Speeding Up
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Uncle Sam: “I think I had better speed up and build a ship or two!”
April 8. Keel laid.
4th day. Double bottom completed.
6th ” Frames and bulkheads erected and portion of shell plating finished.
7th ” Stern-frame in place.
14th ” Boilers put on board.
21st ” Stern-post bored and stern-tube put in place.
22d ” Masts stepped and engine installation begun.
24th ” Funnel put in place.
26th ” Machinery all in and engines completely installed.
Finishing touches.
May 5 (27th day). Launched.
The building of the “Tuckahoe,” April-May, 1918, at Camden.
