The Archive · 1941

Ship Construction

London, July 31- impressive increases are noted in current ship construc Trap for Nazis in Western Desert tion in North America as compared with the volume reported The Nass have fered heavily in the war in the Western Desert—a Brit toon tay of warfare ith which they are not familiar. The fature shows year ago," states the "Seattle hope that mine field in one of the forward Positions, in Times." "For instance, 836 discreet mechanized forces will drive into tt, ships with a total of 5,350,000 gross tons were on the ways or under contract in American shipyards on June 1, 1941, as compared with 287 vessels of 17528200 gross tons on duly 2,

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