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Pacific Ship Yard Grabs First Honor
The fleet program follows standard shipbuilding aims to mass produce steel cargo vessels. Yard reports show requisitioned ships across North Atlantic Maine to North Carolina with totals of 209 ships and over 1,002,008 tons. Hog Island near Philadelphia grows into the world’s largest yard under government funding with plans for 120 ships and 23 million plus spent, while Liberty keel launches and 15 knot oil burners outline wartime output ambitions.
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North Atlanta
Maine
North Carolina
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Fleet Corporation
Hog Tsland
Submarine Boat
Newark Bay
New Jersey
Iav
Liberty
Hog Island
Philadelphia
American International Corporation
American International
Hog Idland