The Shipworker (1943/04/19)

Object Type

Shipworker issue

Object ID

13005

Date

April 19 1943

publisher

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

Description

Articles include: Yard workers to appear in Navy training films; War Bond drive mobilization; Parking enforcement along Brooklyn-Queens Connecting Highway (BQE); Mary Murphy the first female telephone operator and current switchboard supervisor dies after 34 years of service; Photo of making a ship’s bed and work of the docking gangs; Since 1925, 2,900 ships in Yard’s dry docks; Profile of the Shipwright’s docking gang operations.

Related Collection

The Shipworker collection

Subjects

Dry Docks, Labor and Yard Workers, Women