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June, 1918 THE MARINE REVIEW 229 LIST OF TWENTY-FIVE SHIPS BUILT IN SHORTEST TIME FROM KEEL LAVING TO DATE OF ACCEPTANCE APRIL 2G, 1918 DIS-} HULL ; wo, | TYPE | Owe NUMBER OF DAYS HOW LEADING AMERICAN YARDS RANK IN TURNING OUT SHIPS RAPIDLY Work on the TuckaHoE progressed as follows: The keel was laid on April 8 and four days later the double bottom © was completed. Six days later frames and bulkheads were erected and a por- tion of the shell plate finished. On the seventh day the stern frame was placed in position. The boilers were installed on the fourteenth day. On the twenty-first day the stern post was bored and the stern. tube placed in position. The masts were stepped on the twenty-second day and the work of installing the engines begun. The fun- nel was placed in position on the twenty- fourth day. The twenty-sixth day saw the engines and other machinery com- pletely installed and from then until the launching the time was occupied in putting on finishing touches. Makes Lake Record -- The American Shipbuilding Co., Cleve- land, made a remarkable record in turning out the 3500-ton steamer LAKE Narka in 40 days after her keel was laid, despite délays in getting material. The question of speeding up at the American Shipbuilding Co.'s yards was taken up in March when A. J. Patmore, superintendent of the yard, was in- structed to put forth every effort to complete the vessel in record time. He knew that 60 days would break . the record for the Great Lakes, that is, 60 days from the time of laying the keel to the launching. On March 19 the keel of the vessel was laid in 18 min- utes. After laying the keel and bottom plating, delays developed on account of the channel floor frames not arriving at the yards. These were not received until April 5, and in the intervening time but little work could be done on the ship.' After these frames had been received it developed that, owing to transporta- tion delays, the side frames had not been received. Superintendent Patmore rose to the occasion, however, and fore- stalled further delay by erecting all the molded shell plating on the vessel without framing. All this plating was put in place, with the exception of the shear strake. The delayed frames reached the yard on April 15 and were finally erected in the ship. "We can do it," was the slogan that in- spired the men and work on the vessel progressed in spite of handicaps, owing not only to lack of material, but to bad weather. The Lake NarkKA was finally launched on May 4. West Coast is Active The Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, established a record when it launched the 8800-ton steel steamship WEST Lranca in 55 days from the date of the keel laying. This is the fifteenth steel steamship launched for the govern- ment from Seattle yards. The Columbia River Corp., Portland, Oreg., steel vessel in 83 working days. This vessel is the Westcrove, 8800 tons deadweight capacity. The keel of this ship was started Jan. 15 and the hull launched March 27. At the time the vessel was launched it lowéred by 10 days the best previous record, which was held by the Skinner & Eddy Corp. Portland also made a record for fast wooden construction in launching the WakeNn. This vessel was built by the Grant-Smith-Porter Ship Co., and was Shipbuilding completed a