Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-26
GREAT ARMY ENGAgkD
IN BUILDING Ships
Skilled Workmen of Many
Trades Employed on Uncle
Sans Big Program.

Washington S~hipbuildine ,he
a.any-sided task in which much of
Americas mechanical genius is today
engaged as n part of the war program,
requires mechanics skilled in moro
than 80 trades besides an army Of
%unskiilcd workers.
With n gigantic building program
ahead. a vast force IS employed aions
IN this p asc OF w3r work. TodaN
wards with 25o,000 Engaged in trades
that provide material for the ship
builders.
Here are The skilled workers WHO
are doing the work Oh the steel ship:
ship filters. blacksmithS. riVcttcrS.
clippers and calkers, drjllcrs. plumb
crs. nipefittcrs, machinists Joincrs,
carpenters, pattern makers, foundry
men. c~oppcrsnli,hs. heavy folgcrs,
sheet metal workers, furnace mon,
.5ncarers. %punchcrs. alialcsrnlths, ship
wrisllts, ringers, %flan&ers, drop forg-
ers, crcctors, boltorsup, crane operat-
ors, locomotive engineers, ftremon,
locts,nca. painters and helpers in all
these tiadeS.
sixty per cen, OF the work on It ship
is in constructing the hal, and tho re-
| manning 30 per cent is installing ne
chanicai parts. deck furnishings ana
other equipment Wat goes To make tne
finished Vessel.
Obviously. il is almost impossible To
single out one Graf. that is the most
important. All contribute in malinG
the finished product and without any
n no complete ship could result.
! Lofts,ncn, however, play y great part.
Ship plans are first made Il a draft
ing room on a s.na scale. Going on
the mould loft-a large building with
a smooth floor of sufficient size to
have drawn upon it tho plans OF the
ship to fun size--,hc loftsmen FASH
ion the templates or moclda VI high:
wood or paper from which the steel
for the hull can be laid OF and marked
for shear!'g. punching, planning and
Other operations.
The mou'ds are made from three
nians that give shape to the slap.
These plans, showing u mes OF a
vcssc! are the sheer plan OF side Gle
walton, tho half breath plan and tho
body plan o. end elevation. The Do3N
plan is most Used III making the
mou,ds. for it shows better the shape
Of each frame, beam II floor plate.
The mo'lds mug DO absolutely COG
rec, SO that they will join t~ogethar
properly.
Tho shipfi,ter is probably lhc onn-
metal worker whose trade may he
termed purely n s%hipbu:.iin., trade, lie
marks off ire steel material for the
parts OF the vessels hull, 10y fitting
The %loft,pan's mould over the sicel.
Driilcrs also play n big par; in the
drilling n roaming of holes. They
arc necessary because OF tllc riNoE
holes being punched in shop do not al
ways coincide despite careful work
manship. In some cases also holss
must be drilled on tn. ship. iho I'M
evenress bctwacn holes is removed bN
roaming, which is merely u SLIGHT en-
largcmont.
Rivctters do perhaps the most spec
tacular work, the rat-a-tat-tn of their
pneumatic tools having a Fascination
reminiscent of the anvil OF uhc viilaG,
blacksmith. Tivetting holds Tho shin
together. IL a ships plans spccif.
every rivet. TO, each has ~ certain
function. Clippers and calksrs Trim
off or ,nooth the edges OF plates. asst
inss and other parts and make then
water tight. Shipwrights install tho
wooden decks, masts. si,ars AMI
hooms. Other ship woodwork is don,
by joiners.
Shop work on tho huE proper i.
done by workmen operating shears
punches. bending rolls, planners art
ether machines and the frame bcndcrs
acetylenc burners. furnace Hnen ant
anglesmiths who perform tho prepara.
tory work to the erection of plates
brackets. clips. beams. bu,kheads an
parts f'Cullfrcl for tho lull rf :, Hliu.