ON THE SEA.
U-BOAT DANGER OVER. GREAT OUTPUT of AMERICAN YARDS. i i Received Sept. 23, 10-20 p.m. i New York, Septy2l. Officials point out that with the Amet rioan and Allied yards working to their , , fn!!p-f capacity the danger of the U- . boats starving Europ« has apparently . ended The United States is now > operating 203 shipyards with 1020 way a The Shipping Board constructed ; 201030 tons of shipping, as compared r with the total Allied losses in that . period amounting to 259,400 tons. The . United states' ways are now double the total shinwavs of the rest of the world It is officially announced that 35fi j ship-:, aggregating more than 2,000,000 t tons deadweight, were completed in tho . vards under the supervision of the , Emprrwrpv Fleet Corporation up toSep--3 tember 14. In addition, during the ljs:mn "»,.;„,) ?fU ,1,,-pt, were l aunc J lei J ) i aggregating 1.223,000 tons deadweight. ( i M.i)P-:»nn tonnage js based on dead-•"pip-ht. Tiritain's on net registered, i j Deadweight tonnp.ge is approximately I I three limes greater than net registered i I tonnage.) '
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1918, Page 5
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178ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1918, Page 5
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