Show MILLION TONS TONS' OF SHIPS SHIPS' READY I SET J AFLOAT AT T TO WIN I j wr J A I ii A I L I I r l' l 1 I O One OneHundred e Hundred Fifty nine mi l rt l Ve Vessels sels I Nearly AH AIt Steel Are Ae Completed j for Use of tG Government 1 By Associated Press WASHINGTON May u 14 VV vY The first fast million tons tOllS ot of ships completed complete an and deliver U to the United States go government go eminent the direction of f the ship ship- pins Pine have nave seen been Put nut on lh the NJ Seas Mas as to tp help dete defeat GemA Gem guan I 1 A A tot total II o 16 ej i 1 i t. t ii l t 1 t g l tp q 1 up pert Jt f 9 14 lf i ic riU I r 6 lia has been befU Jener and I l monthly totals have hae Shown a a steady increasE increasE- increase PRACTICALLY ALL STEEL f Most of ot tho the ships bIps delivered were eie re re- l on the ways or r in jn contract form when the United States entered the war Virtually all are of steel construction con con- None one of the ships of oC the s great wood program ha has been delivered deity deity- ered although six forty have been launched due to to delay in obtaining boilers and antl other ma machinery The first completed wood ship built j jon on contract for for the the government government now noa is undergoing speed d trials of off the Pacific Pa Pa- coast Deliveries of or ships last week were made a at t Seattle Sparrow Point Md Chicago Ecorse Mich Wilmington Del and New Newyork York EIGHT SHIPS IN WEEK Eight steel te ships totaling tons were completed during the seven da days s 's ending May I L. L Fourteen vessels I Were rV launched with a total tonnage ot ol of ot which eleven were steer steel with a total capacity of ot tons 4 v f i The steel deliveries deU included one rE rei 1 b i sli ship tw two tan ers eis and five the V J V cargo vessels vesel The state of Maine MaillE during the week J turned out its first wooden ship for tor r y v the government the Andra Andr a a. ton tr vessel built at Portland |