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Where
possible, new yards were constructed with a straight-line flow (upper panel)
from assembly areas to the ways. Where the head room was tight, usually
in urban areas, a turning flow (lower panel) was deemed an acceptable substitute.
Few Liberty yards fit the plan so neatly. The closest to the ideal was
the Kaiser managed yard on Swan Island, Oregon (which built tankers,
not Liberty ships).
Bethlehem_Fairfield |
California Shipbuilding |
Jones-Brunswick |
Marinship |
Marinship |
Marinship |
Oregon Ship |
North Carolina Ship |
Kaiser-Permanente Richmond Yard |