Transferring workers took two or three months, and the resulting complications helped send them back to their original work. This sequence accounts for the roughly six-month interruption described here. Tankers and other fleet auxiliaries were affected alongside battleships, carriers, and cruisers. Gun foundries lost continuity when weapons were no longer required on the original timetable. Restarting the hulls meant restarting supporting production as well.
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Labor transfers delayed auxiliaries and their suppliers
Workers moved away and then returned, disrupting auxiliary construction and gun foundries alongside larger warships.