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...Little Room. Many a port was deep last week in boxed planes, tanks and Lend-Lease food supplies awaiting cargo space. To avoid the pile-up of 1918, which led to the Government's taking over the railroads, WPB is building a chain of emergency depots near the coasts, where goods can be stored more safely than at dockside. In some defense areas, warehousemen have pooled facilities...
...every ton of U.S. shipping sunk by submarines off the Atlantic coast since January 1, U.S. shipyards have launched six tons. The score: 5 tankers and 2 cargo ships sunk, 4 tankers and 22 cargo ships launched...
...Todd is now a shipbuilder as well as repairer. The British gave Todd an order for 60 cargo ships in 1940. Tying up with smart Bath Iron Works in Maine and the fabulous Henry Kaiser on the West Coast. Todd and associates now haye 16 yards building or repairing cargo boats and naval vessels as fast as they can. The first British ship was completed at Richmond. Calif, last month, only 13 months after the contract for the yard was signed...
...nation was on edge when police uncovered his plot, to blow up several munitions ships then at sea. But while no bombs were found on these vessels, the "Minnehaha" caught fire on the day designated by "Holt" and had to race madly for the nearest port to keep its cargo of cordite and high explosives from going sky-high...
...ships such a saving may be doubly important, for they must not only buy but haul their fuel. Cargo capacity of merchant ships, cruising range of warships can be upped by a 25 to 40% economy of fuel. (A mercury-powered ship was planned in 1938 by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., then postponed until mercury's problems were overcome...