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Grant merger to include Mercantile Marine and Pacific Mail
The New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, N J, was sold to the American International Corporation with International Mercantile, Pacific Mail Steamship and W R Grace & Co The buyers plan to expand the Camden plant for large scale production and to renew fleets for government and private contracts A new corporation will be formed with majority ownership by the purchasing groups and a boom for Delaware River shipbuilding is anticipated. A Liverpool undertaker strike is also noted.
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Philadelphia
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
American International Corporation
International Mercantile Company
Pacific Mall Steamship Company
W. R. Grace & Co
Delaware River
Mercantile Marine Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Grace & Co