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Show PACIFIC COAST AGAIN LEADS SHIP BUILDING WASHINGTON, Aaig. 3. Pacific coast shipyards in June again led the country in production of both steel and wooden vessels for that month, the shipping board announced tonight. Pennants signifying the leadership were awarded today as follows: Steel yards First, to the Skinner & Eddy Shipbuilding corporation, Seattle; second, Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation, corpora-tion, Alameda, Cal.; third, Columbia River Shipbuilding company, Portland. Wooden yards First, Grant Smith-Porter Smith-Porter Ship company, St. Johns, Ore.; second, Grant Smith-Porter Ship company, com-pany, Aberdeen, Wash. ; third, Supple-Ballin Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding corporation, Portland. Among the eastern yards, the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock company's com-pany's Virginia plant had the best record rec-ord in steel construction. |