Douglas Island news., 1918-08-23
SKINNER 6 EDDY
 COMPLETE YEAR
Great Shipyard Where 80 Many AL askans Are Working Makes
 Fine Record

of delivering twcnty-ouc great steel steamships Go Uncle sam in a period of twelve months a grand total dcadwcicht tonnage of lS6,OOo tons the world famed skinner & Eddy plant No. this week com plctcs its first year of building car ricrs for Amcrica's great Liberty Fleet. says Che Seattle Times
 Tho plant delivered its first com maudecrcd ship. the $500 ton Jean ucttc skinner. to Che United States Shipping Board August 2O last year This week It completes its first years deliveries Co the govern mcut by turning over another S.SOo- touucr
 The twcuty-ouc carriers placed end Go end represent ono and three duhs miles iu Pcrshiug's bridge across Che Atlantic This record means that Che skinner & Eddy champions continue to head che pro- cessIon iu Che Allied nations cnorts Go provide ocean tonnage for Che cause or democracy
 steamer West Hosokic rushriug down says Director General Charles M. schwab of Che Emergency Fleet Cor poratl0u at every plant he visits. A ship is delivered only when she is fully completed and ready for opcr- alton. In deliveries during che first years work for Uncle Sams Liberty Fleet. Che skinner G Eddy plant No. ! has hung up another mark for other yards Co shoot at. In the meantime. tho plant is going ahead at a greater pace than ever and will close its second years work for Uncle Sam twelve months hence with an even more gigantic record.
 Plant No. { launched its first conn maudccrcd ship year ago. The 18th of August it observed tho auniyer- sary by sending thc S,SOO-ton steamer West Hosobic rushing down Che ways to Che frcnzicd cheers or tbc skinner & Eddy world-chom- piou workers. The new carrier Is Che 21st ship launched by the plant Cor Uncle sam iu Che twolvc-mouth period
 Thus In its first ycar ot building for Uncle sam Che plant not only delivered tvcuty-onc ships. nut also launched twcuty-ouc carriers The ioadwcight tonnage iu each ease Is Che same. lSG.00O tons In each rasr also Che list consists of one 10,- 000-tou steel oil tanker and twenty S.SOO-ton steel frcighters. A number of Che vessels which arc In operation under thc Shipping Board flag have added bright pages to thc annals of Amorica's merchant marine.
 In connection with the launching Of Che West HosoSic, the skinner & Eddy workers raised the blue pen uaut awarded to plant No. by Che Emergency Fleet Corporation for its great achievement in June. In that month Che skinner & Eddy plant No 1 oxccllcd all other American steel shipbuildIng plants in speed and efficiency of its work. The Fleet Corporation each month awards three pcunants to the steel yards. In May plant No. I won thc second place pcnnant and in June it won thc first place ponnant. The banner or leadership was given Co thc breeze amid thc cheers or Che workers
 Tho West Hosokic went into thc waters dfty-four working days from ! the kecl-laying. the average pace maintained by plant No. since early n Che spring.
 Plant No. has five ways. but when the commandecr order was is. sued in August Of last year. it had only three. The fourth ways went Into operation a week or two after she communicating order was is- sued. The dfth ways was complete, and wont into operation last Sep | tembcr.