World War I shipbuilding program
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The World War I shipbuilding program was a massive U.S.-led emergency effort to rapidly construct merchant and naval vessels to support Allied logistics and counter shipping losses during the First World War.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States naval expansion program of the 1910s | 1 |
| World War I U.S. Navy submarines | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government program
ⓘ
emergency wartime mobilization effort ⓘ shipbuilding program ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
increasing transatlantic shipping capacity
ⓘ
supporting American Expeditionary Forces in Europe ⓘ |
| appliesToPart |
United States Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States merchant marine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
government control over ship allocation and operation
ⓘ
use of standardized plans to speed construction ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy |
Emergency Fleet Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Shipping Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| effect |
creation of new shipbuilding workforce
ⓘ
expansion of U.S. industrial capacity on the coasts ⓘ rapid increase in U.S.-flag merchant tonnage ⓘ |
| endTime | 1919 ⓘ |
| financedBy | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | interwar U.S. merchant marine policies ⓘ |
| hasPart | United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
U.S. private shipyards
ⓘ
newly constructed emergency shipyards ⓘ |
| influenced | World War II U.S. emergency shipbuilding programs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United States Shipping Act of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainPurpose |
rapid construction of merchant ships
ⓘ
rapid construction of naval auxiliaries ⓘ replacement of shipping losses to German submarines ⓘ support of Allied logistics ⓘ |
| opponent |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German U-boat campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Allied governments
ⓘ
American shipbuilding companies ⓘ U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Allied war effort in World War I ⓘ |
| product |
cargo ships
ⓘ
naval auxiliaries ⓘ tankers ⓘ troop transports ⓘ |
| reason | heavy Allied shipping losses to German U-boats ⓘ |
| scale | mass production of ships ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
expansion of U.S. shipyard capacity
ⓘ
standardization of ship designs ⓘ |
| startTime | 1917 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | late stages of World War I ⓘ |
| uses |
concrete ship designs
ⓘ
standardized steel-hulled cargo ship designs ⓘ wooden-hulled cargo ship designs ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
World War I U.S. Navy submarines
this entity surface form:
United States naval expansion program of the 1910s