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Shipbuilding (Newport News). On this ways are built heavy cruisers and dreadnoughts for the U.S. Navy. Another huge ways is used for construction of destroyers and lighter craft. Setting up of these ways is in itself a major construction job
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Credit lineShipbuilding (Newport News). On this ways are built heavy cruisers and dreadnoughts for the U.S. Navy. Another huge ways is used for construction of destroyers and lighter craft. Setting up of these w. 1941-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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