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DID Bonus INTERVIEWSDAY Material (8) - Interview with John Sledge (Topics of Discussion: Mobile's wartime growth, shipbuilding here during WWII, and the Ghost Fleet)

DID Bonus INTERVIEWSDAY Material (8) - Interview with John Sledge (Topics of Discussion: Mobile's wartime growth, shipbuilding here during WWII, and the Ghost Fleet)

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Send us Fan MailIt’s INTERVIEWSDAY!This week on INTERVIEWSDAY (Interview Tuesday), we visit with John Sledge, maritime historian-in-residence at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf, for an extended conversation about wartime Mobile, the shipbuilding efforts here during World War II, and the hundreds of vessels once remembered as the Ghost Fleet.During the Second World War, Mobile underwent a dramatic transformation. The city’s population nearly doubled as workers arrived from throughout the region to build and repair the vessels needed for the Allied war effort. At ADDSCO, thousands of men and women produced Liberty ships and T2 tankers on the Mobile River before launching them sideways from the concrete shipways still visible today.When the war ended, hundreds of now-surplus vessels were placed in reserve—first along the Mobile River and later on the Tensaw River. At its height, this Ghost Fleet contained 347 ships maintained for possible future service. Over time, the vessels were reactivated, sold, scrapped, or sunk as artificial reefs, and the final ships were removed in 1973.John joins us to discuss:Mobile and its maritime culture before the Second World War;Mobile’s explosive wartime population growth;The workers who built and repaired ships along the Mobile River;Women and African Americans entering Mobile’s wartime workforce;The racial violence that erupted at ADDSCO in 1943;Mobile’s production of Liberty ships and T2 tankers;The essential role of logistics in the Allied victory;The creation of the Ghost Fleet after the war;The eventual removal, scrapping, sale, and reefing of the vessels; andThe importance of recognizing and preserving Mobile’s historic maritime landscape.Recorded at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf, this conversation took place overlooking the Mobile River and the surviving ADDSCO shipways from which vessels were launched during the Second World War.John Sledge is an award-winning historian, historic preservationist, author, and book critic. His books include The Mobile River, The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History, These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War, and Mobile and Havana: Sisters Across the Gulf.Learn more about the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf, its exhibits, programs, and upcoming events at nmmog.org.Questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes? Email John at john.summers@summersmediaenterprises.com.🎙️ CreditsHosted by Big John SummersProduced by Summers Media EnterprisesFoley/Sound Effects recorded by Big John Summers📣 Follow & SupportFollow Dauphin Island Diaries on Facebook, Instagram, and X for additional content, including on-location videos, historical interpretation, interviews, and stories from across Dauphin Island and the Alabama Gulf Coast.🔗 Links⚓ National Maritime Museum of the Gulf:https://nmmog.org/🐠 Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Alabama Aquarium:https://www.disl.edu/🧢 Merch & Apparel:https://www.summersmediaenterprises.com/merch📘 Follow on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/DauphinIslandDiaries/📘 Check out The Tennessee History Nerd:https://www.summersmediaenterprises.com/podcasts/tthnMake sure you’re following Dauphin Island Diaries in your podcast app. Just tap the Follow button, and every new episode will be waiting for you when it is released. Dauphin Island Diaries will be taking a brief break from regular episodes during October. .I’ll also have something short for you here in the feed on Tuesday, October 6 and then DID returns with a full-length narrative episode on Tuesday, November 3. When *Dauphin Island Diaries* returns on November 3, we’ll be moving to a new release schedule. Full-length narrative episodes will arrive on the first Tuesday of every month, and whenever there's a fifth Tuesday, it will be Interviewsday. If you enjoy Dauphin Island Diaries and would like to help keep these stories coming, you can support the show by subscribing to our Facebook page...for just ninety-nine cents a month! Please think of just one person who loves Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, or Gulf Coast history as much as you do—and then send that person this episode!If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with someone who loves history, and leave a review—it helps more folks discover the stories of Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, and the Gulf Coast.
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