Document GyNw8wQgzq091JYDRLL4yqJn

' v '\ " A f ' V :i ' - \ ; *' a^ ; - - > * V '" '. -: H '-V :- f: : ' ' ;i * ' - . i*'`>- `:'*--'.\. 1- . . I -fe-- .,. v* pfifA' i`. v * `S i ./ii.,;;,;-.*. >'' ; . - \ v A ;5. A -A . r A v A Q0'O*A,,.: --'M: Ar. 1*JT-A. tH?..\ -eS-rc..v.haAefe r V . r Mr. H.' if. Kaley s ' -i / / - ...... . ; : Mr.' 0, B. Lewis; ' ; A. . r 1 '.Dr. B,.A, Jiehoe;^ A; ' ' ` J. ' . f - ... " * '9.-W49 * ^. * * * *. ` >' - . - -V.( - ' .St Mr. T. E. A. Sevan . . ?<mr Soft 0/eo the A seodeted E thyl Coagmny U n ite d ' A rtille ry House* A rtille ry Bov. * ^ V * /* / ><-. Isaon,'B i *;-te'.-|.r*la g le a d - ,w . -. -a :Z-r S. ' -.h'-&-vs?./^ .m Vl(-A/, ?-^ - ^ W - . * / Sear Mrw Beva-nA\A .*;. t-`jf? .-tjiv* t;. t', ' {r * * i *.v * * Ifi hate Giren considerable thou ^ t to Dcrelopaant Report iio. S643 ftroa Almaaa relatir to aBsesd dr^u la eubedttea with : v ^ ^ ^ iie tte r - of Seirtmab^r. 14* -i . Aa yoar le tte r poiatssd otrt, these drmsa were 14-gattge ajs4 Afea4an ` 1 'ia':'rror ia thlakia^ that IS-gmis* Gram eaolusivsly are :;'i ^v" ; : the reptafi to mxr &x m t s ^^ a r e ' p leased to edviee you th a t they eo afim th a t the iactal thihkttesa ehowa i s the Abadea report eoaes w ithin the tolerance perrsitted fo r lA-C.S. gaaso. They re unable to trace the o rig in of th is p a rtic u la r eteo l ae i t my have cose from one of several s tills , 'therefore we easrnot obtain the control analysis fo r the s te e l u se d in.-the fab ricatio n of the druse. ^' ; te do fcnos! th a t th ere ie a e e rtc in cnount o f variance In sp ecificatio n s of th e steel but we ctm assure you th a t e l l s te e l used conforms with th e necessary sp ecificatio n s. K&tuniliy sheet s te e l obtainable under war tin e conditions does not have th e unifo ra analysis th a t we should lik e but we cannot be too c r itic a l aa long as i t neats this ep ecificstio n s fo r the gauge involved. The 4 n a auumfaeturer accordingly c e rtifie s tiuvt m aterial waa used tfhich conformed with specifications and c e rta in ly we cannot show th a t th ere was any in fe rio rity in worSosanahip. we know th a t th is cargo experienced very severe weather and we nust therefore conclude th a t fa ilu re was the re s u lt of th is rough voyage. : .. V ; . '; ;.';. ' Abadan's re p o rt points out th a t only 20 drusa tree* a ccnslgnmeut of ' 3000 fa ile d , fo tha th is may appear lik e an ex eellsn t average and perhaps in vies o f the conditions th is may be so since we have g reater than 99$ success in delivery however to us i t i s vety u n satisfacto ry because wo most be governed not by percentages but by absolute numbers. One leaker in a thousand ia Ju st ae bad and may be even worse than caa in f if t y o r a hundred, our aim la fo r perfection $e can only conclude th a t th is shipment mat with very abnormal se v e rity o f exposure as a eoas93naee o f which we ju s t cannot expect 14-gauge druas to take the punishment th a t 12-geng* drusa w ill. The Abadan rep o rt conclude th a t HE 0.00-7167 Mr. T* R. A, Sevan t; - ' ^'n''* '< - / , November $ , I 943' **'^'e W y ~ .-. - . . A. ? '' "''r ; * -- ', ' 4-?v'1>'M^ --VvP ' ' AA,:-'Ar;rC';A''^^A&vA-A:',- >a"*'V"'-'/A'-tP /.P V ,,.2p y " - rssponslhility for th e!dsmage lay in had stowage ellowine the eargo to woxh ^ ^ f * loose on encounterlng h i^ i eeas*: i ^ our polnt o f T i the stowage i s had - - 'M hesause ws hawe such a quantity o f drums below deck. Bwery one Bust bear in . , V> mind that we:hot h i^ -d O s^ ''l^ ew eeb ^ i^ ^ -4^ ite^ i^ b u % -:ath *^ appro? o f I t . vvato rtu lia tely ;iw d ^ W % * lfi h ^ ^ jeo M itt .the y- . : &v>;>*- i I n i ' ' .' . Qie risk o f d^lwery le le s t than the cohsequenoe o f nondall?ary. . , M - k . . /; ,p `i ^We'bare 3L ^Hjtiiteii'/-;3i3si^iSitasT'of the - v "shipment.' For the fa c llltie s a ta lia b le , the hest aethod of stowage wee adopted. Our laspector re o a lls th le shlpmeat trlv id ly e ^ rBmefflbera th a had `--V* ! to be used to' f i l l out the epaeeV^ ^ as the dnuss d id hot ooapletely f i l l ' ; . the space. Our inspactor f e lt th e t th e re was l l t t l e chance of th e eaa goods ." p i f f e belng^ broken t , but undoubtedly t3b# l*ough aeae did cause th is to-occur and w*-.* * ` once a sin g le package works Xoose, theix you can expect the^ pyramiding': of th is ' /'.A ..-, r a ffe c t. ' th..low of no p re e tlo a l way e f owereoaing th ls conditloa aa locg as below deck stowage must be^"used. -' f&cb*r,->::v*`i''A<- -. This is not intended to indicate that we are resigned to the possible y-^V r consequences, and w o are going to con.tln.ue to Eire a llth e e u p e r r is lo n we ean In theee ioe&iags to nvoiddasuiEe to drums of ?lui.<l. P articu lar atten tio n is t' , ,1 P . paid to the p o s s i b ilit y o f e o n ta e io f a drum with & sharp edge and dunnage le ' used to orerocase th is ./W e a r e t r y in g to sto w th e oargoso th a t there w ill he i-T'/ - * no movement, and the beet p o ssib ility of preventing .damage., a . p v p ; ; f* ' \.V<": ' Finally, on the top o f page 4 o f the Abadan report reference is ; . '" ' Bade to the deposit of a close dark red oxide on the Inside o f the drums. My r[\ - " ' guess would be that th is material was Iren scale particularly since the metal !V inderaeath was found to he cowered with numerous small p its . ; We appreciate he?ing had the opportunity o f studying th is report. While I hope that future performance w ill be suah that there w ill be no occasion for a report of th is nature, at le a st i f we hare any bad experience, i t would be i ery hdlpful to reoelte a first-hand report. k ; \ ... ' ' Yours truly . ' . . Csu) F . . iBUhaefer ; ejAS; --AXA'AAA-^-r.. 1 ' : A A A ' * :y' O riginal by temaer Copy by a i r s a i l I* KE" Q0Ci.71.ti8 . 1. A S \A i-. it Vi* H'