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Building the B-24


LSP_Ron

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Being in manufacturing and having set up two manufacturing facilities I found this extremely interesting. The scale and magnitude of setting this plant up is staggering.  It's not just building a big building, all the brakes, staping machines, dies, rolling mills have to be designed and built.  The plant layout, production planning, power requirements, staffing  worked out  etc. I can't imagine. 

 

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This is what always astounded me

 

SS Robert E. Peary

 

she was launched on November 12, 1942 just 4 days, 15 hours and 29 minutes after the keel was laid down, in total it took just 7 days 14 hrs and 23 minutes to build this.... staggering

 

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