Misc. Richmond Shipyard Photos
Russ Presenting A Flag To Yard One Marine Pipe Dept. For Selling The Most War Bonds.
Edward Stettinius Jr. Presenting Maritime Flag To Russ Brown For Richmond Yard One.
Edward Stettinius Jr. was Lend-Lease Administrator before becoming U.S. Secretary of State in November of 1944.
An Award Presentation At Yard One.
Harry H. Feldhahn, Maintenance Superintendent and Russ Brown, General Superintendent
A Yard One Lunch Break "War-Shortener" Pep-Talk.
"Warehouseman Bill Breen tells Yard Oners that fifteen minutes from each one will build an extra Liberty Ship by Dec. 7th."
(Source: "Fore'N'Aft"  Safety  Magazine, November 12, 1943)
A Richmond Kaiser Shipyard Company  Banquet At The Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, CA.
Another Banquet Photo At The Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, CA.
(L-R) Tim Bedfords, Malcom Vanderwendes, Russ Browns, Clay Bedfords and Mrs Reese.
(L-R): Mike Soule, Pre-fabrication Plant Superintendent; Mr. F. C. Cocks, resident representative of the British Purchasing Commission; Mr. R. R. Powell, British Merchant Shipbuilding representative to the United States; Sir Amos Ayre, representative of the Merchant Shipping Mission for the British Admiralty, and Clay Bedford, General Manager of Richmond Shipyards.
(Source: " Fore'N'Aft"  Safety Magazine, September 17, 1942)
Shipyard Safety Cartoon.
(Source: " Fore'N'Aft"  Safety Magazine, September 17, 1942)
"Harry Noftz, At Yard One for 16 months. Has been a Tool And Die Maker for about 50 years, starting at 14 as an apprentice in Germany."
(Source: "Fore'N' Aft" Safety Magazine, November 12, 1943)
"October, 1943 was a great month for the Richmond yards.  During that time, as the chart shows, Yard One and Two built a good many more ships than in October, 1942, with practically no increase in manpower."  "This accomplishment illustrates that the men in Yard One are the basic shipbuilding crew who first made the records that placed Henry Kaiser on the map."
(Source: "Fore'N' Aft" Safety Magazine, November 12, 1943)
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Richmond ships launched... 386
Richmond ships delivered...372
(To October 29, 1943)