SHIPYARD RECORD

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1942, Page 4

SHIPYARD RECORD

VESSEL LAUNCHED IN TEN DAYS. H. KAISER’S ACHIEVEMENT. NEW YORK. September 29. Henry Kaiser's Oregon Shipbuilding Company launched the Liberty ship Joseph N. Teal. 10.500 tons, at Portland. Oregon, this week, just ten days after her keel was laid, thereby establishing an all-time record. Her boileis were in and steam was up. ohe was 87 per cent completed. , , Mr Kaiser( who built his first snip in September of last year, said the vessel would be outfitted and delivered, to ihe Government within five days. In the first World V7ar the best time for similar construction was 212 days.. The record for outfitting a ship, is five days and is held jointly by Kaispr’s Oregon and Richmond, California, yards. The launching broke the 24-day record set by the Richmond yard on August 28. Kaiser’s first ship, launched nearly a year ago, was the Star of Oregon. , . , . Mrs John Boettiger, daughter ol President Roosevelt and wife of the publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelli-gencer, named the Teal. Mr Kaiser, who came from New York to view his latest construction triumph, expressed confidence in the workers’ ability to turn out vessels in less than ten days. The vessel was the seventy-fifth Liberty ship constructed by the Oregon yard since the keel was laid for the Star of Oregon. . Asked if plans were developing satisfactorily for the construction of the three huge cargo planes recently authorised by the Government, M Kaiser said he was convinced he and Howard Hughes, designer and. financier, would be able to do the job in fine shape.” . Four hours before the Teal vas launched the William S. Rosecrans a “routine” job completed in 43 days, was delivered.