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Guns in a gunyard. Finished guns of large caliber awaiting shipment in an eastern Navy yard, one of eleven arsenals which are producing guns for the new two-ocean fleet

Guns in a gunyard. Finished guns of large caliber awaiting shipment in...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are...

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Ready for battle. Finished guns of large caliber awaiting shipment in an eastern Navy yard. This is just one of the eleven Navy arsenals which are producing guns for the two-ocean fleet

Ready for battle. Finished guns of large caliber awaiting shipment in ...

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Birth of a big Navy gun. Red hot parts for a big gun being drop forged in an eastern Navy yard. This will end up as equipment for our new two-ocean fleet

Birth of a big Navy gun. Red hot parts for a big gun being drop forged...

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Guns for the Navy. Finished guns of large caliber awaiting shipment in an eastern Navy yard, one of eleven arsenals which are producing guns for the new two-ocean fleet

Guns for the Navy. Finished guns of large caliber awaiting shipment in...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). There are many complicated machining operations involved in the production of ships for our two-ocean Navy. This skilled worker is one of thousands at the Newport News ways

Shipbuilding (Newport News). There are many complicated machining oper...

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Cartridge drawing machine. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridge case for the big anti-aircraft guns. The yard in which this work is performed is one of eleven Navy arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition needed for our two-ocean Navy

Cartridge drawing machine. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridg...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). These workers are red-leading a plate, to prevent corrosion. Only the highest quality materials will serve for the new warcraft under construction for Uncle Sam's two-ocean fleet

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These workers are red-leading a plate, to...

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Shaving the inside of a torpedo. At work on the inside of a torpedo airflask in an eastern arsenal. The expanded two-ocean fleet will need large stores of ammunition

Shaving the inside of a torpedo. At work on the inside of a torpedo ai...

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Brass for cartridges. Rolling out brass slabs is one of the first processes in manufacturing cartridge cases. The work is being performed at one of eleven Navy arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition for our two-ocean Navy

Brass for cartridges. Rolling out brass slabs is one of the first proc...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Here is driving power for the Navy, a group propeller shafts waiting for installation in new destroyers for our two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Here is driving power for the Navy, a gro...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Transportation is a vital operation in the huge Newport News Yard, where more than 36,000 workers are employed. These two workers are shown laying his tracks for a new railroad spur, which will carry materials right to the building ways where four cruisers and a large battleship are under construction for our new two-ocean fleet

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Transportation is a vital operation in th...

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Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eastern Navy yard will soon be turned in deck awnings, hammocks and accessories as our Fleet grows into a two-ocean Navy

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eas...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the prow of a battleship under construction. The Norfolk-Newport News section of Virginia is contributing a large portion of the new tonnage of our rapidly expanding two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the p...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard) This man is a structural steel worker, one of the thousands of highly skilled workers whose brains and brawn are fashioning for Uncle Sam's new two-ocean Navy, the finest fleet of warcraft the world has ever seen

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard) This man is a structural steel worker...

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Another "Line of Defense." The lunch-time whistle blows and workers file from an eastern Navy yard for re-fuelling during the dailey break in building ships and supplies for the two-ocean Navy

Another "Line of Defense." The lunch-time whistle blows and workers fi...

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Heavy tonnage in Navy guns. Shifting the enormous guns in an eastern Navy yard required overhead pulleys and special flatcars. Guns are being produced in eleven Navy arsenals to arm the fleet of new warships for the new two-ocean fleet

Heavy tonnage in Navy guns. Shifting the enormous guns in an eastern N...

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Tons of big guns for the Navy. Getting ready to finish the last of this row of big guns at an eastern Navy yard. The guns have to be shifted by overhead pulleys. This is part of the Navy's war program to provide a two-ocean Navy.

Tons of big guns for the Navy. Getting ready to finish the last of thi...

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Little but tough. Skilled carpenters working on a 26-foot whaleboat, one of the small but necessary units to bring the two-ocean Navy up to full defensive strength. Work like this is being rushed at an eastern Navy yard

Little but tough. Skilled carpenters working on a 26-foot whaleboat, o...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are...

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Drawing of a cartridge case. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridge case for the big anti-aircraft guns. The yard in which the work is performed is one of eleven Navy yard arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition needed for our two-ocean Navy

Drawing of a cartridge case. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartri...

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Tons of big guns for the Navy. Row of partly-finished guns in an eastern Navy yard. Heavy guns have to be shifted by overhead pulleys. This is part of the program to provide a two-ocean Navy

Tons of big guns for the Navy. Row of partly-finished guns in an easte...

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Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eastern Navy yard will soon be turned in deck awnings, hammocks and accessories as our Fleet grows into a two-ocean Navy

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eas...

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A forest of drills for the Navy. A few of the drills at work in an eastern Navy arsenal. Production has been speeded up to equip our two-ocean Navy

A forest of drills for the Navy. A few of the drills at work in an eas...

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Outpost of democracy's arsenal. Gate of an eastern Navy yard, a well-guarded portal behind which units of Uncle Sam's two-ocean Navy are being rushed to completion

Outpost of democracy's arsenal. Gate of an eastern Navy yard, a well-g...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). These workers are red-leading a pipe, to prevent corrosion. Only the highest quality materials will serve for the new warcraft under construction for Uncle Sam's two-ocean fleet

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These workers are red-leading a pipe, to ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This group of four of the 3,000 workers are engaged in building the huge 70 milllion dollar battleship Alabama, is working on the superstructure of the vessel, which will make a huge addition to the U.S. two-ocean Navy when it is launched in February 1942

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This group of four of the 3,000 work...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the prow of a battleship under construction. The Norfolk-Newport News section of Virginia is contributing a large portion of the new tonnage of our rapidly expanding two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the p...

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Ready for 1000 pounds of TNT. Checking up on torpedo parts which are being turned out at top speed for the two-ocean Navy at an eastern Navy arsenal

Ready for 1000 pounds of TNT. Checking up on torpedo parts which are b...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the prow of a battleship under construction. The Norfolk-Newport News section of Virginia is contributing a large portion of the new tonnage of our rapidly expanding two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Through the scaffolding may be seen the p...

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Minor unit for the U.S. fleet. Building 26-foot whaleboats in the shipright shop at an eastern Navy yard. Large numbers of these craft are under construction as auxiliaries for the two-ocean Navy

Minor unit for the U.S. fleet. Building 26-foot whaleboats in the ship...

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Power for torpedoes. Torpedo bulkhead on the heavy lathe at an eastern Navy arsenal. Production has speeded up to twenty-four hours a day for our two-ocean Navy

Power for torpedoes. Torpedo bulkhead on the heavy lathe at an eastern...

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