Emergency Shipbuilding Program

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The Emergency Shipbuilding Program (late 1940 – September 1945) was a United States government effort to quickly build simple cargo ships to carry troops and materiel to allies and foreign theatres during World War II. Run by the U.S. Maritime Commission, the program built almost 6,000 ships.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "The Emergency Shipbuilding Program | MARAD". www.maritime.dot.gov.
  2. ^ "HyperWar: Gray Steel and Black Oil [Chapter 14]". www.ibiblio.org.
  3. ^ "Shipbuilding under the United States Maritime Commission 1936 to 1950". www.usmaritimecommission.de.

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