SHIPPING IN AMERICA
Every cix niiimti'-i :i :n>;-ch.-i!'. v sel arrives at and a.i.iiv. ......
United States port. From the r. ■■ Atlantic ports alone a merchant . .. departs for Europe every 40 niiiiuioo. This does not include vessels in the service of the army and navy. Interesting figures are given concerning Pacific Coast shipbuilding. Between January 1 and July 31, 55 shipyards in the Pacific North-West including British Columbia, launched 217 wood and steel vessels, having a
>tal deadweight tonnage of 1,010.350.
This is equivalent to one launching every 23 hours and 24 minutes. The State of Washington launched 551,-
(JSO tons, Oregon 397,600, British Columbia 07,100. All but 23 ships went to the United States Shipping Hoard. The ship output of this district before the war was nextto noth-
ing. Shipbuilders there arc now confident that the year's production will exec\l 2,000,000 deadweight tons.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 3636, 19 November 1918, Page 2
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