Brief illustrated description of Houston Shipbuilding Corporation's shipyard located at Irish Bend Island, Houston, Tex, on Houston Ship Channel, which was organized for purpose of executing contract with U S Maritime Commission for construction of large number of EC-2 design cargo vessels known as Liberty ships; yard is one of so-called emergency shipyards built for Commission's wartime program.


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    Title :

    Emergency shipyard at Houston


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng Shipg Rev



    Publication date :

    1942


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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