| Show MANY WORKERS AID IN MAKING SHIPS FOR WAR Thirty Trades Required in Building Bridge df if Boats to France Washington Sept 1 Shipbuilding I.-ShipbuildIng the be man many sided task In which much of or Americas America's mechanical genius Is today engaged as ns a a. part of or the war program requires mechanics skilled In more than nan thirty trades besides an army of or unskilled workers With a gigantic building program ahead a a. vast vaRt force Coree Is employed in this phase of or war w work rk Toda Today men are at nt work worl in the shipyards with engaged In trades that provide pro material for tor time the shipbuilders Here are the skilled workers who arc are doing the work on the tIme steel ships blacksmiths chippers and drillers plumbers plumb- plumb ers eIs rs machinists joiners carpenters foundry foundry- men nen coppersmiths heavy forgers st steel el metal workers furnace men punchers shipwrights riggers flangers drop forgers erectors erectors tors ors up crane operators locomotive locomotive locomotive loco loco- motive engineers firemen painters and helpers in all these trades Sixty per cent of or the work on a ship hip Is In constructing the time hull and antI he the remaining 40 per cent Is installing mechanical parts deck furnishings an another and other equipment that goes oes to make the finished vessel AH All JT tJ Important Obviously it is almost impossible to single out one craft that is the most Important All contribute in making the tho finished product and without an any anyone one no complete ship could result however howe play playa a great part Ship plans are aro first frAt made In a drafting drafting draft draft- I ing room on a small scale cale Going to I Ithe the mould loft a loft a lar large e building with witha a smooth floor loor of or sufficient size to have ha drawn upon it the tIme plans of or the ship to full Cull size the size the fashion the templates or moulds of or lI light hl wood or paper from Crom which the steel for or th the hull can be bo laid off oCt and marked for tor shearing punching and other operations The moulds are arc made from three plans that give gl shape to the ship These plans showing the tho lines lIne of ot a vessel essel are the tho sheer heer plan or side elevation ele ele- atlon the halt half breadth plan and the bod body plan or end elevation The bod body plan Is most used In making th the moulds for Cor It shows bett better r the shape of or each frame me beam benm and floor plate plat The moulds mould must be absolutely correct correct cor cor- reel so 1 o that the they will Join pro properly p e ri y Tn ls l's t fl n mt metal worker k whose h s trade j may Vb be termed purely purel a shipbuilding trade lie le marks or off the tho steel material materi l for Cor the parts of or the vessels vessel's hull by bt fitting the thc loftman's mould over the tho steel Drillers also play a bl big part in the drilling and reaming of or holes The They are necessary ar because the rivet hole being punched In shop do rot not always cot coincide n ci ci e despite 1 a sp i t C ca careful re fu 1 w workman workman- ork nm a n ship In Jn sonic some cases also holes must mustI b be drilled on the ship hip The unevenness unevenness uneven- uneven I ness neall between betwee holes holee is removed remo b by reaming which Is merely a slight en en- en Work Vork A Attracts Attract do perhaps the most spectacular spec spec- work the tat rat of oC their pneumatic tools having ha a fascination reminiscent of the anvil an of oC th the village vii vil lage c blacksmith holds the ship together and a ships ship's plans specify specify spec spec- iCy every ery rivet rhet for each ha has hns a certaIn certain tam tain function Chippers and call ers trim off oCt or smooth the edges of or plates castings an and other olier parts and anti make them water tight Shipwrights Install the tied decka masts spars an and boom boomi Other Othel ship woodwork Is done b by Joiners Ventilation piping and light met metal metalwork l work Is 18 done largely In shop b by sheet metal workers Plumbing a and d piping also Is dona dont In shop by bt plumbers machinists ma ma- and Shop work on the tile hull proper is done lone loneLy by Ly workmen operating shears punches bending rolls rolli planers and other machines machines ma ma- chines and anti the tue frame benders acet acetylene lene burners furnace men and who perform the preparatory work ork to the the erection of or plates plate brackets clips clip beams beam bulkheads and part parta required for tor the hull huU of ot a 11 ship |
