonnage of ot I c will be sent down the ways c Of Ot the vessels completed in 0 A ar ary fifteen were carriers cargo one was Avas a a. tanker and one a a. collier coBler The c March schedule calls for tor the delivery of ot of fourteen cargo v vessels seven tankers tankers tankers tank tank- ers and two colliers comers |