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Show oo Ship Construction Nets Six Million ! Tons Deadweight WASHINGTON, Dec 13 At the lend of this year the twelve month ship construction piogram of the shipping board will net ci million deadweight ions, Chairman Payne 'said today Vessels undei active construction od j December 2, the chairman :-aid, numbered num-bered 2.314, keels for 2,240 of which 'had be n laid with a deadweight ton lunge of 12,'26,-186. Of the total number num-ber of ships included in the board s entire construction program, 1,910 with a deadweight tonnage of 10,404, 047 had in ( n launched on Decembei 2. and l.tjTi actually had been delivered de-livered to the Bhlpplng board, making a total deadweight tonnage of 9,!S9, ':p to December 2. The majority of our ships are good ,.nd an- performing excellent service, the chairman stated. "Class for clas. they compare favorably with the ships of lorein nations." |