| Show U S shipyards set fast fart wartime pace figures released by the bureau of labor statistics reveal the outstanding record of shipbuilding the industry in expanding io 10 supply our shipping needs with a minimum of lost time this large working force produced approximately 50 million dead weight tons of merchant shipping during the afi years from january 1942 to july 1045 during this period the combatant strength of our navy was increased by more than three million displacement tons jumping from the 1313 million tons of july 1 1840 1910 to the million tons of july 1 IMS 1945 in addition the tonnage of auxiliary ships ml alne ine craft landing erfft etc w was as I 1 increased n by approximately 8 million tons Ship shipyards yaros along our line ne on n we great lakes and on our 1 inland iland rivers participated in this huge undertaking i throughout the tha period shipyards on the atlantic coast led in employment with pa tile coast yards second du during rn I 1 it tha peak month december 1 1043 A atlantic coast shipyards had workers while were employed in pacific coast shipyards the remaining workers were in egulf coast great lakes and inland yards during 1944 11 out of every I 1 shipyard workers were women this thi s was an increase from less than one ona halt half of 1 per cent in march 1942 throughout the period pacific boasi coast shipyards employed the highest per of women |
