Merchant Fleet Corporation
The Merchant Fleet Corporation was an American shipping organization. It was founded in 1927 and replaced by the United States Maritime Commission in 1936 .
history
In 1916 - during World War I - the United States Shipping Board (USSB) was established to build and operate merchant ships that were to serve the war aims of the United States . Within the USSB, the Emergency Fleet Corporation took over the operation and maintenance of the fleet. After the war, the Shipping Board owned a large number of surplus ships with which numerous liner services were established.
From 1927 the Merchant Fleet Corporation took over the operation of the remaining state merchant fleet . She was also subordinate to the USSB. In 1929 the USSB sold the majority of the liner services under it, including the ships. A large part was taken over by the operator shipping companies; others have been completely discontinued. Thereafter, the Merchant Fleet Corporation oversaw the dwindling number of state-owned ships in the war merchant fleet in the hands of private shipping companies.
On August 10, 1933, the USSB was transformed into the United States Shipping Bureau within the United States Department of Commerce . After the United States Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act in 1936 , the USSB was dissolved and replaced by the United States Maritime Commission ; this also took over the operation of the US merchant fleet from the Merchant Fleet Corporation.
literature
- René De La Pedraja Tomán: A historical dictionary of the US merchant marine and shipping industry: since the introduction of steam . Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994, ISBN 978-0-313-27225-7 .