The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-23
CROWDS SEE THE SECOND
ALL-WELDED STEEL SHIP
LAUNCHED SATURDAY
: : -Exehrster.~ Sister ship sf ~Exckequer.~ Slides Saiar
day Into Bae Waters Of singing River.
Amid Much Aceaiw

TIC InzMIA snspouac1ng cxrpax-
SIRE N1a he s S Exxa@txr
a. ~ PA3NEnuh y4r1x Saturday
EaarTlzx Azgusz u a. 3s ao1o<&
Eseh officials q tnx American ia
pugs Lines z g Maritime Caznnix-
son fnE3A Sh~ipea31gag Capra-
ton and safe uozznsF and esxy o.
fasaA wsrs AMONG ~ ncgznK per-
sens ta1adeo IN The $500 wha as
ssguhaec - wfsaeS nae launching
me event w1s ea u Tie pzh1S
and a gTsas oxAtaaH was given 81
saAale 20 ne &Gfp ard Is builders
and owners as the eeAansA saaek.
ezazk hal SID gracefully into The
waters q ne PaEaeu1lA River.
aaAch has received - mAny sips
q vArin26 k1aaS after the.r con-
szrucxtSn an is 3aurea In the years
Ec1e ~.
u vas A. epoch-EnAnng occasion
IN The history Of Shipea1ldlng ard
Industry q paxcagouA TIE beau
ufG ship : sister snip us tire S
s Exchecuer. launched n PaScn-
E0ala June g. W3x ehr1xfened b It's
Spczzsor. Mrs. d e LAwrenee. ns
Chevy CHASE. Maryland wife OF one
q the officials o gze Maritime
Commission. Is Il started moving
doSn the launching vzyk towards
ne water Mrs Lawrence az at
Umctixg hruneftc. Vas lovely u a
Nhzte Srx0r1 costume trimmed IN
Navy Blue and were q hat of haT-
monixng eoiorS Prior 70 the launch
sag and ~ part oz the preliminary
program. Ehe was presented with
q beaaafnl bouquet q American
Beauty roses
r / ingalls, Sr~ chairman Of the
board q The ingalls, ShipouIidiug
Corporation Of PascagoulA, and the
Ingalls, Iron WORKS Of Blrxninxnara.
Ala was TIE master q ceremonies
and presented Commander Howard
l. Vickery. assistant % the char
man Of tie Maritime Commission
- Washington. D. c. who vas the
principal speaker.
Commander vSckery. who Is orae
q the foremost xklpoui1dlng "A
glneerS IN the country. was haned
70 the Maritime Commission by the
=. S Nary. He stated that the
ingalls, Shipbus1dIng Corporation
yard al PaseAEoulA Is able q con-
duct better boats ~ = loEer cost
than any other place in the coun-
II. He stated also nast the con-
strnrrtcn yards here we're built with
~ idea q prmanency and that
he yards would be here for years
"a come.
He added that the American Ex-
port Lines. far whom ire Exeh9ter
and ExcheGuer were buf1t. has an
established record IN ship building
and with the construction Of SIX
more ships for that line nuw un-
der contract for the Pascagoula
yards. Pzscze0nls has an oppos-
tzEnity 70 become the shipbuiiding
center Of the South.
J. z Slater. vice-preMdent Of the
American Export Lines. was an
ether speaker. He praised the fac1li-
les Of the ingalls, plant IN Pasca-
g0ala. He announced that the boat
would be PCT into service between
the United States and Persia and
India He said that II would be
u Of tia largest and fzxtest Amer
lean Cargo SHIPS 70 travel in the
FEr East and Indian Ocean Be-
cause Of the quality and cost Of the
vessels built IN PaScaEoala. this &C.
Ton can look 70 many years Of
Sh1pbuidlng.
The Bchester. 90 feet long and
e feet VICE has 4 displacement
& 1850 tons Sic Is one Of four
such ships under construction ~
ingalls, ~ P4scagoaia. The seven
other ships. four for the American
Export Lines and three fer the
South A4rtczn American Lines. VIII
Be combination carRo-pas4ngeT
Mk vii be S48l0D0U
The ExcnestsT uAs launched with
perfect precision ard timing. sar-
passing the excellent handing Of
Ehe launching Of the Exchequer
The weasel vas brought % . halt
~ It's crae-ehztn6 a. Tie exact place
Il VA scheduled % stop There
ITO tugs took her Il charge and
moved her into TIE QUILTING sip
- the ingalls, yards She v4u De
ready uo 81 sal II about txo and
3 hsE months.
Al the opening O the ceremonies
xnts the uaFongs poured into the
yards. the P~asc&go1la High szhool
Band rendered 8 program Of ap-
woprtzH mzz&c. Following the
launching . reception for TIE SPECIAL
invited guests vas he'd IN TIE In
gals offices where cocktails hoxS
eouFres and sandwiches nere
served
Following IRIS event, LII. and
MrA Herme Gaatlkr entertained .
large nzEnber o. guests and uuaa-
rent persons w1th Al informal party
= their home
MrE Lawrence. the sponsor. rs
hGn0rec Nih q beautiful and
elaborate dinner ~ ue EogeH4ter
GuH Hotel IN Biloxi during the
early Afternoon and most q ne
Visitors h<t fer their homes II Fsxz-
Uz para q TIE country Curing
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