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MAKING ROPE EQUIPMENT<br />

FOR THE NAVY<br />

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The Hemp Artisans<br />

In the navy yard at Charles-<br />

town, Massachusetts, a large<br />

force of men now is working<br />

feverishly, turning out thou­<br />

sands of pieces of woven rope<br />

equipment for our battleships.<br />

Each vessel demands a tre­<br />

mendous supply of devices for<br />

protection against the shock of<br />

collision with docks or smaller<br />

craft, rope webs by which ham­<br />

mocks are swung, and deck<br />

mats for every door on each<br />

deck of the ship. The upper<br />

photograph at the left shows<br />

two men at work on the ham­<br />

mock clews which spread the<br />

"downy couches" for our sailor<br />

boys. Each of the operators<br />

makes fifty-five of these clewsa

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