The Shipworker (1943/08/20)
- Object Type
- Shipworker issue
- Object ID
- 12958
- Date
- August 20 1943
- Description
- Articles include: Improvements to Yard food service, including longer lunch period for waterfront (outside) workers and cafeterias in Buildings 14, 280, 292, and 5 to remain open during the night shift; Commandant opens check-cashing booth at Sands Street Gate; Move of Electric Shop from Buildings 5 and 131 to Building 127 completed; Difficulties faced by Navy Yard Restaurant Board and Canteen Food Service in managing 38 eating places; Free technical courses to start at Pratt Institute; Parking rules for strip along Brooklyn-Queens connecting highway; Power failure blackout on Friday the 13th; Unit system of production extended to the Paint Shop; Pattern Shop completed a full year without injury; Ferry schedule between Brooklyn and the Bayonne Annex.
- Related Collection
- The Shipworker collection
- Subjects
- Administrative, Commandant, Food and Beverages, Labor and Yard Workers, Power Plant, Sands Street Gate
- Buildings
- Buildings → Building 127 - Boat Shop and Storehouse, Supply Depot, Electric Shop, Substation 24, Buildings → Building 131 - Storehouse, Riggers, Shipwright, Sawmill and Electrical Machine Shop, Yard Basin Office, Spar and Block House, Duty Office, Joiner Shop and Paint Shop, Sheetmetal Shop, Storage, Sail Loft, Buildings → Building 14 - Timber Shed, Mould Loft, Joiners Shop, Block Shop, Lunch Room, Apprentice School, Restaurant, Truck Storage and Marine Corp Brig, Band Room, General Court Martial, Marine Corps Brig, Board Civil Service Exam, Buildings → Building 280 - Ordnance Machine Shop, Optical School and Shop, Substation, Inside Machine Shop, Electronics Shop, Buildings → Building 292 - Production Utility Building, Substation K, First Aid Station, Production Services, Cafeteria, Buildings → Building 5 - Machine Shop & Schools, Electrical Ordnance, Radio & Radio Lab, Central Tool Shop
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