From the March 5, 2013, Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News "Back Then."
From the Feb. 15, 1943, Wilmington Star-News: The N.C. Shipbuilding Company tied for second place with two West Coast shipyards in number of ships delivered and third in average minimum days construction per ship among the nation's nine producers of Liberty freighters.
The company led the East Coast in number of vessels per "way" and in number turned over to the U.S. maritime Commission. In January, he company delivered nine of the 10,800 ton ships-- one from each "Way."
A "Way" is where the ships were built and launched.
--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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