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 ⓘ
approvedBy President Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
linked to: Woodrow Wilson
archivesAt U.S. National Archives ⓘ
country 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 D. Lasker ⓘ
linked to: Albert 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 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 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 Emergency Fleet Corporation ⓘ
linked to: United States Shipping Board
United States Shipping Board → replacedBy → United States Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce ⓘ
linked to: United States Shipping Board
Clyde, California → plannedBy → United States Shipping Board ⓘ
SS Palo Alto → builtFor → United States Shipping Board ⓘ
Emergency Fleet Corporation → alsoKnownAs → United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation ⓘ
linked to: United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation → parentOrganization → United States Shipping Board ⓘ
Emergency Fleet Corporation → subordinateTo → United States Shipping Board ⓘ
Emergency Fleet Corporation → createdBy → United States Shipping Board ⓘ
Emergency Fleet Corporation → followedBy → United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation ⓘ
linked to: United States Shipping Board
World War I shipbuilding program → hasPart → United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation ⓘ
linked to: United States Shipping Board
World War I shipbuilding program → coordinatedBy → United States Shipping Board ⓘ