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What's on this DVD: American Shipbuilding - Great Lakes - San Diego, & Shipyards + Scrapping 
  • 1st Film; "Hull No. 866; The Wilfred Sykes".  A 1949 extraordinary rare film by the Inland Steel Co.  on building S.S. Wilfred Sykes. Rivet by rivet, the keel is laid  and the ship gets built. Finally, the ship is launched and, after 70 years, The S.S. Wilfred Sykes is still steaming the Great Lakes today. Amazing!  Approx 29:26 M 

  • 2nd Film; "I Christen Thee; The S.S. Ultramar". An OBO (Ore, Bulk, and Oil) Cargo Ship build in 1975.  This is a very rare film by the National Steel Co. on building the San Clemente Class, S.S. Ultramar, in the San Diego shipyard. These massive 80 Ton ships were some of the largest welded ships in the world at the time. From the keel laid to the launch, this is amazing shipbuilding in action. 27:49 M  

  • 3rd Film; "Rebuilding a Cargo Ship".  This 2 films. 1st, Launching the S.S. Green Island Ore ship of the Great Lakes, and 2nd, The lengthening of a older cargo ships to carry larger quantities. 4:38 M  

  • 4th Film; Shipbuilding Methods"  A film called Shipbuilding Skills;  building bulkheads.  This film shows how workers plan, measure, and install bulkheads on a ship. 14:49 M 

  • 5th Film; " WWI & WWII Shipbuilding".  A short silent film footage on 2 shipyards then,WWI shipbuilding which includes cargo ships, oil tankers and a Destroyer; Hull no. 187 USN # 109. USS Crane, DD-109 Plus SS Green Island being launched. 12:55 M   

  • 6th Film: "Shipyard Salvage". 2 clips. 1st,USN working on salvage a sunken ship and 2nd, a WW1 shipyard salvaging an old cargo ship down to the waterline. 4:46 M      

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