Dorothy Elizabeth Hood Terry worked in the prime and firing pin area #7. She had to apply and take a test to get the job. Most of the employees were women, but supervisors were usually men. The pay was good and many people moved to Charlotte to work there.
Each piece of the shell was made in a different part of the building and moved through conveyor belts. Shifts worked around the clock Shifts: 7 a.m.-3 p.m., 3 p.m.-11 p.m. and 11 p.m.- 7 a.m.. These shifts were changed each month.
It was extremely dangerous work and rings were absolutely forbidden on line.
They had to have air raid drills as well as the plant would be a definite target should enemy planes come.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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