[TheForge] Welding Liberty Ships

[greg]

It wasn't number of rods, it was inches of weld. Had a quota,
got extra pay for extra inches. If it didn't pass X-ray they were 
gouged and re-done. Guy on rework got paid by the hour, he
didn't keep that job if re-work failed X-ray.  The yard I work in
used that system 2-3 owners ago.
Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Welding Liberty Ships


> Yeah, the story kind of reeks of urban legend.  I cannot imagine even in 
> those times that a shipyard would be so foolish as to pay based upon 
> number of rods consumed.
> 
> JOHN CHOBRDA wrote:
>> My late Aunt worked building ships during the war and I never heard
>> that story, she said they got paid by the hour and how fast they could
>> produce. I thought that when the ships that did break apart, it happened
>> during the winter months in the North Atlantic and they sank, hard to
>> inspect.
>> 
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