U.S. SHIPBUILDING
OBJECTIVE WILL BE REACHED New York, May 19. The Journal of Commerce correspondent at Washington says that if the Maritime Commission obtains the steel needed. President Roosevelt’s goal of 15,000,000 tons of merchant shipping next year will be exceeded. While 3 6 ships were completed in April, over 5 0 will be finished in May, and daily launchings will reach three in the autumn.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXX, Issue 13647, 21 May 1942, Page 8
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66U.S. SHIPBUILDING Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXX, Issue 13647, 21 May 1942, Page 8
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