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Cutting floor plates for double bottom assembly during the construction of Liberty ship at shipyards in California

Step in construction of a Liberty Ship at shipyards in California during World War 2. Cutting floor plates for double bottom assembly. Worker cuts floor plates with a mechanical cutter. Worker in protective helmet and goggles supervises plate cutting. A crane transfers the cut plate to the assembly location. Workers place the floor plate into position on the double bottom. Cranes in the background (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025799
Union melt of tank top during the construction of Liberty ship at shipyards in California during World War II

Views of process during construction of Liberty ship at shipyards in California during World War 2. Union melts of tank top. Workers union melt the tank top with a machine. Workers wearing protective helmets and gloves. Workers take measurements. A crane transfers a part of the tank top for assembly. Workers place the transferred part into position. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025800
Union melt gantry on double bottom floors during the construction of Liberty ship at shipyards in California

Gantry being fastened during construction of Liberty ship at shipyards in California during World War 2. Union melt gantry on double bottom floors. Workers seen on the double bottom floors. Wire wound around winder. Worker emerges from the bottom floors. Workers union melt gantry on the floors. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025801
Piping double bottom of Liberty ship during construction at California shipyard in World War II

Piping double bottom during construction of a Liberty Ship at shipyard in California, during World War 2. Men weld pipes through steel walls of double bottom. Pipe welders wear protective masks with "pipe" painted on them. Men work on Liberty ship. Cranes lift completed assembly and place it on flatbed tractor trailer rated at 65 tons. The truck drives away with the assembly. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025802
Prefabrication of Liberty ship superstructure at shipyards in California during World War II

View of steel plates laid out on concrete at shipyard in California during World War 2. The plates are stacked in labeled areas. A crane lifts a plate and is guided by worker. Steel plates and related parts stacked and being picked up by a Hyster Straddle Carrier and transported to the superstructure assembly area. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025803
Preparing Liberty ship deck plates for union melt at shipyards in California during World War II

Preparing to join Liberty Ship deck plates by union melt at shipyard in California during World War II. Worker uses mechanical buffer to prepare edges of two plates prior to joining by union melt. Welder makes several tack welds. Another worker buffs the tacked spots. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025805