Popeye and Bluto own adjacent shipyards They are given the plans for a battleship whichever finishes first gets the contract for the fleet Bluto does his patriotic duty by refraining from his usual sabotage his own incompetence provides much of the entertainment until the end when Popeye finishes first Bluto invited to help launch the ship provides a bottle of champagne filled with nitroglycerine Popeyes ship is destroyed but after his spinach he manages to turn out a ship every 5 seconds or so launching an entire fleet for the war effort