Shipyard Welding

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Man keeps the faith during service time

The Morganton News Herald 11 Nov 2018

Elijah B. Rasnick, 97, has lived in Morganton for the past four years. He previously resided in Valdese for 30 years with his wife, Louise. +1 ... “I was in the U.S ... He learned riveting and welding for aircrafts. Later he was shipped to work at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard where he worked for 19 years welding and riveting ships, until he retired ... That’s a fact....

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Portland skills program builds on immigrants' work experience

The Oregonian 26 Oct 2018

For six months, Jorge Balcazar's classroom has been a 60-acre shipyard on Swan Island, just a few miles from downtown Portland, Oregon ... That's because Balcazar has more than a decade's worth of welding experience ... Balcazar attended welding classes at the shipyard during the day, then English classes in the evening....

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Philly Shipyard makes a play for its future in polar icebreakers

Philadelphia Daily News 22 Oct 2018

On one of those warm afternoons in early October, with temperatures above 80, Philly Shipyard workers in sunglasses, hard hats, and vests dotted the deck of the Daniel K ... The shipyard hasn't firmed up its next project, yet, but Nerbovik knows the shipyard can't depend solely on commercial projects, such as the Inouye and the Hila, anymore....

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Seaspan on hook for faulty hull welds on federal ships

North Shore News 03 Oct 2018

... the company is having to re-weld sections of the hull after defects were discovered....

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Alexander Acosta, Trump’s labor secretary, on jobs, pay and immigration

Philadelphia Daily News 02 Oct 2018

Highlights .. With Amazon paying at least $15 and hour, is it time the U.S ... Cities have. Companies like Amazon have… They have flexibility ... Not like the particular community college we know of, that teaches its own kind of welding, but they can't use it at the shipyard that is a major employer in that community. The shipyard has to retrain everyone ... ....

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He grew up with nothing, then collected everything. Auction tells of life well-lived.

Pioneer Press 15 Sep 2018

He welded a “top-secret project” for the U.S ... He later learned metal and welding at Dunwoody in Minneapolis, working at Cargill in Savage welding in the shipyard ... After Vic and Bernice married on Sept, 1, 1951, they started a company called Vic’s Arc & Gas Welding out of the garage of her folks’ place in Rosemount....

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Nick R. Meyer, 94

The Capital Journal 14 Sep 2018

Nick R. Meyer, 94, passed away at a local nursing home on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Nick Robert Meyer was born on October 9, 1923 at home in Lake Preston, SD ... He attended country schools in Sully County, then worked on several farms before moving to the state of Washington to weld in the shipyards ... They were married on October 22, 1948 ... 16 ... .......

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Faith V. Pendergrass

Record Delta 06 Sep 2018

Faith was the youngest of seven children born to Lee and Retta Hershberger, of Hubbard, Oregon. The family later resided in Independence and Canby, where Faith attended school and graduated from Canby High School in 1940 ... They did not see each other for over a year. During this time, Faith worked as a welding inspector at the Portland Shipyards ... ....

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Arnette serves others for 75 years

South East Sun 29 Aug 2018

“He’s a humble man who has served his country, county and the YMCA ... After finishing high school, Arnette was eligible to apply for welding school in the Navy ... The Navy sent Arnette to school in Portsmouth, Va., and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. It was there he completed numerous welding schools, learning various types of welding techniques ... ....

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Ingalls Shipbuilding Partnering With Local High Schools To Construct Talent Development Labs

Stockhouse 23 Aug 2018

“Our employees are partnering with the schools and instructors to teach these students how to weld, use machinery and other shipyard crafts,” Cuccias said ... “Our students now have access to an up-to-date welding lab that is in line with the expectations of the shipyard, giving our ......

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Kenneth Boynton - Brookings

Record Delta 08 Aug 2018

He left home at an early age, and began working in the shipyards. Because of his size, he was placed inside small areas of the ship, where he learned the art of welding ... His skill of welding and design helped many truck drivers in the Brookings area....

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Setzer, Willie Augusta

Hickory Record 24 Jul 2018

CLAREMONT Willie Augusta Setzer, 95, passed away unexpectedly Monday, July 23, 2018, at his home in Claremont. Born Oct ... and Etta Campbell Shook Setzer ... He attended Lenoir-Rhyne College before working in the shipyards in Baltimore, Md., welding ships during part of World War II and later serviced in the Navy in the Seabees ... and Water Systems ... ....

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South African Cop Death Squad Whistleblower Lands Back in Greece

The National Herald 20 Jul 2018

“I was trained in various combat elite fighting technics with the unit ... except for Booysen’s unit, called Cato Manor, after their office ... TOO MUCH TO TAKE. But he went on ... His father was an expert in metal welding techniques and was a supervisor at a shipyard on the island of Syros and when that business wasn’t doing well the family moved to Athens ... ....