"Gene" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:57:41 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Most
came out of the Richmond shipyards.

I hope you mean Norfolk!
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Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

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Richmond, California. My dad built Liberty and Victory ships.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ichmond-ca.htm

The Kaiser Hospital system came out of the shipyards. My mom, an RN, worked
for the 2 docs who started the hospital system. She wanted to work in the
shipyard and not the hospital as the shipyard workers made more money than
nurses.