Blood Is Thicker Than Water - Part 5 - Photos

Bags of flour are stacked in one of the yard's depots, awaiting transfer of ships to war. The supply department handles 2,200 tons of ships' stores daily, regularly stocks 75,000 items ranging from shoelaces to signal flags. Without these vast storehouses of supply no fleet could operate. To keep stores moving, yard has eleven locomotives, 199 rail cars, 115 trucks and vans. Life Magazine, Feb. 23, 1942