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.

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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 ⓘ
United States merchant marine ⓘ
characteristic government control over ship allocation and operation ⓘ
use of standardized plans to speed construction ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
coordinatedBy Emergency Fleet Corporation ⓘ
United States Shipping Board ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
followedBy interwar U.S. merchant marine policies ⓘ
hasPart United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation ⓘ
implementedBy U.S. private shipyards ⓘ
newly constructed emergency shipyards ⓘ
influenced World War II U.S. emergency shipbuilding programs ⓘ
legalBasis United States Shipping Act of 1916 ⓘ
location 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 ⓘ
German U-boat campaign ⓘ
participant Allied governments ⓘ
American shipbuilding companies ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army

U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
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 ⓘ

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United States Shipping Board → significantEvent → World War I shipbuilding program ⓘ
Electric Boat Company → significantProject → World War I U.S. Navy submarines ⓘ
linked to: World War I shipbuilding program
Naval Appropriations Act of 1916 → partOf → United States naval expansion program of the 1910s ⓘ
linked to: World War I shipbuilding program