Calship Cavalcade 1942 California Shipbuilding Corporation, Liberty Ships, Victory Ships, World War II

Title: Calship Cavalcade

Author: [Calship Club / California Shipbuilding Corporation]

Description: Second printing, September 1942. Staple-bound in pictorial wraps. Covers show some wear and minor soiling; rear cover has surface biopredation around its margins. Pages are clean; some corner wear. 32 unnumbered pages. 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Uncommon.

Pictorial presentation of the development of and the first year of war time work of the Calship shipyard at Terminal Island, California, 1941-1942. Calship was the California Shipbuilding Corporation's shipyard and was sponsored by and under the executive directorship of the the W. A. Bechtel Company. It was in operation between September 1941 and September 1945 and in that time they launched 467 Liberty and Victory ships, contracted for by the U.S. Maritime Commission and the U.S. Navy.

Binding: Staple bound soft cover
Condition: Good

Publisher: Calship Club
Place: Terminal Island, California
Year: 1942

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, Terminal Island, California, Liberty ships, Victory ships, Bechtel, shipbuilding, industry, WWII, Second World War, World War Two, Navy, maritime,