US Shipping - Profit and Loss

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
42/83
Date Released
15 Oct 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1West of Voronezh
  2. 2US Shipping - Profit and Loss
  3. 3Home from the Far East
  4. 4International Football at Wembley
  5. 5In the Jungles of New Guinea
  6. 6Soviet Submarine in Action

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
On the debit side of America’s shipping ledger is the gutting by fire of the transport ship "Wakefield" (formerly the liner "Manhattan"). [49 ft] On the credit side, ship being launched by Henry Kaiser at his shipyard. His shipyard creates all-time construction records. [48 ft] Launching of new aircraft carrier "Lexington" which is christened by Mrs Theodore Robinson who performed the same ceremony 17 years ago on the former carrier. [70 ft]
Keywords
Ships and boats; Fires; Ceremonies; Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military; Launchings
Length of story (in feet)
167
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
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