The Shipworker (1943/08/06)

Object Type

Shipworker issue

Object ID

12955

Date

August 6 1943

publisher

Department of the Navy, Executive Office of the Secretary Of the Navy

Description

Articles include: First check-cashing center to open new Sands Street Gate, courtesy of Manufacturer’s Trust Company; War Production Committee members and activity; 12-man work units; Silverware used in Yard’s cafeterias; Hardhat used known as skull guards; Extension of Market Street and realignment of rail yard at Paulding and Sixth Streets; Profile of three veterans – WWII, WWI, and Philippine Insurrection – who work in Ordnance Machine Shop, 6th Floor of Building 280; Second half of softball tournament; Admiral Plunkett Post of the American Legion; Largest total awarded for beneficial suggestions; Central Tool Shop furnaces feature.

Related Collection

The Shipworker collection

Subjects

6th Street, Administrative, Food and Beverages, Labor and Yard Workers, Leisure and Recreation, Market Avenue, Paulding Avenue, Railroads, Sands Street Gate

Building

Buildings → Building 280 - Ordnance Machine Shop, Optical School and Shop, Substation, Inside Machine Shop, Electronics Shop