United States Shipping Board

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The United States Shipping Board was a U.S. federal agency established during World War I to regulate and promote the American merchant marine and oversee the construction and operation of commercial ships.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal agency
government commission
appliesTo American merchant marine
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
approvedBy Woodrow Wilson
surface form: President Woodrow Wilson
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration
surface form: U.S. National Archives
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy United States Congress
dissolved 1933
March 2, 1933
hasPart Emergency Fleet Corporation
hasRole allocation of shipping during World War I
control of shipping conferences
operation of commercial ships
oversight of ship construction
promotion of American merchant marine
rate regulation for ocean carriers
regulation of American merchant marine
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1916
September 7, 1916
legalBasis Shipping Act of 1916
mainSubject commercial shipping
merchant marine regulation
ship construction
notableChairperson Albert Lasker
surface form: Albert D. Lasker

Edward N. Hurley NERFINISHED
Frederick I. Thompson
oversaw construction of cargo ships
construction of passenger liners
construction of troop transports
owned large fleet of merchant vessels
partOf U.S. wartime mobilization effort in World War I
regulates ocean-going shipping lines of the United States
shipping conferences and agreements
shipping rates
reorganizedAs Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce
replacedBy United States Maritime Commission
United States Shipping Board self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce
sector international trade
maritime transport
significantEvent World War I shipbuilding program
post–World War I disposal of surplus ships
wartime requisitioning of ships
subsidiary United States Shipping Board self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
timePeriod World War I
interwar period

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Shipping Act of 1916 createdAgency United States Shipping Board
United States Shipping Board subsidiary United States Shipping Board self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board replacedBy United States Shipping Board self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United States Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce
Clyde, California plannedBy United States Shipping Board