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A Bridge of Ships: Canadian Shipbuilding during the Second World War

By James Pritchard

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780773585614
DOI
10.1515/9780773585614
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10723168 bytes)
Pages
440\465
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 18:51:20

Description

Before 1939, Canada's shipbuilding industry had been moribund for nearly two decades - no steel-hulled, ocean-going vessel had been built since 1921. During the Second World War, however, Canada's shipbuilding program became a major part of the nation's industrial effort. Shipyards were expanded and more than a thousand warships and cargo ships were constructed as well as many more thousands of auxiliary vessels, small boats, and other craft. A large ship-repair program also began.

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