The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-04
over 100 NEW
SHIPS ARE To
|bE LAUNCHED.
United States Celebrates Inde-
pendence Day in Most
Fitting Manner.
GREAT WORK IN
AMERICAN YARDS
More New Ships Than Germany's
Submarines Can Destroy
in Entire Month.

WASHINGTON, July 3-The United
States celebrates Independence Day
tomorrow by launching. between sun
rise and sunset, more ships than Ger
many's submarines can destroy in a
month at their present rate of under
sea piracy. o.
One hundred ships-perhaps more
approximately half a million tons of
dead weight tonnage are expected to
slip from their ways.
Without holding back a single ship
in order to swell the number for In
dependence Day Launching, the ship
workers by Drawn ana sacrifice have
made ready at least 95 ships. and 1t
is said to be not improbable that the
number will be one hundred. These
ships when completed at the same
rate of speed which has made posi-
BILE their launching today will take
their places in the bridge Of ships to
France" which win maintain the ar
mics fighting to defeat Germany.
Today's achievement which prop
ably will be accounted among the
safest and sanest Fourth of July cell
ebratlons in the countrys history has
been made possible only by the loyalty
and devotion of the ship yard work.
ers themselves working under the or
ganization of Chairman Hurley OF the
Shipping Board and Charles M
Schwab, the new director general OF
the Emergency Fleet CORPORATION.
The request or Chairman Hurley and
Mr.. Schwab that the day be celebrated.
by launching the greatest number of
hulls ever put overheard in one day.
specified distinctly that the war pro-
gram was SO pressing that 1t would
not be permissible to delay launchinEs
which could be made earlier. Any
ships put into the water must be tha
result of extra exertion to get them
ready ahead of scheduled time.
The response OF the workmen, the
men who actually are building the
merchant marine, needs no comment
other than the list of vessels to be
added today to the worlds marine
population. Sacrificing their regular
Saturday half holiday, accepting only
straight pay instead Of time and
half for that work, cheerfully work
ing overtime, the men speeded up pro-
duction in a great drive for tonnage
which has been SO successful that the
launchings today exceeded by 42,o5t
deadweight tons the entire output In
1901, the best pre-war year an Ameri.
can shipbuilding.
II an Official COInlhuHlQuo "cTc 10
sued on the result OF the days opera.
tions, 1t might read thus:
"Our shipbuilders attacked the u
boat campaign today everywhere in
America, achieving their detectives
early in the assault and pushing far
beyond. The result nullifes in one
day all that the German undersea
navy takes more than ene month TO
accomplish. All our units behaved
magniflcently and It is expected that
distinguished service medals will be
awarded soon to some individuals by
the Shipping Board"
The Bethlehem Union Plant in San
Francisco will have the honor Of
launching three ships with capacity
of 35.400 tons. The Moore Shipbuilding
Company at Oakland, Cal, also will
have a triple launching, the tonnage
being 2s,2o0. Triplets also will be born
in the Ecorse. Mich. yard of the Great
Lakes Shipbuilding Company, the tom
mage being $500.
Following is list of the launchings:
Steel Ships.
Sagadahoc, $500 tons. Bath. Maine.
Morristown, 1900 tons, Shooters
Island. N. Y.
CName not selected $500 tons, Will
mlnSIOn, bel.
War Compass, 1000 tons, Whining
ton, Del.
Naiwa, $500 tons, Co, Baltimore,
Nd
Everglades, $500 tons, Tampa. Fla.
independence, 1880 tons, San Fran
cisco Cal.
Victorious, 1880 tons, San Fran
cisco. Caly.
Defiance, II 500 tons, San Francisco.
Cal.
Major Wheeler, $500 tons. Oakland.
Cal.
Cha1iinger, $4,000 tons. Alameda. Cal.
Yamhill, s,40o tons, Oakland, Cal.
Yaquina, a,4o0 tons, Oakland, Cal.
Guimba. e.400 tons. Oakland. Cal.
West GaIeta, $500 tons, Los Angeles,
Cal
West Zula. $500 tons, Los Angeles,
Cal.
Nantaha1a. $500 tons, So San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Western Star $500 tons Seattle