MASS LAUNCHING
Eight Vessels In One Day On
Maine Coast
FREIGHTERS AXD WARSHIPS
Rec. 2 p.m. NEW YORK
Aug. 16.
A message from Portland says that Maine coast shipyards had an unprecedented mass launching today when six merchantmen aggregating 61,000 tons, including five for Britain, and also two destroyers, took the water. The merchantmen were built in from 48 to 61 days.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 193, 17 August 1942, Page 3
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