SHIPS FOR ALLIES
BUILDING IN AMERICA U.S.-NORWEGIAN CONCERN (Reed. Jan. 13, 11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 12. The Norwegian-American combine have taken, over the old Groton ship yards in Connecticut which have been closed since the world war, to build a £5,000,000 fleet of freighters for the Allies’ merchant marine. It is expected that construction on 9000-ton ships will start in a few weeks under the direction of American engineers.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20452, 13 January 1941, Page 4
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70SHIPS FOR ALLIES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20452, 13 January 1941, Page 4
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