Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II
Tells the story of the gigantic task accomplished by American shipyards during World War II... This important book shows how the development of streamlined methods of construction made possible standards of production which would have seemed fantastic only a few years before.(Publishers Weekly)An excellent and very readable account of the U.S. Maritime Commission's experience... The volume is thoroughly documented; the authors are always thoughtful of the reader in explaining technical shipping terms; and the approach is dispassionate, frank, and duly critical. The volume represents a fine addition to our wartime administrative histories.(American Political Science Review)Lane has done a pioneering job in this scholarly and monumental history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II... Not only a highly informative but an absorbing book.(Evening Sun (Baltimore))A warts and all account of an economic and manufacturing miracle. A brilliant book.(Work Boat World)This excellent book describe the whole programme in great detail.(Asia Pacific Shipping)The shipbuilding program of the U. S. Maritime Commission in WW II was one of the greatest industrial efforts in our history—and the most successful. In four years it produced just under 6,000 ships! This book provides the most complete account ever written of that magnificent program and is a wonderful resource for historians, researchers and ship enthusiasts. The original 1951 edition has been almost impossible to obtain and I applaud the Johns Hopkins Press for their decision to reprint this invaluable work.(Captain Brian Hope, Chairman, Project Liberty Ship)