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French Line's Freighter 'Winnipeg' $450,000 job, 11 January 1952. Julian Palacios;Lynn Meloy;Joe Hanley;Elza Rosner;Rosalio Barragan;Chester Hoff;O.M Solider;J.C Smith;B.O Patterson;O.C Calder.;Supplementary material reads: 'Gershon. City desk. Illus. For Monday. Ship repair. $450,000 job! French Line's freighter Winnepeg is shown in drydock at the Todd Shipyards Division, San Pedro. To look at vessel as in shots Nos. 1 & 2, she presents no indication of the teeming work going under her. In early December, the ship struck a submerged object which opened her bottom 343 feet and forced her to return from Acapulco to San Pedro where local yard was successful bidder for one of biggest repair jobs in port's history. Nos. 1 & 2: French Line's Winnepeg. No. 3: Julian Palacios is shown 'buring out' old rivets so that new plates may be installed in ship at the 'turn of the bilge'. No. 4: The telephone is vital necessity in ship repair. Here Lynn Meloy, leaderman, talks to men inside ship who are uncoupling shaft so that propellor shaft may be taken out of shaft tunnel. Meloy's job is to tell men inside ship when to turn and when to stopping turning shaft. On top of scaffolding, left, Joe Hanley, and Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty