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Tells the story of the gigantic task accomplished by American shipyards during World War II... This important book shows how the development of streamlined methods of construction made possible standards of production which would have seemed fantastic only a few years before.
An excellent and very readable account of the U.S. Maritime Commission's experience... The volume is thoroughly documented; the authors are always thoughtful of the reader in explaining technical shipping terms; and the approach is dispassionate, frank, and duly critical. The volume represents a fine addition to our wartime administrative histories.
Lane has done a pioneering job in this scholarly and monumental history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II... Not only a highly informative but an absorbing book.
A warts and all account of an economic and manufacturing miracle. A brilliant book.
This excellent book describe the whole programme in great detail.
The shipbuilding program of the U. S. Maritime Commission in WW II was one of the greatest industrial efforts in our history—and the most successful. In four years it produced just under 6,000 ships! This book provides the most complete account ever written of that magnificent program and is a wonderful resource for historians, researchers and ship enthusiasts. The original 1951 edition has been almost impossible to obtain and I applaud the Johns Hopkins Press for their decision to reprint this invaluable work.
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Available
Trim Size
6
x 9
Pages
944
ISBN
9780801867521
Illustration Description
28 halftones, 50 charts
Table of Contents
Preface to the 2001 Edition, by Arthur Donovan
Preface to the 1951 Edition
Chapter 1. The Commission and the Shipbuilding Industry
Chapter 2. Emergency Shipbuilding before the Declaration of War
Chapter 3
Preface to the 2001 Edition, by Arthur Donovan
Preface to the 1951 Edition
Chapter 1. The Commission and the Shipbuilding Industry
Chapter 2. Emergency Shipbuilding before the Declaration of War
Chapter 3. Design and Initial Procurement for the Liberty Ship
Chapter 4. Contracts with Shipbuilders and Their Supervision
Chapter 5. Expansion and Reorganization after Pearl Harbor
Chapter 6. Excess Capacity and the Cancellation of the Higgins Contract
Chapter 7. Speed and Productivity in Multiple Production
Chapter 8. Building the Labor Force
Chapter 9. Collective Bargaining
Chapter 10. The Battle for Steel
Chapter 11. Guiding the Flow of Materials
Chapter 12. Increasing the Supplies of Components
Chapter 13. Stabilization and Morale in the Labor Force
Chapter 14. Managing Managements
Chapter 15. Changing Managements
Chapter 16. Cracks in Welded Ships
Chapter 17. The Victory Ship
Chapter 18. Military and Minor Types
Chapter 19. The Contrast between 1943 and 1944
Chapter 20. The Manpower and Managerial Crisis
Chapter 21. Administrative Problems—(A) The Regional Offices
Chapter 22. Administrative Problems—(B) The Flow of Money
Chapter 23. Administrative Problems—(C) The Commission and the War Shipping Administration
Chapter 24. Adventures in Hindsight
Biographical Note
Index
