| Show U U. U S. S MERCHANT l IA MARINE INE I I I 1000 SHIPS TU Il TONS S I The bureau of Or navigation of the department of commerce has announced an- an ed that the fiscal year just in closed exceeded all previous years new ships built in this country giving giving giving ing the United States a merchant marine of gross tons and numbering nearly vessels In the twelve months months months' ending June 30 there were 1622 new ships ships' of 1 gross tons numbered by bythe bythe bythe the bureau more than double the output of German yards in peace times Great Britain's production in inthe inthe inthe the same period has not been made public but in the year ended May 1 31 amounted to gross tons numbered by he bureau more than double the output of German yards in peace times Great Britain's production production pro pro- in the same period has not been made public but in the year ended May 31 amounted to 1406 gross tons or about 70 per cent i of the normal ann annual al output I One-half One of the fiscal years year's output output output out out- put of ships was completed in th the last four months The total included ed sea going steel steamers of gr gross ss tons and seagoing seagoing sea sea- sea sea-I going wooden vessels of ons the remainder being vessels forthe forthe for the tile lakes rivers and domestic transportation transportation transportation trans trans- except one concrete seagoing seagoing seagoing sea sea- going steamer of gross tons tonS' Even this record production how- how undoubtedly will be eclipsed eclips eclips- ed in the the- fiscal year just s starting arting for many new yards ards are jus just t beginning beginning begin begin- ning to to get into operation and the great fabricating yards yards' have not yet bun b to add finished ships to the cargo fleets flees Losses sustained by the merchant marine included for the last three months were tons of seagoing seagoing seagoing seago seago- ing vessels including ten of bf gross tons sunk by submarines off of the Atlantic coast in May and June The growth of the shipbuilding industry in m this country in the last two vo two years has been a a close rival of I many any businesses which have given gien America its reputation as a great in industrial industrial industrial in- in nation |
