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K-39
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- 1943-12-07 (Creation)
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Several thousand workers at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard on Tacoma's tideflats gathered on December 7,1943, the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, to watch their company receive the Army -Navy "E" pennant for excellence in production. During WWII the "E" Pennant was the highest award that could be conferred on an industrial plant. Factors in the selection of a plant for recognition were high quality and quantity of production. This was one of several ceremonies held at the shipyard to allow all shifts of workers to celebrate the awarding of the pennant and for the presentation of individual pins to plant employees . (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol. II, No. XII, pg. 3; December 24, 1943 issue; T.Times 12-8-43, p. 1-article)
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Awards;