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Friday, 18 September 2020

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Weekend Break: Shipbuilder's efforts remembered 75 years after WWII

The Daily Astorian 12 Sep 2020

One of his most prominent accomplishments was his establishment of Kaiser Shipyards, which produced the Liberty and Victory ships and Casablanca escort carriers during World War II ... He built two shipyards near Portland and another near Vancouver, Washington ... His shipyards mass-produced ships at a rate that was unheard of at that time....

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How Tampa Bay area civilians supported the troops during World War II

Tampa Bay Times 01 Sep 2020

“Shipyards throughout the United States commonly hired women as riveters,” Weatherford wrote in her book. “The first female welder in Tampa was Cecile Clark.” Alma Brown was the first women admitted to the Boilermakers Union and Opal Brown won a welding competition at Jackson Shipyard in Hooker’s Point....

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Return after 9-week strike going smoothly at Bath Iron Works

Bangor Daily News 31 Aug 2020

Tim Suitter, spokesperson for Machinists Local S6, said the initial meeting that included union President Chris Wiers and shipyard President Dirk Lesko seemed to go well on Friday ... Some even argued that a mask could pose a fire hazard in areas where welding takes place. The 63-day strike was the first in two decades at the shipyard....

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Roger ‘Dale’ Wilson, 69

Montana Standard 22 Aug 2020

... simulation of welding processes ... After over thirty years of mostly being a “Butte Rat”, Dale moved to Port Orchard, Washington, where he and Mary tried to settle-in while he worked as a nuclear welding engineer for the Department of the Navy, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard....

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Donald Wayne Bryson

The Mercury 02 Jul 2020

Donald Wayne Bryson, age 94 of Riley, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House ... On March 21, 1947, he married Betty Louise Phalen ... He graduated from Riley Rural High School in Riley, KS in 1942, and then attended welding school in Topeka. Upon graduation he traveled to San Francisco to work as a welder in the shipyard ... ....

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WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors Nebraska's Warren D. Albers

Norfolk Daily News 22 Jun 2020

This signifies Victory over Japan and is observed Sept ... Veterans�such as Wisner native Warren D ... 29 ... After graduating from high school in 1941, Albers moved to Portland, Ore., and worked as a machinist apprentice at the Portland shipyard. He attended Portland Trade School, where he received training in welding, auto and diesel mechanics ... About U-Haul ... ....

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New Shooter Crucible Launch Trailer Revealed By Amazon Games

Coming Soon 21 May 2020

spaceship construction in one of the galaxy’s biggest shipyards. Unlike her siblings, though, Summer was bored by welding in zero-g…and fascinated by a secretive fight club in a hollowed-out asteroid nearby ... Before long, Summer was sneaking out to fight in the arena with juiced-up welding torches....

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Bangladeshi photographer wins award for Rohingya refugees image

The National 12 May 2020

It is the winning image of a food photography contest, but there is not a meal in sight ... “This gave me strength ... Among his other projects is Angels with Broken Wings, which contains images of child labourers toiling away in shipyards by the Buriganga River. Melting iron and welding steel, the children work in unsafe conditions with no protective gear....

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Deaths Summary for Sunday, April 12, 2020

The Post and Courier 12 Apr 2020

The Post and CourierCharleston County. ATTAWAY,�Norma Cain Hedrick, 86, of Mount Pleasant, a retired program analyst with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southern Division and widow of Hubert H. Attaway Jr., died Wednesday ... MOORE, Jon Robert, 79, of Charleston, a retired welding supervisor with the Charleston Naval Shipyard, died Friday ... ....

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That’s so metal: Community college gets boost from a Metallica grant

The Oregonian 31 Jan 2020

Shianne Davis-Chairet’s grandmother was a shipyard welder and she wanted to follow in her footsteps. She was taking welding classes at Clackamas Community College, but the high cost of school supplies and gear was a problem ... Welding gear – such as boots, welding helmets and welding aprons – typically runs about $1,200....

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Clois Herman Phillips

The Galveston Daily News 29 Jan 2020

Clois Herman Phillips, 101, of Texas City passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2019. He was born on August 9, 1918 the son of Carl and Effie Phillips in Dierks, Arkansas. His Dad died when Clois was 3 years old ... He always worked at various jobs. He worked at an Armory, had a Body Shop, learned to weld at a shipyard and became a Crew Chief ... Phillips....

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OCCC welding facilities set to open next week

The News Guard 25 Jan 2020

Starting in February, students and adult learners will be taking courses in welding from Oregon Coast Community College, thanks to a partnership with the Port of Toledo, Northwest Oregon Works and the Lincoln County School District ... The welding lab, adjacent to our shipyard, will provide students with practical shipyard welding experience.”....

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