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World War II Shipyards by the Bay (CA) (Images of America) | 
 enlarge | Author: Nicholas A Veronico
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 483174
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0738547174
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.822
EAN: 9780738547176
ASIN: 0738547174
Publication Date: February 7, 2007
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In the dark, frenzied years of World War II, the San Francisco Bay Area was the geographic center of a $6.3 billion West Coast shipbuilding industry. Stretching from the Golden Gate to Vallejo to Sunnyvale, 14 Bay Area yards launched many of the ships that helped save the free world. Basalt Rock of Napa, Bethlehem Steel of San Francisco and Alameda, Hunters Point and Mare Island Naval Shipyards, Joshua Hendy Iron Works of Sunnyvale, Marinship of Sausalito, Permanente Metals in Richmond, and Western Pipe and Steel in South San Francisco are names that still conjure memories for many locals of one of the most impassioned war efforts in human history. Offering new opportunities for African Americans and women, recruiters searched the nation for workers who relocated here by the thousands. These motivated men and women delivered Liberty cargo ships like the SS Robert E. Peary, built in seven and a half days, a shipbuilding record that stands to this day.
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 Great book November 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very fine history of the war effort in the San Francisco Bay Area.Very concise highly recommended.
 San Francisco, Shipyards, History May 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A well rounded look at the several shipyards around the Bay during WW 2. They had a great impact on the future of Northern California.
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