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THE CHINA-MAIL, SEPTEMBER 8, 1941!
PLANNING
SHIP
U.S. TO BEAT RECORD
› SUCH IS THE FEVERISH activity in the ship- yards on the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes that the United States seems to have borrowed the British slogan and to be deter- mined to prove that“ America, too; can “deliver the goods."
The "ugly ducklings," as the new cargo boats now being built for Britain are called, are welded ships. But even wooden vessels from Maine's once idle shipyards are among the devices by means of which it is hoped to keep pace with the losses in the Battle of the Atlantic and elsewhere.
On
paper the present pro- rest of the world. At the begin- gramme is less spectacular than ning of the present emergency the one that this country adopted construction programme the when it entered the last war, but United States had 51 yards and the men in charge of it hope and 119 shipways. Some 150 anal believe it will prove more effec- tional shipways are now under tive.
construction and at least 50 to 60 more ure projected.
Speed Is Essential
Cost Of Ships
Rear Admiral Emery Land. who, as chairman of the Mari- |
In its first comprehensive sur time Commission, is supervising vey of the programme; the Mari- this mercantile shipbuilding ef- time Commission places the cost fort, told Congress that under the of the 705 merchantmen "built last war emergency programme building, or under. contract” at the United States "built 2,300| £406.000,000. ships, and not one of them got int service during the war." His present aim is to get the ships ready in time.
President Roosevelt himself emphasised the need for opted when he said that the 2,000,000
gross tons of cargo ships and oil tankers being made avait able to Britain from the vast shipping pool assembled during the past few weeks are not enough.
It estimates that expenditure|
GLAMOROUS BOY BLUE
A pair of glamorous satin knickers were being, raffled. by the W.R.N.S. at a naval town for a Blitz Fund:
To promote ticket. sales, it was stated that the winner of the "knicks" would parade in them.
Naval boys bought nearly all the tickets. A sailor won the coverted "pants," so the parade was off.
PRISONER'S PEOPLE ESCAPE
A 20-year-old labourer escaped
on new facilitics, such as addi- from the prisoners' waiting room tional shipways, will exceed at Lambeth Police-court recently. £21,000,000 to bring the total Shortly before his case was to be cost of the programme to nearly frey Rose, a crash of glass was heard by the magistrate, Mr. Geof- £428,000,000.
The
man had
on the roof
These figures exclude construc- heard in court. tion not being supervised by the climbed 20ft up a rope to the sky- Commission, a category which in light and kicked a hole in the cludes
He climbed the 60 "ugly ducklings" glass. ordered by the British Govem-and then took a flying leap to a ment and 80 vessels of various sloping roof in Brook Street types built privately. If these Hospital grounds many feet below "Since the Appropriation Act 146 ships are included, the total and vanished. The man Was was passed," the President del number of merchantmen
of "built accused
shopbreaking and clared, $550,000,000 has been al- building or under contract" is in- stealing or receiving costumes,
creased to 851. Since
value £24. new ships under the Lease and have been delivered under the Lend Act. Contracts have been Maritime Commission's long- let and the new shipways requir-range programme, 700 ed to build these ships are now being built or on order. nearing completion."
Jocated for the construction of
91 ships
are now
Equal To Last War
The report has been received with the comment that in many respects the effort of to-day is equalling and in some respects is ahead of the last war programme, "which startled everyone, includ ing Americans, by its scope."
more
superior even to the best ships we built then.
"Our new ships have hatches. and better loading equipment; so that two gangs can unload or load at a hatch
at one time. That adds to the ship's speed. which is in any case superior."
Rising Production Detailed estimates are military secrets, but us things stand it is hoped that the United States will turn out at least 1,250,000 gross tons this year, that the output will rise to 2,500,000 gross tons
It is predicted that America's next year, and that by the mid-
Discussing the report. Captain | ship production will really swing dle of 1943 the annual rate of Granville Conway, the Maritime into high gear by next March. production will have reached Commission's director in the New From that time on the rate of 5,000,000 gross tong. The total York district, points out that, production will rise steadily, and for 1940' was 540,000: gross tons. ship for ship, the present pro- unless the Nazis greatly increase Deliveries of 60 cargo boatsduction is far superior to that of the rate at which they are des- ordered by British before the the last war: "One of our C-3 [troying Allied shipping, the de- Maritime Commission began ships," he said, "is worth eight, mocracies should begin to move placing its emergency orders will and possibly ten, old composite towards achieving that margin of start at the end of the present or wooden ships, and in carrying superiority which Mr. Ronald year. There are "ugly ducklings" power based on speed, loading Cross believes we may hope to designed for quiet and ensy equipment and capacity is far attain towards the end of 1942, 'construction.
Some commentators maintain that all this does not compare with the American' programme in the last war, where the construc- tion of more than 11,000,000 gross tons of merchant shipping was projected. But it the present plans are carried out successfully "the record of actual achievement may well prove to be a much better one.
Half a million gross tons ware turned out in 1916; near- ly 1,000,000 In 1917, more than 8,000,000 in 1918, arid more thaй 4,000,000 in 1919.
Naval Building Programme
GOT FIVE ME'S IN A DAY
A NEWCOMER, 25, to a famous Polish squadron opened his score in the first offensive sweep by shoot- ing down one Me. 109 and probably a second.
In the second sweep of that day he destroyed Morcover, the United States is three the third one he rammed, cutting off tis now building naval vessels on a tail with the propeller of his Spitfire after all his
scale that is without precedent in
any country. Apart from hun- ammunition had gone. dreds of small craft some 450
He is Now in hospital suffer-fight. When the Me. turned away, warships are due to be completed ing from a out forehead and a the Polish pilot chased after him. by 1947 at the immenso cost, broken collar-bone;
A short burst sent the enemy including the provision of new His squadron was acting as shipbullwing facilities, of escort in an attack on a target down.
£2,000,000,000.
in Northern France.
Again the pilot tried to rejoi Naturally this work occupies When fifty miles Inside France his squadron, but was attacked many of the country's: yards and skilled workers. It is felt that it in to attack.
at 14,000ft/ an Me. 109 flew by another Me. 109.
is just as important to strengthen Wheeling round he fired five the Fleet as it is to produce mer bursts with his cannon. The third cantile bottoms, but it is a fact hurst blew the enemy into that in the last war shipyards
with a great many shipways were tiny pieces.
:
When the Pole realised that: ho had run out of ammunitiont he rammed the 109, cutting the whole of the taff unit with 'his' nimmorow.on
constructed, on a much greater The Polish pilót was about to scale than is proposed at present. take up his position in the
When the emergency pro- launched in 1917 gramme was the United States had 61 yards and 215 shipways. At the end of that war there were 341 yards And 1,284 shipways that le, more than twice the total of the the Me 100' which started a dog pole and ho broke a collar-bone.
His windscreen was covered squadron when he saw a 109 | with oil and · a broken fragment attack a compatriot.
Rammed It.
He fired two short bursts at
from the enemy got hiin in the face. He made for the English const, blinded by the blood which poured front the wound.
The aircraft struck a telegraph