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February, 1918 in a further scheme of expansion so that annoying delays and errors*of the past may be avoided in the future. Such organization as is being added contem- plates largely a more direct supervision of the material and labor supply and has for its object the co-ordination of both to the general plan of construction which we have in mind, so that the greatest possible output of the existing perienced workmen heretofore employed in our shipyards, some timé must be granted for the proper expansion and development of the necessary labor and directing forces to: man the newly cre- ated facilities. Time is mecessary in the case of any organization both for the gathering of the necessary experi- ence and for the development of the necessary team spirit so essential to suc- THE MARINE REVIEW 43 foreign Owners when the commandeeting order went into effect , on Aug. 3. The new tonnage of steel 'ships ordeted is represented by 559 ships of 3,965,200 deadweight tons. The wooden ships for which contracts have been placed repre- "sent 379 bottoms "of 1,344,900 deadweight tons and there are in addition 58 com- posite ships of 207,000 deadweight tons. "The output. of the various yards will | Nk Re MS LO ETO ee Se ee WE Ke en Complete Data on Ships Ordered by Emergency Fleet Corporation STEEL SHIPS Lone Star Shipbuilding Co... 8 28,000 2,400,000 85.71 Johnson. Shipyard (Co... ...3.. 3 10,500 900,000 85.71 c a Total Total Cost Henry Smith & Sons......... 8 28,000 2,400,000 85.71 oupa ny. ships tonnage cost per ton Potomac Shipbuilding Co..... 7 .+ 24,500 2,100,000 85.71 Merrill: 'Stevens | Co...) oc. . 4 24,000 $3,864,000 $161.00 Jo Ne McCammon. .6 i 2 7,000 600,000 85.71 Los Angeles Shipbuilding Co. 8 70,400 10,883,840 154.60 Hammond Lumber Co........ 2 7,000 580,000 82.86 Skinner -6:. Eddy | Corps is..2'2<:: 6 52,800 8,400,000 159.09 Alabama Shipbuilding Co..... 2 7,000 600,000 85.71 Seattle Cons. & Dry Dock Co. 10 75,000 243,125,000 7175.00 Murnam Shipbuilding Co..... 4 14,000 1,140,000 81.43 Moore & Scott Iron Works.. 10 94°000" / 15,022,516" 7159.81 George: As Gilchrist. 2.0... 8. 1 3,500 300,000 85.71 Baltimore Shipbuilding Co.... 8 70,400 11,123,200 .. 158.00 Hodge, Ship -Couiiiw cere 4 14,000 1,200,000 85.78 . Downey Shipbuilding Co..... 10 75,000 11,625,000 155.00 Southern Shipbuilding Co.... 5 17,500 1,500,000 85.61. Sun: Shipbuilding iGo... -ci.0. .. 4 40,000: 5,684,000 142,10 ev Me Mutdockiin se Oni 4 2 7,000 600,000 85.71 Western: Pine << "Steel (Cor... 8 70,400 10,824,000 153.25 Midland' Bridge Co. ie. ae ae 6 21,000 1,800,000 85.95 Groton Tron. Works <.i<7. 57.7 6 52,800 8,184,000 155.00 United States Maritime Corp. 6 21,000 1,800, 000° :.."85.71 Saginaw Shipbuilding Co..... 6 21,000 3,360,000 160.00 No. Caroline Shipbuilding Co. 2 7,000 *600, 000 85.71 California Shipbuilding Co. 3 18,000 2,728,320 151.41 Morey 2& "Thomasic <. sice ot 4 14,000: 1,200,000 285.7% *American International Corp: 50° 375,000 57,750,000 154.00 Cumberland Shipbuilding Co.. 9 31,500 2,700,000 86:34 *American International Corp. 70 560,000 115,500,000 206.25 ° L. H.. Shattuck.............. 18 63,000 5,220,000 82:86 *Submarine Boat Corp....... 50. .7250,000:» :395375,000.7 157.50 York River Shipbuilding Co.. 8 28,000 2,396,000 85.57 *Submarine Boat Corp....... 100°": °500,000: 75,600,000: :151,20..--Kruse &Banks.-. ...0: 220) 6 21,000 1,740,000 82.85 = *Merchant Shipbuilding Corp. 40 360,000 54,776,320 152.15 Fulton Shipbuilding Co....... 4 14,000 1,150,000 82.14. Newburgh Shipyard ......... 4 36,000 6,177,000 171.60. Freeport Shipbuilding €o.... (1 3,500 300,000 = 85,71 Los Angeles Shipbuilding Co. 10 88,000 15,136,000. 172.00 Sommarston Shipbuilding Co. 4 14,000 1,200,000 85.71. Jahneke Shipbuilding Co..... 6 30,000 4,950,000... 465.00. Kelley Spear Coe. 2) 0... 1 3,500 300,000 85.71 Hampton Roads Dry Dock & Meacham & Babcock......... 2 7,000 ~ 580,000 82.85 Shipbuilding Govw.ss. eciri 4 29,200 4,818,000 164.68 Wilson Shipbuilding Co...... 3 10,600 900,000 84.05 Federal Shipbuilding Co...... 10 96,000 15,500,000 161.46 Beaumont Co. ............+. 4 14,000 1,120,000 80.00 . Oscar Daniels' Go. 3. sees 2 10 95,000 15,349, 000 163.00 Coos Bay Shipbuilding Co.. 4 14,000 1,120,000 80.00 Erickson Engineering Co..... 10 94,000 15,980,000 170.00 Housatonic Co. ..........eee 10 35,000 = 2,775,000 = 79.28 Bayles Shipyard... -c06c ce 4 20,000 3,300,000 - 165.00 Nilson' & "Kelclies..i,. 20.720: 4 14,000 1,200,000 85.00 - Patterson-McDonald Co...... 8 70,400 11,968,000 170.00 George F.. Rodgers Co....... 4 14.000 1,200,000 85.00. American Shipbuilding Co.... 6 21,300 4,235,000 198.84 Seaburn Shipbuilding Co..... 8 28,000 2,400,000 85,703 American Shipbuilding Co.... 34 120,700 24,820,000 205.63 nt, Felen Shipbuilding Co:..0 °° 2.| 72.000 600,000 85.71 Southern Shipbuilding Co.... 16 120,000 19,440,000 162.00 Benicia Shipbuilding Co...... 2 7,000 600,000 = 85.71 Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Co. 10 94,000 15,792,000 168.00 Wright Shipyards ........... 2 7,000 600,000 85.71 » Pensacola Shipbuilding Co.... 10 90,000 14,580,000 162.00 Feeny & Bremer............. 1 3,500 300,000 = 85.71 Groton Iron Works.......... 12 112,800 18,048,000 -160.00 Tacoma Shipbuilding Co...... 4 14,000 1,200,000 85.78 Atlantie Corpo weve cee: iit 10 88,000 14,080,000 160.00 Newcomb Lifeboat Co........ 4 14,000 1,200,000 85.78. Grant-Porter-Smith-Guthrie Co. 12 42,000 3,600, "000 85.71. Totals te cc cea tess ters 557 3,914,200 $651,627,046 $166.48 f = Totals' Ssoncth ee ee ees 298 1,045,000 $88,691,000 $84.87 *The Emergency. Fiset pikes has extended financial aid in expanding yards. WOODEN SHIPS No. _ Total Total Cost WOODEN HULLS Company ships tonnage cost perton | No. Total Total Cost G. M. Standifer Corp......... 10 35,000 $5,000,000 $142.86 -- Company ships tonnage cost perton Peninsula Shipbuilding Co.... 4 16,000 2,000,000 125.00. McEachern Ship -Co:>.. 2... 3 10 35,000 $2,800,000 $80.00 Sloan: Shipyardsvici see. oe Sooo 56,000 7,840,000 140.00 Hammond Lumber Co........ 2 7,000 600,000 85.71 'Traylor: Mig.4 Gon ts yeas oe 10. 35,000 §,000,000 142.86 Heldenfels: Bros,2s 206 Secs 4 14,000 1,200,000 85.71 Lake & Ocean Navigation Co. 1 3S "500 450,000 128.56 Bantsler Shipbuilding Co..... 6 21,000 1,800, 000 85.71 National Shipbuilding Co..... 12 56, 400 7,560,000 134.40 Grays, Harbor: Corp...35.% fect 16,000 1,260, 000 79.75 Grant-Smith-Porter-Guthrie Co. 8 28,000 4,000,000 142.85 Coast Shipbujlding Co....... 4 14,000 1,200, 000 85.71 Meacham & Babcock Co..... 4 14,000 2,220,000 158.57: Sanderson (&. Porteti.c's. oe. . 10 35,000 3,000,000. 85.71 Maryland Shipbuilding Co. 6 21,000. 2,100,000 100.00 Motals tise ee oy eee ae +. 65 243,900 $34,070,000 $139.69 Boundation Co. 2. se.cc8 ce 10 35,000 3,000,000 85.71 . Groton [ron woke: Panera: 12 eee ee oan COMPOSITE SHIPS Ship Constr. & Trading Co... 2 z 600,00 : Se Bs ae Hillyer Sperring Dunn Co... 4 14,000 1,200,000 _-- 85.71 ey, ae Total Total Cost ~ Portland Ship. Co, ..so0..% 7 4 14,000 1,200,000 85.71 Company ; ships tonnage cost per ton. Universal Shipbuilding Co.... 12 42,000 3,600,000 85.71 Merrill Stevens Cows... .52... 12 42,000 $5,712,000 $136.00 McBridge & Law............ 4 14,000 1,200,000 85.71 Terry Shipbuilding Corp..... 20 70,000 9,520,000 136.00 American Shipbuilding Co.. 4 14,000 1,200,000 85,71 'Supple: 8: Ballin. ©... syeae 8 32,000: 4,400,000 137.50 Tampa Dock Co.........-:.. 4: Ae ong 1,200,000 85.71 Kelly Atkinson Constr.-Co.. 18 63,000 8,100,000 128.57 Union Bridge & Constr. Co. 6 (00022 een Site Gdeneeye: Construction Co. 2 7,000 600,000 85.71. AB ORAL ef etaie eb tele es ae ®....° 58 207,000 $27,732,000 $133.97. and shortly to be added facilities will be permitted. -- "The task of the Pocriniys Fleet corporation is not only the construction of new ships, but more particularly the fabrication of new facilities and the construction of new yards in which new ships could be built. It is only fair to state that with the tremendous expan- gion of the industry with the relatively | few experienced organizations available, and the relatively small number of ex- cessful operation, and it is hardly dais, therefore, to say that the newly cre- ated facilities shall from the very day they have been put into operation pro- duce ships at the maximum capacity. "According to the figures of the con- struction department of the Emergency Fleet corporation 1427 ships of 8,573,108 deadweight tons are under construction and under contract. Of these, 431 ships of 3,056,000 tons were already under con- struction or under order by private or increase progressively as experience grows and man power is _ increased. This is a well known fact in the growth of every new industry and it is idle, " making predictions of the coming year's ship production, to lose sight of the greatly augmented production which the newly created facilities and growing: ex- perience will bring about. Since the requisitioning order went into effect. on Aug: 3, 49 vessels of a total of 300,- 865 tons have been put into service.