FOUR CARGO SHIPS DAILY
ASSURANCE TO UNITED STATES (Rec. 1.4 p.m.) Rugby, Oct. 15. An assurance that the United Nations could count on an average of four new United States cargo ships daily by January was given by Admiral Vickery, addressing the American Merchant Marine Conference. He said this was not the maximum potential shipyard capacity, and 24.000.000 tons deadweight of new shipping would be delivered by the end of 1943. This figure could be substantially exceeded if necessary materials were available. Although we had still a long way to go before we would have enough ships for victory, the problem of shipyard productivity was as good as solved. Last month shipyards built 89 per cent, of the whole 1941 output.—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 October 1942, Page 2
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