Ships for Victory
Subtitle: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II
Contributors: Arthur Donovan (Preface)
Edition: Johns Hopkins Paperbacks Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 21, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 944
ISBN-13: 9780801867521
Subjects: Technology; Second World War, 1939-1945; History - Military / War; United States; Naval History - World War II; Military - World War II; USA; United States - General; History: American; Military - Naval; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; History / United States / General; World War, 1939-1945; Naval Engineering Forces; Military Science; American history: Second World War; History of engineering & technology; Shipbuilding industry; United States.; Shipbuilding; 20th century; History; Maritime Commission
First sentence: THE COMBINATION of government regulation and private enterprise through which American industry operated during World War II was a strikingly decentralized kind of administered economy.
Description: A chronicle of America's intensive shipbuilding programme during World War II, this explores the development of revolutionary construction methods and the recruitment, training, housing and union activities of the workers.