United States Maritime Commission

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defunct agency of the United States government federal agency

The United States Maritime Commission was a federal agency created in the 1930s to develop, regulate, and expand the American merchant marine and oversee the construction and operation of commercial and auxiliary ships.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
United States Maritime Commission canonical 24
U.S. Maritime Commission 2
Liberty ship construction program 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct agency of the United States government ⓘ
federal agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States merchant marine ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1950 ⓘ
establishedBy Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility administration of shipbuilding subsidy programs ⓘ
construction of merchant ships ⓘ
development of the American merchant marine ⓘ
expansion of the American merchant marine ⓘ
maintenance of a merchant fleet for commerce ⓘ
maintenance of a merchant fleet for national defense ⓘ
operation of auxiliary ships ⓘ
operation of commercial ships ⓘ
promotion of U.S.-flag shipping ⓘ
regulation of ocean shipping rates and practices ⓘ
regulation of the American merchant marine ⓘ
hasObjective assure a merchant marine capable of carrying a substantial portion of foreign commerce ⓘ
assure a merchant marine capable of carrying domestic water-borne commerce ⓘ
assure a merchant marine capable of serving as a naval auxiliary in time of war ⓘ
encourage construction of ships in U.S. shipyards ⓘ
ensure U.S.-flag ships are owned and operated by U.S. citizens ⓘ
maintain a modern and efficient merchant fleet ⓘ
hasPart Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation (in part, later transferred) ⓘ
Maritime Labor Board ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1936 ⓘ
industry maritime transport ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ
parentOrganization United States government ⓘ
partOf New Deal ⓘ
surface form: New Deal agencies
produced C1 cargo ships ⓘ
C2 cargo ships ⓘ
C3 cargo ships ⓘ
Liberty ships ⓘ
T2 tankers ⓘ
Victory ships ⓘ
replacedBy United States Maritime Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Federal Maritime Board

United States Federal Maritime Commission ⓘ
Maritime Administration ⓘ
surface form: United States Maritime Administration
significantEvent United States Maritime Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Liberty ship construction program

Victory ship construction program ⓘ
World War II economic mobilization ⓘ
surface form: World War II shipbuilding program

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merchant Marine Act of 1936 → establishes → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Merchant Marine Act of 1936 → createsAgency → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
New York Shipbuilding Corporation → majorClient → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
SS Jeremiah O’Brien → operator → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
United States Maritime Commission → replacedBy → United States Maritime Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Federal Maritime Board
United States Maritime Commission → significantEvent → United States Maritime Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberty ship construction program
National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay → establishedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
New England Shipbuilding Corporation → builtFor → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Olympia Reserve Fleet → operator → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
United States Shipping Board → replacedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 → administeredBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Hudson River Reserve Fleet → operator → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Astoria Reserve Fleet → operator → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Astoria Reserve Fleet → maintainedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Wilmington Reserve Fleet → operatedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Maritime Commission
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company → servedOrganization → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Maritime Labor Board → operatedUnderAuthorityOf → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Maritime Labor Board → supervisedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Victory ships → developedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Victory ship
C1 cargo ships → developedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: C1 cargo ship
C1 cargo ships → partOf → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: C1 cargo ship
this entity surface form: United States Maritime Commission shipbuilding program
C1 cargo ships → administeredBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: C1 cargo ship
T2 tankers → builtFor → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: T2 tanker
T2 tankers → designedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: T2 tanker
Liberty ships → developedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Liberty ship
Liberty ships → designedBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Liberty ship
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards → associatedWith → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Maritime Commission
Vanport → builtBy → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
Emory S. Land → employer → United States Maritime Commission ⓘ