Ships for Victory

Tells the story of the gigantic task accomplished by American shipyards during World War II… This important book shows how the development of streamlined methods of construction made possible standards of production which would have seemed fantastic only a few years before. Publishers Weekly An excellent and very readable account of the U.S. Maritime Commission’s experience… The volume is thoroughly documented; the authors are always thoughtful of the reader in explaining technical shipping terms; and the approach is dispassionate, frank, and duly critical. The volume represents a fine addition to our wartime administrative histories. American Political Science Review Lane has done a pioneering job in this scholarly and monumental history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II… Not only a highly informative but an absorbing book. Evening Sun (Baltimore) A warts and all account of an economic and manufacturing miracle. A brilliant book. Work Boat World This excellent book describe the whole programme in great detail. Asia Pacific Shipping

Frederic C. Lane (1900-1984) was a noted maritime historian of medieval and Renaissance Venice. Among his many books are Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Renaissance and Venice, A Maritime Republic, both available from Johns Hopkins. Arthur Donovan is a professor of humanities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.