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Brunswick |
Brunswick | State | |
Georgia | Total Trade | |
2,255,489 | Foreign Imports | |
1,373,529 | Foreign Exports | |
790,736 | Foreign Total | |
2,164,265 | Domestic Total | |
91,224 |   | Description | |
runswick (pronounced /ˌbrʌnswɪk/) is an American city in the state of Georgia and the seat of Glynn County. The municipality is located in southeastern Georgia on a harbor on the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 30 miles north of Florida. It was founded in 1771 by the Province of Georgia and incorporated on February 22, 1856.Plans for the city's streets and squares were laid out in grid-style following James Oglethorpe's Savannah Plan.In 1789, George Washington proclaimed Brunswick one of the five original ports of entry for the United States.In 2007, the city proper had an estimated population of 16,235 and an estimated metropolitan population of 101,792. The city's metropolitan area is the twelfth-largest in the state of Georgia and includes the counties of Glynn, Brantley, and McIntosh.
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In World War II, Brunswick boomed as over 16,000 workers of the J.A. Jones Construction Company produced ninety-nine Liberty ships and "Knot" ships (type C1-M ships which were designed for short coastal runs, and most often named for knots) for the U.S. Maritime Commission to transport war matériel to the European and Pacific Theatres.The first ship was the SS James M. Wayne (named after James Moore Wayne), whose keel was laid on July 6, 1942 and was launched on March 13, 1943. The last ship was the SS Coastal Ranger, whose keel was laid on June 7, 1945 and launched on August 25, 1945. The first six ships took 305 to 331 days each to complete,[25] but soon production ramped up and most of the remaining ships were built in about two months, bringing the average down to 89 days each. By November 1943, about four ships were launched per month. The SS William F. Jerman was completed in only 34 days in November and December 1944. Six ships could be under construction in slipways at one time.
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