American industrialist who built the Hoover Dam, launched Kaiser Shipyards that produced Liberty Ships at revolutionary speed during WWII, founded Kaiser Permanente, and built Kaiser Steel — one of the most diversified and prolific builders in American industrial history.
At Kaiser Shipyards reduced Liberty Ship construction time from 355 days to an average of 42 days — eventually launching a completed ship in 4 days and 15 hours — through radical process innovation, pre-fabrication, and workforce expansion that demonstrated that American industrial capacity had no ceiling.
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