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Volume 2  No. 51

Cover … Sky-Climber . . . . . . . Like a circus high-diver climbing to his 90-foot perch for a death-defying leap, Ralph Shaw goes aloft. It’s as simple as climbing the back stairs for Ralph, who is a stage rigger foreman in Yard No. Two.

Working on the Railroad — Bob McNeel and his cohorts shuttle along five miles of shipyard  (E. E. Leach, Roy Roller, C. W. Sell, Frank Crow, Dillon Manning, R. B. “Bob” McNeel)

Let There be Light – but not too much — The problem that stumped other lighting experts was solved by “Smitty” Smith (H. S. “Smitty’ Smith)

Accidents Don’t Happen — Accidents aren’t just bad luck . . . they’re caused. Removing the cause is Rex Renner’s first concern (Rex Renner, Lorean Hall, Daye Kaye)

Don’t Be Hard … On Your Hard Hat (William M. Kirby)

Wave Cutter De Luxe — With an eye to beauty — and ice designers made certain that C-4 Ships would put up a good seaworthy front

Oil And Water Won’t Mix — Luckily — Liberty Ships take a tip from the old windjammers’ “storm bags” (Bert Jensen)

Men Against the Sky — Muscles and nerves of steel coolness, common sense and good carpentry … these are the requisites of the men who build the staging for the men who build ships (Jack Cummings)

Helping the Helperettes — Women shipbuilders get a helping hand as they lend a hand in Uncle Sam’s war (Jean Hanson, Jean Soukup, Lois Beck, Mildred Walker, Myrtle Morton, Sarah Rehling, coordinator, Jessie Hawks, Helen Foltz, Dorothy Lemon, Nell Tauby, Dorothy Dixes)

Yard One Brains Win Bonds (Guy H. Morehouse, Mark McDonough, Jack Rudinow, Luther T. Cloud, Harry H. Carney)

What’s New By The Old Yardbird (Pearl Pellaton, Dave Olson, Sam Jacobs, Miss Harriett Ritterson, Mrs. John Boyd, Miss Grace Shea, Mrs. Earl W. Gard, Mrs. Robert Norman, Mrs. Ed Rainbow, Virgil Hart, J. C. McFarland)

‘Tween Decks Shipyard Miscellany (Anna Mae Cochrane, Ruby Bohl, Nancy Lucas, Jean Ardath, Cisco “Rod” Rodrigues, James H. Moscrip, Tiny Thornhill, Monk Moscrip, Bobby Grayson, Bones Hamilton, W. M. Buchanan, C. W. Eliason, Ed Rainbow)