War Assets Administration
E409925
The War Assets Administration was a U.S. government agency created after World War II to dispose of surplus military and government property and equipment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| War Assets Administration canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4061528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War Assets Administration Context triple: [Foreign Economic Administration, replacedBy, War Assets Administration]
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A.
Office of Lend-Lease Administration
The Office of Lend-Lease Administration was a U.S. World War II agency responsible for managing and overseeing the program that supplied Allied nations with military and other vital aid.
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B.
Office of War Utilities
The Office of War Utilities was a U.S. World War II–era government agency responsible for coordinating and regulating civilian utility services to support wartime production and resource conservation.
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C.
Office of War Mobilization
The Office of War Mobilization was a U.S. World War II agency that coordinated all government agencies involved in the war effort to efficiently direct the nation’s economic and industrial resources toward victory.
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D.
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts was a former United States Navy bureau responsible for managing naval logistics, procurement, and financial administration before its functions were assumed by the Naval Supply Systems Command.
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E.
Office of Defense Mobilization
The Office of Defense Mobilization was a U.S. federal agency created during the early Cold War to coordinate industrial and economic resources for national defense and emergency preparedness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War Assets Administration Target entity description: The War Assets Administration was a U.S. government agency created after World War II to dispose of surplus military and government property and equipment.
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A.
Office of Lend-Lease Administration
The Office of Lend-Lease Administration was a U.S. World War II agency responsible for managing and overseeing the program that supplied Allied nations with military and other vital aid.
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B.
Office of War Utilities
The Office of War Utilities was a U.S. World War II–era government agency responsible for coordinating and regulating civilian utility services to support wartime production and resource conservation.
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C.
Office of War Mobilization
The Office of War Mobilization was a U.S. World War II agency that coordinated all government agencies involved in the war effort to efficiently direct the nation’s economic and industrial resources toward victory.
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D.
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts was a former United States Navy bureau responsible for managing naval logistics, procurement, and financial administration before its functions were assumed by the Naval Supply Systems Command.
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E.
Office of Defense Mobilization
The Office of Defense Mobilization was a U.S. federal agency created during the early Cold War to coordinate industrial and economic resources for national defense and emergency preparedness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States federal agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
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| archivesAt | National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedBySource | United States government records on surplus property disposal ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1949 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military logistics
ⓘ
postwar economic reconversion ⓘ public asset management ⓘ surplus property disposal ⓘ |
| followedBy |
U.S. General Services Administration
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surface form:
General Services Administration
|
| hasDuty |
allocate surplus property for veterans’ benefits and programs
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assist in reconversion of wartime industry to peacetime production ⓘ dispose of surplus aircraft and aviation equipment ⓘ dispose of surplus consumer goods acquired during the war ⓘ dispose of surplus government-owned plants and facilities ⓘ dispose of surplus industrial machinery ⓘ dispose of surplus merchant ships and maritime assets ⓘ dispose of surplus military equipment ⓘ dispose of surplus real estate ⓘ dispose of surplus war property ⓘ sell surplus property to private buyers ⓘ sell surplus property to state and local governments ⓘ support small business access to surplus property ⓘ transfer surplus property to other federal agencies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1946 ⓘ |
| industry | government administration ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Executive Order 9689
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Surplus Property Act of 1944 ⓘ |
| legalForm | independent agency ⓘ |
| legislatedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| operatedInTheTimePeriod |
Truman administration
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post–World War II era ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States post–World War II demobilization
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United States post–World War II economic transition ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | consolidation of federal property management in the General Services Administration ⓘ |
| replaced |
Office of Personal Property Management
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surface form:
Surplus Property Administration
Surplus Property Board ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
disposal of surplus aircraft and airfields
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disposal of surplus ships and shipyards ⓘ integration of surplus property functions into the General Services Administration ⓘ large-scale sale of surplus military equipment after World War II ⓘ transfer of many wartime plants to private ownership ⓘ |
| use |
conversion of war assets to peacetime economic use
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support for housing and education through surplus property ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: War Assets Administration Description of subject: The War Assets Administration was a U.S. government agency created after World War II to dispose of surplus military and government property and equipment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.