Mick Hartley

Arthur Siegel, May 1943. 

"Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. The canteen building at night."

"Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland. The shipways at evening."
[Photos: Shorpy/Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information]

In April of 1941, the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard employed around 350, a number that grew exponentially as war production increased. By 1942, 11,000 people worked at the shipyard; in late 1943, the number was at its highest with around 47,000 employees. War production never stopped — Bethlehem-Fairfield employed three shifts, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round.