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1945 Defoe Shipbuilding Co Bay City MI Print Ad - DE-698 USS Raby Launch
A Destroyer Escort bitting the water from the Defor launching ways
When We\'ve Launched Our Last Warship
After the nations of the world stack arms and the last warship has been sent from our ways, this company, in stride with the leaders of American industry, will be ready for conversion to peace. More than that, we will be prepared to translate the advancements and economies taught by war into epoch-making new products for better living for Americans. As it has for more than 40 years, the Defoe Shipbuilding Company will construct large yachts and commercial vessels. But the major expansion will come in the new Housing Division which will manufacture and distribute low-cost units and component parts for American homes and farms. The industries of this country should turn the experience, new techniques and materials developed by war work toward advanc-ing the standard of living throughout the world. The large scale program of the Housing Division will be Defoe\'s contribution to the mobilization of American war industries for peace time production and employment.
HOUSING DIVISION
DEFOE SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, BAY CITY, MICHIGAN
BACK THE ATTACK -BUY WAR BONDS
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Four White Star Renewal Citations now decorate Navy \"E\" Award won by Defoe wurkers
SHIPS FOR VICTORY SERVANTS FOR PEACE
