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2. Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

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   There was a lack of housing causing beds to be rented by day workers at night and then by night workers during the day. By 1943 they had hired 7,000 African American men and women making up about 14 percent of their shipyard workers. All of these workers worked as unskilled workers while whites held skilled positions such as welders.

3. Seafarer's professions and ranks - Wikipedia

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   The Clerk was a literate worker who did administrative work on the ship. The Armourer maintained and repaired the smaller weapons on the ship. The Caulker maintained and repaired the caulking of the ship's hull. The Ropemaker made, maintained and repaired ropes on board.

4. Dockworker - Wikipedia

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   The jobs involved include the crane operators, the workers who connect the containers to the ship and each other, the truck drivers who transport the containers from the dock and storage area, the workers who track the containers in the storage area as they are loaded and unloaded, as well as various supervisors.

5. Maritime Work: Four Shipyard Jobs That Will Have You on the ...

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6. Electric Boat, shipyard workers reach tentative agreement on ...

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   Sep. 30—GROTON — Electric Boat and a labor union that represents thousands of shipyard workers have tentatively agreed to a new five-year contract. In a joint statement released Friday night ...

7. North Carolina Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

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   North Carolina Shipbuilding Company was a shipyard in Wilmington, North Carolina, created as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program in the early days of World War II. From 1941 through 1946, the company built 243 ships in all, beginning with the Liberty ship SS Zebulon B. Vance, and including 54 ships of the US Navy.