The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-31
OAKLAND SHIP
 YARDS ADOPT
 ARMY TACTICS

OAKLAND, Cal. Oct. 3l.-Individual | initiative to carry on" the spirit that
 enabled Americans at Chateau Thierry
 to go through the German shock
 troops, is setting records at the Moore
 Shipbuilding and Dock company's yard ! here.
 Doctors, lawyers. clerks. mechanics
 and men from all walks of life have 1 been whipped into shape as shipbuild- ! CTS much as the Cantonments have
 made soldiers of men who never had handled arms. Thousands here. as in other yards, who never saw salt water, have become keen, swift workers, aid
 ing in the building of the bridge of
 ships"
 Competition in speed developed by , the governments awards of honor , flags to yards has been supplemented 1 by competition between the working
 crews within the yards. Searching tests by government inspectors have created another race for quality work. | Rivcting gangs that once counted sue cess by the hundreds of rivets driven. now compete for minimum records on
 rivet rejecti0ns. Trained ears of gov
 ring" as the finished rIvet is struck
 and if the note is false. the loose or
 defective rivct must be burned out, | if it cannot be Caulkcd tight.
 This efficiency of the industrial sol
 dicrs. to give the country good ships
 and to give them soon, is demaded at
 every turn by the governments stand. ards. Minutcly as the work is watched and checked by expert vigilance. as
 the ship is built, the finished vessel nevertheless must pass again the closest scrutiny, to see that every
 plate and girdrr going into the vessel has been aligned properly and ft.yI properly The Moore plant workers 1 prld" themselves they are standn,
 the acid test of government inspection.
 The big yard has seven ways and | plans to construct seven nor" before ! D.rumbcr It's program calls for 'he i launching ol d 5000 ton cargo carrer every twelve days, and il is tryug constantly to improve on that rro-
 gram. II is making a' specially of
 refrigerator boats, of which two aI- ready have been launched.
 These refrigerator boats present problems in construction met in no other type of vessel Modern imprO r ments have resulted in a process whereby the preparation -iiRiIA, -,-s sides and bulkheads of the vessel acts as d non-conductor of heat and cold and as tireprooGing as well. The equiv
 alcnt of 50 full carloads can be placed in one of these vessels before she is loaded to capacity.
 Ship camounage gives every boat from this plant the appearance of some monster futurist painting that
 has left its frame for spin on the
 ocean. The idea is carried out to such an extent that an aviator or look, out gazing down at her is deceived in her size and direction. Each cam outage scheme is worked out to give its own particular illusion.
 Weather and climatic conditions are drafted to aid in the deception. ! Each boat is camoutiaged with q view to the appearance she will make on d bright and a hay day and in storms
 of varying intensity Distance between 1 the boat and tEN observer also enters 1 largely into the scheme.
 Light control ls another big feature.
 A host of devices are installed to pro.
 tect against the showing of lights at night and while the vessel is brilliant ! ly lighted on the inside she iS invisible
 to the lurking submarine unless q vagrant searchlight beam should hap pen to pick her out The minute a door or window is opened "cutout'
 acts and all near lights are ex
 tinguished.
 Although the vessel is a cargo car. | Tier pure and simple, the fittings of
 the officers and crews quarters are of the finest. The captains quarters
 are complete from sideboard to bath
 tub. Other officers also are given
 homelike surroundings while the guar,
 ters of the crew are neatly finished
 of and have many comforts.
 A ynnnin1 rpil ,,h
 the captains taking a bath in safety and comfort no matter how boisterous
 the sea or how the ship is rolling.
 Rails of an attractive pattern are pro.
 vided to keep the ships plate and
 dishes from falling off the sideboard
 in rough weather. The furnishings are sturdy and hOmclike throughout