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; 3 ‘ ‘ : 7 “ : March, 1919 Hull No.—Name 492—Quistconck 493—Sac City .... 494—-Sacandaga ... 495—Saccarappa .. 496—Saco 497—-Sagaporack 498—Sago 499—Saguache 500—Sahale 501—Saluda 503—Sapinero 506—Saucon 507—Saugerties Hull No.—Name ton. The boats built at the Bristol yard, operated by the Merchants Ship- building Corp., cost approximately $240 per ton. The large Hog Island transports, 8000 tons, will cost about $340 and the Hog Island cargo boats, 7500 tons, are costing approximately $267 per ton. The Newark plant is worth about $15,000,000 and there is a large salvage value. Taking that into account, the Newark ships are being produced at a cost of $184 per ton. The first ship built at Hog Island, it has been testified, cost $2,427,000. It has been figured that the cost of the first 17 ships manufactured there would be $1,894,000 each. A decrease from an average of $324 a ton for the first ships to an estimate of $212 a ton on her merchant marine. While rated as one of the maritime powers prior to the war she has held but a secondary place. During the war, her marine suffered tremendous losses and the nation has not had the man- power or the industrial capacity to construct new tonnage. With the ad- vent of peace, France must either de- pend upon foreign bottoms to transport the bulk of her trade or begin im- mediately to construct an entirely new merchant fleet. ; Premier Clemenceau has already an- nounced that his country will launch upon a shipbuilding program which will in a few years replace her war losses and provide the added tonnage de- manded if France is to maintain an in- Ae « weakness lies today in CC ee ed ee a ee er a) Se ee ee ee ey Ce i ee ee ee ee eC ee ec ee ed BLP SCHOGROK winners eae ea Cela keke a DO Ge CAO ON etre ara a ara ateterc ane ww weiarivada ela DOS WAGUONR sashes Ok vis eae etree eee mente 590 -Watonwan se) cos cota hae saves GOO -Wanbesao? oot cb ci ee Caw etecd « hele are sees GOR——-Wynoothes air wees Vere tabs Wah erece amides ‘yance Stripped of THE MARINE REVIEW T APASESRUMRSCeer orice SE TEs EGA TRO RASTA OS SRE EE OED ETS NTE CEA MD RE ee Ships Produced by the Three Fabricated Yards to Feb. 8, 1919 American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Is- land, Pa. Ships 7500 Deadweight Tons Date Date launched delivered Hull No.—Name ~ 8- 5-18 12- 3-18 547—Agawam ......... 9-30-18 1- 6-18 548—Alamosa ........ 10-29-18 1-22-19 549—Alcona 8-24-18 12-31-18 550—Ingold TOES0A1B ee Ge Seiee 551—Charlot De O STR ea ar alas 552—Chetopa ......... B16 PLES 2 Be ace ei Perea ela 553—Cokato ........5 11-22-18 1-29-19 554—Decatur Bridge ... 1 2 aU aa etc a 555—Ft. Pitt Bridge... UP SS 2 FS See en Pea 556—Monana ......... 11-22-18 * 557—Phoenix Bridge .. i Be ont bbc pee i a ec 558—Chicago Bridge .. BS bes esl h ON ea cca ge 559—Mt. Vernon Bridge g Ry Ot 2 ool Se A 560—Panola .......... 561—Onekama_ ........ Merchants Shipbuilding Corp., Bristol, Pa. Ships Pee Opeth: 8800 Deadweight Tons 568—Allies 569—Consort Date Date 572—Faraby launched delivered 573—Farnam 1 -ER WC Ed He pena eae Nesco 9-11-18 2- 1-19 Jekyl 8-14-18 2- 4-19 10¢12-18) ee. *Under trial. ered a) Kt Benne hohe er {Trials completed. vessels numbered from 25 to 50 was predicted. ‘i‘hese cost figures are con- fessedly high, but it has been pointed out that the rapid production is what will count now. The initial ships in the water will be the first ones to take cargoes and therefore to earn money. With the present ocean rates prevail- ing, the managers believe that not only can a fair profit be earned but a con- siderable portion of the cost be paid back. The immediate need of ships therefore is still intense as the in- quiries from abroad prove. Director General Piez of the Emergency Fleet corporation has announced that he has already received a bid for the first 25 ships produced at Hog Island. “The offer came to us,” he said, “from the American International Ship- dependent status in the world’s com- merce. But the French yards are in- capable of rendering relief within the required time. This prompted an appeal to President Wilson to intervene in the matter. ~The petitioners asked that the allies assign to France sufficient Ger- man and Austrian shipping to replace, ton for ton, French ships sunk by the enemy. They also asked that an oppor- tunity be given French owners to pur- chase immediately 1,000,000 tons of shipping built in England on conditions accepted by the British owners; that opportunity be given to buy immediately 1,000,000 tons of shipping built in the United States, and that American yards be opened to French owners for the immediate construction of 2,000,000 tons of cargo steamers with permission to Submarine Boat Corp., Newark, N. J. All Ships 5500 Deadweight Tons Ce | Vierch Date Date launched delivered 5-30-18 12-17-18 8 t building Corp. for a firm in a foreign country with whom it has connections. The cost would be reckoned on the average outlay for the first 50 ships produced by the plant. They are willing to wait nine months for the whole number of ships. “It is wise for us to sell a great many of these ships so that we can use and have a better type for our own needs. We want larger and faster ships. The 7500-ton cargo ships can be used by foreign ship owners because their needs are now greater than’ ours. “It is not that such ships could not be used by Americans, but we are building too many of this particular kind for our own use. They were or- dered in such large numbers to meet the cargo necessity of the war.” int Vessels transfer them later to the French flag. M. Bouisson, the French commissioner of maritime transports and merchant marine, said: “France, with a prewar tonnage of 2,500,000, has lost 1,000,000 tons. While Great Britain, Italy and the United States have succeeded during the war in increasing continually their capacity for shipbuilding, that of France has con- stantly diminished by reason of the military role she has played in the alliance. Not only has our mobilization been the most extensive of any nation during the war, but our industries have been the most radically dislocated in or- der to adapt them to war conditions. 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