War and Post-War Boom 1941-1963 | A. O. Smith Corp.
As part of the war effort, A. O. Smith begins producing bomb casings, aircraft propellers and landing gear, torpedo air flasks and other material. By 1945, it had built 4.5 million bombs, 16,750 sets of landing gear and 46,700 propeller blades, as well as nose frames for the B-25 bomber, water heaters for military barracks, jeep frames and ...