Product Description

In the dark, frenzied years of World War II, the San Francisco Bay Area was the geographic center of a $6.3 billion West Coast shipbuilding industry. Stretching from the Golden Gate to Vallejo to Sunnyvale, 14 Bay Area yards launched many of the ships that helped save the free world. Basalt Rock of Napa, Bethlehem Steel of San Francisco and Alameda, Hunters Point and Mare Island Naval Shipyards, Joshua Hendy Iron Works of Sunnyvale, Marinship of Sausalito, Permanente Metals in Richmond, and Western Pipe and Steel in South San Francisco are names that still conjure memories for many locals of one of the most impassioned war efforts in human history. Offering new opportunities for African Americans and women, recruiters searched the nation for workers who relocated here by the thousands. These motivated men and women delivered Liberty cargo ships like the SS Robert E. Peary, built in seven and a half days, a shipbuilding record that stands to this day.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #520212 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-12
• Released on: 2007-02-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Nicholas A. Veronico, also author of Images of Aviation: Moffett Field as well as more than 20 books on aviation and military subjects, has chosen and annotated these precious images that honor those who labored in these yards, informing new generations about their contribution to the nation in its time of need.

Customer Reviews

Great book
Very fine history of the war effort in the San Francisco Bay Area.Very concise highly recommended.

San Francisco, Shipyards, History
A well rounded look at the several shipyards around the Bay during WW 2. They had a great impact on the future of Northern California.

Great
Fun to read this history. A shipyard used to be located not far from my home.