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Navy Man Runs Plant to Direct Strike-Bound Yard
Rear Admiral Harold C. Bowen was named to oversee the government operation of the strike-bound Kearny New Jersey Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company plant. Reports suggested the axis navy could near parity with Britain if Nazis seized Russian ships or if Vichy ships were turned over, potentially boosting naval strength even with partial units.
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Navy Man
Harold C. Bowen
Kearny, N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and, Drydock Company
Row Rais
Britain
Great Britain
Germany
Baltic
Black Seas
Peter Flynn
Industrial Union of Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Workers
Secretary of Navy
Kearny
N. J