William N. Still Jr. Papers, 1862-2009
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The North Carolina Shipbuilding Company was a subsidiary firm of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, VA. This organization arose out of the need for increased shipping brought on by World War II. NCSC produced a total of 243 ships between the years of 1941 and 1946. The ships produced were all cargo-type vessels, largely of the well-known Liberty ship variety and C-2, the more powerful successor to the Liberty....
Still, William N., Jr. (William Norwood), 1932-
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William "Bill" Still Jr. is an American maritime historian, who served as a faculty member in East Carolina University's Department of History for many years. In 1982, he helped create the school's Program in Maritime Studies and became the founding director of the program. Later, he also helped establish Joyner Library's Manuscript Collection. Still retired from ECU in 1994, though he remains active in the fields of maritime history and archaeology....
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