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Images of America: World War II Shipyards of the Bay Nicholas A. Veronico
$19.95
In the dark, frenzied years of World War II, the San Francisco Bay Area was the geographic center of a $6.3 billion West Coast shipbuilding industry. Stretching from the Golden Gate to Vallejo to Sunnyvale, 14 Bay Area yards launched many of the ships that helped save the free world. Basalt Rock of Napa, Bethlehem Steel of San Francisco and Alameda, Hunters Point and Mare Island Naval Shipyards, Joshua Hendy Iron Works of Sunnyvale, Marinship of Sausalito, Permanente Metals in Richmond, and Western Pipe and Steel in South San Francisco are names that still conjure memories for many locals of one of the most impassioned war efforts in human history. Offering new opportunities for African Americans and women, recruiters searched the nation for workers who relocated here by the thousands. These motivated men and women delivered Liberty cargo ships like the S.S. Robert E. Peary, built in seven and a half days, a shipbuilding record that stands to this day.
Nicholas A. Veronico, also author of Images of Aviation: Moffett Field as well as more than 20 books on aviation and military subjects and a Discovery Channel documentary, has chosen and annotated these precious images that honor those who labored in these yards, informing new generations about their contribution to the nation in its time of need.
The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
6.5" x 9.25", softbound, 128 pages, 200 photos. Published by Arcadia.
ISBN 0738547174
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