FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

UNITED STATES

FISCAL YEAR ENDED

JUNE 30

1920

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V

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1920
THE UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

W S BENsoN Chainnon

JOHN A DONALD Commissioner

vacancy Commissioner

vacancy Commissioner

vacancy Commissioner

vacancy Commissioner

vacancy Commissioner

JOHN J FLAHERTY SeOretory
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Letter of transmittal 9

Summary of activities 0

Propose and policy 9

Construction activities 9

Repair activities 9

Operating activities 10

Merchant marine act 1920 10

Organization of the Board 13

Functions of the Board 13

European organization 14

Investigation under section 12 of the shipping act of September 7 1916 22

Report of Law Department 24

Problems in the conduct of litigation 26

Suits in admiralty act of March 9 1920 26

Ship mortgage act 27

Codification of the navigation laws 23

Uniform commercial documents 29

Salvage services 30

Relations

ments

with the Army and Navy as to vessels used by those depart

30

German and Austrian vessels seized during the war 31

Transfer of ships to foreign registry 34

Recruiting Service 35

Insurance Division 40

Marine insurance 41

Statistical studies 47

Table 1 United States merchant marine on June 30 1919 and

June 30 1920 vessels of 500 gross tons and over 43

II Recapitulation of ships owned by the United States Ship

ping Board as of June 30 1919 43

III Recapitulation of ships owned by the United States ship

ping Board as of Juue 30 1920 49

IV Comparison of steel vessels in berth liner service as of

May 31 1920 and June 30 1920 50

Foreign trode51

Total United States merchant marine and tonnage employed in foreign

trade chart 52

The development of trade routes 53

Establishment of foreign agencies 57

United States slipping in foreign trade chart 60

Division of Regulation 61
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Port Facilities Commission 66

Division of Industrial Relations G8

Ship Sales Division 72

Legal problems involvtvi in the sale of shins 73

II UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET

CORPORATION DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND RE

PAIRS

Activities and accomplishments 77

Growth of shipbuilding in the United States chart s0

Yards and docks 82

Shipyard plants 82

Ships launched in the United States and Great Britain 1900 to 1919

chart 90

Ship construction 91

Production during the fiscal year 92

Shipbuilding in United States since 1900 92

Active program by class 93

Active program by type 94

heels laid ships launched and ships delivered chart 96

Requisitioned ships 97

Roodships 98

Accumulated program 100

Present active program 100

Ships built in Japan and China 100

Diesel engines 101

Passenger ships 101

Agency yards 103

Passenger transportation and housing 106

Total expenditures chart 109

Authorizations and appropriations 110

Expenditures chart 111

Organization 112

Transfer of divisions 113

Repair Department 114

Design and new construction 116

Repairs

Inspection and acceptance 117

119

Exenemy vessels 125

Remeasurement of vessels 131

Expenditures for repairs 132

Organization 13

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CORPORATION DIVISION OF OPERATIONS

Introduction 137

United States shipping in foreign trade 137

United States merchant marine chart 138

Traffic department 140

Vessels owned and controlled by the United States Shipping Board as of

June 3019 140
TABLE OF CONTENTS J

Introduction 171

Division of Supply and Sales 171

Construction Claims Board 173

Legal Division Emergency Flect Corporation 178

Department of Investigation 179

Report of the General Comptroller ISO

Report of the treasurer 113

Pssv

Principal ermloarnent of United States Shipping Board tonnage chart 143

Cargo and passenger services

Rates

144

14o

Claims 143

Allocation and assignment section 116

Tankers 149

Tins and barges 141

Coastwise coal 130

Wood ships L0

Operating de 131

Vessel personnel 161

Bankers 11

Radio section 1SG

Supervisors section

Supercargo section 161

Special service section 1GJ

Contract bureau 163

Demurrage off hire and savings section 163

Charters 164

Inventory section 164

Reviewing section 164

General service section 163

Seameu sclaim section 166

Financial operations 167

Organization 167

IV UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET

CORPORATION MISCELLANEOUS SECTION

Introduction 171

Division of Supply and Sales 171

Construction Claims Board 173

Legal Division Emergency Flect Corporation 178

Department of Investigation 179

Report of the General Comptroller ISO

Report of the treasurer 113
APPENDIX

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TABLE I a Name and cou pensatimr of etnplmTus of tLe United

States ShiDpin liom d in seriiee for some period

within the year ending Jane 30 1990 mlm have re

signal prior to that Bette 1Ss

b Names and com usutiou of enuploye s of the United

States Shipping Board in service on Tune 30 190 700

1I Laws from 1914 to date affeclir gtine Fhillpin Board 103

III a Statement of aeidoots and eslimate nol ou t uud Lsse

from Jill 1 to December 1 1919 196

b Statement of uc Willis and ertilualcd naourta end tosys

from January 1 to Tune 3010

197

II UNITED STATES SIIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET

CORPORATION DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND BE

PAIRS

Tancr I Shippat ds now buihlin Ior the Corporation 100

II Shipym ds disli of or transferred to Supply an Sales

Division 2222 2222 200

III Marine railway uid dry dorl contracts 201

IC KeoN laid by months from beginning of progrann 204

V Ships Ininelned by months from beginning of proram 208

CI Ships delivered by mouths from 1 111 11 of pro rmu 210

VII Ships tleliyel Jby divtrictn 211

V III Slips deliynred by States 212

ISmice proby type of Ship 2222 216

S Actke program by class of construction 21G

SL Aceuaml dd program of ship construction liuchulin cm

slruction in foreI uy2rds 217

NII Accumulotetl pro rara of ship construction Lr garaphictl

sections of the United States 218

VIII Isstimated deliveries by months to complete the Program 210

SIC Sidpyards which have completed contracts 2

SV Cancellations of 41 contracts by type of ship and dis

tricts 2

NCI Cancellations of ship contracts by States 224

SVII Passenger ship status of contracts 227

SVIII Dormitories and cafeterias constructed or planned for the

Corporation 28

SI N Schedule of housing projects and type of hotlsin 22S

SS Loans made to public utility eompnnies 229

SI Municipalities which have furnished facilities for housing 230
APPENDIX

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TABLE XXII Total commitments housing program 230

VIII Details of housing expenditures 231

XXIV Security held by the corporation for expenditures on ac

count of passenger transportation 23

XXV Contracts for transportation facilities 837

XXVI Data on exenemy vessels 239

III UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET

CORPORATION DIVISION OF OPERATIONS

TABLE I Vessels entering and Nearing United States ports with cargo

IV UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET

CORPORATION MISCELLANEOUS SECTION

January 1 1020 to June 30 1920 250

II United States Shipping Board steel cargo vessels employed in

sheet as at June 3Q 1D0

forefgn trade 25

III Employment of United States Shipping Board tonnago lurch

outcome of all transactions by classes of actiNitles from

1010 to June 30 1020 253

IV Direct service lines to South and Central America 254

V Vessels operating in trades which do net have United States

of general cash and cash funds as at June 30 1920 2G1

ports as terminals 256

VI Assignment of United States Shipping Board tonnage 257

IV UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET

CORPORATION MISCELLANEOUS SECTION

EHIBiTA United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Consolidated balance

sheet as at June 3Q 1D0 260

B United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement to shoe

outcome of all transactions by classes of actiNitles from

Inception to June 30 1D20 as at June 30 1920 261

Schedule 1 United Status Shipping Board and United States Ship

ping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement

of general cash and cash funds as at June 30 1920 2G1

2 United States Shipping Board and United States Ship

ping Board Emergency fleet Corporation Statement

of accounts receivable as at June 30 1920 26

3 United States Shipping Board and United States Shlp

ping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement

of int stments as at June 30 1920 265

4 United States Shipping Board and United States Sliip

pin Board Emergency Iloot Corporation Statement

of materials supplies ship stores etr as at Tune

30 1920 2C5

5 United States Shipping Board and United States Ship

ping Board lmergeney Fleet Corporation Statement

of purchase construction and reeonQitioning expend

itures on on vessels as at June M 1020 206

6 United States Shipping hoard and United States Ship

ping Iloard Emor enoy Fleet Corporation Statement

of plants property and e0uipment fueloil stations

real estate and buildings furniture and flcttrres nme

chanical office tnnipment automobiles launches etc

as at June 30 1020 266
ArPESDIS

EXHIBIT BContinued Page

Schedule 7 United States Shipping Board and United States Ship

ping BoardFmmgency Fleet Corporation Statmerit

of construction of improvements to etc edndl

tures of housing projects and transportation facill

ties ns at June 30 191266

S United States Snipping Iloaid and United States Ship

Wn llonid Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement

of appropriations allotments and unexpended bal

ances thereon lers transfers therefrom to show net

vin omt received from appropt iations and allotments

as at Tune 30 100 267

9 Uuiled States Shipping Board and Unital States Ship

ping Poard Ememmiry Fleet Corporation Statement

of rescives as at Juno 3O 190 267

EXHIBIT C Statement of receipts and withdrawals from appropriation

and allotment accounts in the United States Treasury for

fiscal year ended June 301920 269

D Cash receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ended

June 30 190 270

Schedule 10 Disbursing Bilker Iiscellaneous receipts July 1 1919

to June 30 19 272

11 Division of Construction miscellaneous cash receipts

July 1 1919 to June 30 1920 272

12 Division of Operations summary of cash receipts July

1 1019 to June 30192272

13 Dkbumiog officer miscdlmaeous disbursements July 1

1919 to June 30 1920 273

14 Division of Construction miscellaneous cash disburse

ments July 1 1919 to June 30 190 273

15 Division of Operations summary of cash disbursements

fitly 1 1910 to June 30 1020 273
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

wrrrNCTON D C December 1 1930

To THE CONGRESS

We have the honor to submit the Fourth Annual Report of the

United States Shipping Board covering the fiscal year ended on

June 30 1920 The report embraces accounts of the various activi

ties of the card and the Emergency Fleet Corporation under the

provisions of the shipping act of 1916 as well as under subsequent

acts

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

Many problems have been presented to the Shipping Board for

solution which have nece sitited reorganization and readjustment

of established policies

Purpose and Policy

The purpose of the Board is to establish a permanent American

merchant marine ultimately resting on private enterprise and pri

vate capital If it is the desire of the American people to maintain

their present high standards of living and to retain even approxi

mately their present position in finance and trade our annual sur

plus must be sold in foreign markets and in order to do this it is

necessary to have a merchant marine owned and controlled by

American citizens

Construction Activities

In the construction field there was a tremendous reduction of

activities to a normal or peacetime basis which has diminished the

volume of expenditures with no impairment of efficiency Although

there was a sharp curtailment of the building program the remark

able production records of the first half of the year 1919 were unsur

passed During September 1919 the Division of Construction de

livered 150 ships of Over 3000 deadweight tons which represented a

total of 810 tons If we consider the ocean going vessels the

output for the month of September 1919 has greatly exceeded pre

war deliveries for an entire year

On Tune 30 1930 production was 933 per cent complete The net

program as of that date contemplates 2315 ships of 13675 711 dead

weight tons

Repair Activities

While the activities of the Construction Division have decreased

during the year due to cancellations and the progress toward the

s
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

IVasnrncmos D C December 1 19

To THE Coscrrss

We have the honor to submit the Fourth Annual Report of the

United States Shipping Board covering the fiscal year ended on

June 30 1930 The report embraces accounts of the various activi

ties of the Board and the Emergency Fleet Corpotation under the

provisions of the shipping act of 1916 as well as under subsequent

acts

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

Many problems have been presented to the Shipping Board for

solution which have necessitated reorganization and readjustment

of established policies

Purpose and Policy

The purpose of the Board is to establish a permanent American

merchant marine ultimatel resting on private enterprise and pri

vate capital If it is the desire of the American people to maintain

their present high standards of living and to retain even approxi

mately their present position in finance and trade our annual sur

plus muk be cold in foreign markets and in order to do this it is

necessary to have a merchant marine owned and controlled by

American citizens

Construction Activities

In the construction field there was a tremendous reduction of

activities to it normal or peacetime basis which has diminished the

volume of expenditures with no impairment of efficiency Although

there was a sharp curtailment of the building program the remark

able production records of the first half of the year 1919 were unsur

passed During September 1919 the Division of Construction de

livered 150 ships of over 3000 dead weight tons which represented a

total of 810 tons If we consider the oceangoing vessels the

output for the month of September 1919 has greatly exceeded pre

war deliveries for an entire year

On June 30 1920 production was 933 per cent complete The net

program as of that date contemplates 2315 ships of 13675 711 dead

weight tons

Repair Activities

While the activities of the Construction Division have decreased

during the year due to cancellations and the progress toward the

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UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

PART I

11
I UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

ORGANIZATION

The members of the Board on Lune 30 1919 were Edward N

Hurley chairman Raymond B Stevens John A Donald and

Henry Al Robinson During the fiscal year ending June 30 1920

two chairmen and three commissioners resigned Edward N Hurley

July 31 1919 Henry 11 Robinson Sept 15 1919 Raymond B

Stevens June 15 1920 John Barton Payne chairman was ap

pointed August 5 1919 vice Edward N Hurley T A Scott was

appointed August 5 1919 vice Bainbridge Colby resigned Dlarch 4

1919 John Barton Payne resigned March 13 1920 W S Benson

chairman was appointed March 13 1920 T A Scott resigned

April 5 1920 No successor appointed

On June 30 1920 the Board consisted of IV S Benson chairman

and John A Donald

Section 3 of the merchant marine act of June 5 1920 amends sec

tion 3 of the shipping act 1916 and provides that the Board shall

be composed of seven commissioners to be appointed by the Presi

dent with the advi eand consent of the Senate the President desig

nating the member to act as Cliairman of the Board Under the pro

visions of this act an entirely new Board is to be appointed but

the members of the original Board in office at the date of the passage

of the merchant marine act are to remain in office until all the mem

bers of the enlarged Board are appointed and qualify

FUNCTIONS

The United States Shipping Board is the agency created by Con

gress for the fundamental purpose of providing a merchant marine

of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels to carry the

commerce of the country and to serve as a naval or military auxiliary

in time of war or national emergency The general purposes and

functions of the Board have been defined by the shipping act 1916

the act of July 15 1918 and the merchant marine act 1920

The broad powers conferred upon the Board make its duties nu

merous and complicated It regulates all the shipping of the coun

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try recruits and trains officers and seamen for the merchant fleet

supervises the charter and transfer of vessels to aliens establishes

trade routes and foreign agencies develops port facilities handles

large labor problems and operates directly or through private ship

ping agencies a vast merchant marine All matters of policy regard

ing ship sales cancellations etc are determined by the Board

The construction and repair of vessels is performed by the Division

of Construction and Repairs of the United States Shipping Board

Emergency Fleet Corporation The task of operating the merchant

fleet is handled through the Division of Operations The functions

and accomplishments of these two divisions are clearly defined in

other sections of this report

EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION

The European organization of the Shipping Board had its begin

ning in June 1912 In that month the special commissioner for

Europe assumed the duties of that office Headquarters were estab

lished at 8 Grosvenor Gardens London and the initial steps were

taken toward the development of an organization adequate to cope

with the formidable problems ahead of it By June 30 1930 repre

sentatives had been located in all of the more important seaports of

the United Pingdom and continental Europe

Prior to the establishment of the European organization Shipping

Board vessels in European ports had been attended entirely by the

agents of the managing companies Some of these agents were dili

gent in the interests of their principals others however either

through ineIIiciency indifference or dishonesty allowed American

ships to be mishandled and subjected to delays and exorbitant

charges The disorganization and congested condition of European

ports made this sort of thing all the more possible The new Ship

ping Board organization through its control over movements char

ters cargoes bunkers supplies repairs etc has succeeded in rethhc

ing the averageturnaround in pert of Shipping Board vcsscls loadin

and orili charging cargo from 354 days for the United Kingdom

and 19 days for the Continent in September 1919 wh n the rat re

liable statistics were obtained to 192 days for the Unite lKin dorn

and 113 days for the Continent in llav 1930 Tl e cost of baulmrs

supplies and repairs has ako been materially reduced

In ports where there have been no Shipping Poard representa

tives as well as ports where such representatives have been located

very valuable assistance has been given by otFciels of the American

Diplomatic and Consular Service This spirit of cooperation has

greatly contributed to the progress which the European organiza

tion of the Shipping Board has made in solving the problems con

fronting it
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In the developments of the European staff organization followed

the lines which seemed best adapted to meet prevailing conditions

and problems The arrangement of departments and sections dur

ing the year under review do not therefore exactly correspond to

those at Washington At the end of the fiscal year however a com

plete reorganization is about to take place with a view to making

the European branch as nearly like the home office as is practicable

under the circumstam es The principal departments their organi

zations and functions together with the main problems confronting

each are briefly outlined below

Operating Department

The operating department exercises supervision over Shipping

Board cessels in Europe with respe tto navigation pilotage

handling of cargo bunkers ballast personnel and salvage work

Branch offices are maintained at the following places In the

United Iin London Liverpool Manchester Cardiff for the

whole of the Bristol Channel Fo vey IIall Newcastle on the Con

tinent Ilelsingfors Stockholm Gothenburg Copenhagen Danzig

IIamburg Rotterdam Antwerp Paris Dunkirk Le Havre Brest

St Sazaire La Rochelle Bordeaux Gibraltar Barcelona Marseille

Naples Pirterls Constantinople fort Said Other ports are cov

ered by traveling representatives On June 30 1920 the department

had under its supervision in the United Iiin ports 140 vessels

in continental ports 77 in Luropean waters 114 a total of 81 vessels

In all respects the operating department undertakes to wort in

cooperation with the managing arcnts their European representa

fix Vs and the ships masters It aims to get in touch with the vessels

as soon as they come within its jurisdiction and render all assistance

possible Many masters are strangers to European waters and have

little knowledge of local laws and shipping conditions By furnish

ing them with the latest aids to navigation mine warning charts

etc the department is able to greatly expedite the ships movements

Local agents have in many cases been chosen unwisely or may for

other reasons fail to execute satisfactorily the business intrusted to

them Under these circumstances the presence of Shipping Board

representatives in the ports to see that berths are taken promptly

cargoes handled expeditiously bunkers and ballast provided in

proper quantities and at reasonable costs means great saving of time

and money furthermore it has been possible for the department

by keeping in close touch with conditions at the several ports to sug

gest the diversion of vessels from the more congested ports to those

where discharging conditions are easier and dispatch quicker

One of the great problems of the past year has been that of fuel

Bunker coals have been scarce at certain ports and focal agents
16 FOURTH ANNUAL rLrouT UNITED KTATLa sHIPrISG

have in some instances despaired of procuring them The oper

ating department however from its more intimate knmNledge of

conditions has been able to locate available supplies and avoid

hardship of this account The fueloil supply has constituted a

somewhat more serious problem At a time when oil was almost

unavailable from commercial sources the Lnndon office was able to

make an arrangement with the British Admiralty whereby abso

lutely necessary supplies were procured at Gibraltar for Mediter

ranean vessels and in the United Kingdom for continental vessels

This arrangement could only be maintained temporarily however

and the Shipping Board was again thrown on its own resources

To meet the situation supplies available through commercial chan

nels have been augmented by opening up relations with new firms

and inducing old ones to extend their facilities special storage for

Shipping Board oil has been arranged at Brest good relations have

been established with the depot at Lisbon American tankers carry

ing American oil have been held at Gibraltar for bunkering Ship

ping Board steamers direct By these methods the requirements

of Shipping Board vessels have been covered with relatively little

delay in a minimum number of diversions The situation is very

acute however and while some relief will doubtless come from the

establishment of additional stations at Birerta Messina and Savona

the problem as a whole is not likely to be solved in the near future

It is a wise policy therefore to give ships bound eastward from

the United States the maximum amount of fuel oil so as to make

their demands on European supplies as light as possible

The operating department during the period under review has

been able to save large sums of money by taking prompt action in

cases of stranding or other mishaps and supervising salvage opera

tions In some instance stranded vessel have been refloated by

Shipping Board oflicials without any outside assistance Whenever

a casualty of one sort or another occurs the department makes an

immediate and thorough investigation with technical experts in an

efrort to determine the cause and place of responsibility

The discipline of crews on ship and on shore has been far from

exemplary and American shipping has received many black marks

in foreign ports on this account The operating department has

made it a policy to promptly investigate such matters and to take

immediate and drastic action as regards not only the misconduct of

the men but also any negligence or incompetency on the part of the

officers and masters Supplying crews to replace those repatriated

has been one of the smaller but none the less trying problems en

countered The expiration of articles while the vessels were in

European waters necessitating the replacement of the whole or a

large portion of the crew has been a never failing source of difficulty
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 17

Traffic Department

The traffic department handles all traffic matters including charter

ing demurrage and cargo claims in connection with Shipping

Board vessels operating in European waters The manager of the

department formerly had his offices in America but the obvious

advantages of being located in London which has for so long been

the hub of the world sshipping activities and the focus of the

world sshipping information led to his transference to that city

For working purposes the department is divided into three sections

1 Baltic and Continental traffic 2 United Ifingdom and 1Mediter

ranean traffic 3 demurrage and cargo claims The general policy

has been one of cooperation with managing agents and their Euro

pean representatives in any way that would lead to better business for

American ships

The traffic department aims to keep in close touch with cargo de

velopments everywhere and by prompt advice to enable managing

agents singly or in groups to tape advantage of the concerted action

made possible by such a central bureau of traffic information to the

end that freighting contracts may be made in advance and rates

stabilized Aside from the matter of getting current business on

advantageous terms for American ships the department has suc

ceeded in effecting a number of important alterations in the stand

ard charter parties governing the Mediterranean ore English china

clay German potash and Baltic lumber trades From the better

conditions governing dispatch demurrage etc which these changes

have brought about the entire shipping fraternity has benefited

Construction and Repair Department

The Construction and Repair Department supervises all alterations

and repairs on Shipping Board vessels in European ports with re

spect both to the nature of the work done and the contractors em

ployed Representatives of this department are now located in the

following ports In the United Ifingdom London Falmouth Liver

pool Manchester Newcastle Hull Cardiff Glasgow Dublin on the

Continent Dunkirk Le Havre Brest St eazaire Bordeau nlar

seille Antwerp Rotterdam Barcelona Gibraltar Lisbon Genoa

Naples Ilamburg Danzig Copenhagen Stockholm Gothenburg

At Falmouth a stock of machinery spares and ships equipment is

maintained Ilie Shipping Board tug Goliath is held in readiness

to assist disabled ships into port

The representatives of this department carefully scrutinize the

repair lists prepared by the ships officers and eliminate all work

which is not required for efficiency or seaworthiness In connection

with the work which must be done requisitions are issued to respon

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sible contractors who offer the most favorable terms in the several

districts Duplicate requisitions are furnished to representatives of

the comptroller sdepartment in order to assist them in checking all

disbursements concurrently with the supervision and execution of

the work and to facilitate the certification of repair bills

Every effort is made to avoid delays in the dispatch of steamers

on account of repairs Whenever such delay appears likely to the

district representatives of the Construction and Repair Department

a full statement of the circumstances is cabled to the London office

where the situation is carefully considered and steps taken to hasten

the completion of repairs by transferring spare parts from other

vessels or adopting alternative methods of repair When extensive

repairs are necessary the question of transferring vessels to other

ports which are better equipped for the economical and expeditious

performance of the work is investigated by the director of the

department prior to placing a requisition for such repairs

During the year ended June 30 1920 repairs to about4000 steam

ers some being the same ships on different voyages have been

placed supervised and executed by the representatives of the Con

struction and Repair Department in Europa Only in a few instances

have vessels sailing been postponed on account of repairs and these

delays were generally attributable to difficulty in getting suitable

material for the work on American machinery As a result of the

elimination of irregular commissions cancellations of unnecessary

work transportation of vessels to more economical ports and the

execution of repairs on a lowtariff basis a saving of1320 00 has

been made during the year under review

Reports showing the steaming results of all vessels which have

completed their eastward voyages to European ports and advising

as to the competency and conduct of the engineroom force are pre

pared by representatives of the Construction and Repair Department

in the several ports and forwarded to the London office thence they

are sent to Washington Ships engineers who show diligence and

competency in the discharge of their duties are given credit for their

good work and thus ei ouraged to further efforts in this direction

Cases where engineers have apparently been negligent or inellicient

are thoroughly investigated and reports sent to the Director of Con

struction and Repairs at Washington

Supply Department

The supply department was inaugurated in the autumn of 1919

During the first few months of the operation of the European

organization no control was exercised over the purchase of sup

plies These matters were left entirely to the ships officers and the

local agents Abundant evidence that this system was lending itself
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 19

to extravagance and draft very soon brou about the conclusion

that some form of control was highly desirable Accordingly in

October 1919 Liverpool was chosen as an experimental port and

a temporary supply system was set up there Within 30 days this

undertaking so clearly justified itself by eliminating the purchase of

unnecessary supplies and effecting a lower price on those actually

bought that steps were at once taken to extend the scheme to other

ports By June 30 1920 additional supply systems had been in

stalled at practically all important United Kingdom and continental

ports Furthermore the system is being extended to cover all pur

chases on behalf of Shipping Board vessels including supplies

bunkers ballast and repair parts

Before any supplies are purchased at a given port the managing

agents and port agents are notified Purveyors aze also notified

their quotations are solicited and a form is supplied for listing the

items When all tenders are in prices are carefully compared Pur

veyors whose prices are found to be reasonable are given a portion

of the business for a period of one week This plan arouses com

petition among the different dealers and has achieved excellent re

sults in the direction of lower prices and prompter deliveries

When a ship needs supplies masters are required to submit requisi

tions for the several items Requisitions for deck and stewards

supplies are passed on to the port representative or marine superin

tendents for approval before the purchases are allowed Representa

tives of the Construction and Repair Department approve all requisi

tions for engineroom supplies The ships personnel are required

to check and weigh all items received aboard and to return a cer

tified invoice to the Shipping Board office Prices listed on this in

voice are carefully compared with the tenders The invoices with

any

office

discrepancies

to be audited

noted

and

on

sent

them

to the

are

agents

forwarded

for payment

to the comptroller s

As a gen

eral rule bills are now paid within 10 days after the supplies are

delivered which is a great improvement over conditions formerly

existing Among other things it gives the ships the advantage of

discount rates which range from 21 to 3J per cent

To illustrate the economies effected by the supply system the

record of Liverpool may be cited From October 27 1919 to the

following March 1 the purchases made through this office amounted

to approximately 127 000 During this time requisitions were

disallowed amounting to 1470 in the case of supplies and 3071

in the case of ballast At the same time 12578 were taken from the

fuel requisitions The total direct saving thus effected at the port

was 20119 or at the prevailing rate of exchange well over

4100 000 Moreover savings have been effected by the competitive

system in getting quotations below market prices amounting in the
20 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPISG BOARD

case of paint to about 30 per cent laundry 45 per cent meat 13 per

cent groceries 10 per cent fish 15 per cent packing 23 per rent rope

25 per cent other deck and engine stores 10 to 35 per cent It ls

these results which have led the dependable agents in European ports

to accept the Shipping Board supply system as a useful institution

Legal Department

The legal department divides its work into four main divisions

1 Collision and salvage 2 general average 3 commercial law

4 protection and indemnity insurance As regards collision and

salvage cases arising in the United Pingdom the department un

dertakes to procure full information in each case working through

other departments of the Shipping Board or through it prominent

firm of Admiralty solicitors which has reputable correspondents in

most of the ports On the basis of the information thus procured

the department recommends that claims be settled directly or that

litigation be resorted to Cases arising outside the United Pingdom

are dealt with in the first instance by the Shipping Board repre

sentatives in those territories acting in conjunction with firms of

Admiralty lawyers selected by the legal department The London

office deals with these cases directly only when they are referred to

it by the representatives in the outlying districts

General average cases are handled by the legal department in a

purely supervisory capacity the object being to make sure that the

necessary steps have been taken by the European agents of the ves

sels to have an average bond signed As regards protection and

indemnity insurance cargo claims for 500 or more are dealt with

directly by the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protective and

Indemnity Association as are also claims for damage to docks

jetties and piers amounting to more than 50 Cargo claims under

500 are handled through British agents for the above mentioned

association and claims for damage to docks jetties and piers under

50 are dealt with directly by the legal department in cooperation

with the repair department

All legal matters are under the direct supervision of the special

commissioner thus insuring uniformity of policy The legal depart

ment endeavors to keep in close touch with the Law Department at

Washington in all matters of litigation being guided by its recom

mendations and instructions

Intelligence Department

The intelligence department endeavors to keep the Shipping

Board and the American shipping community in general informed

on significant shipping shipbuilding trade and industrial develop

ments in Europe This work has been carried forward through the

preparation and circulation of 1 A weekly digest of the press
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 21

embracing from 50 to 75 items of particular economic importance

2 monthly reviews on the foregoing subjects presenting the results

of independent research and conferences with well informed persons

3 monthly summaries showing the volume of shipping Board ton

nage entering and clearing European ports and the relative rapidity

of dispatch in the ports 4 special reports on particular phases of

the shipping or trade situation such as may from time to time be

thrown into prominence In addition to Shipping Board officials

the above reports and digests are circulated to about 100 leading

shipping and commercial houses in the United States

Communications Department

The communications department 1 handles directly all com

munications to and from the London office whether by cable land

wire or radio and 2 supervises radio personnel radio repairs and

supplies submarine signaling apparatus and the installation of

telephones in Shipping Board offices in the United Kingdom The

department gathers the latest information regarding shore stations

in Europe for the use of radio operators and keeps Washington

fully advised regarding changes in radio work in Europe erection

of new stations development of new facilities etc

Secretarial Department

The secretarial department embraces a number of sections which

severally receive record route distribute and file all incoming mail

and cables record and post all outgoing correspondence prepare and

distribute reference files on different subjects and different ships

maintain a store of office supplies for the entire European organiza

tion reproduce documents by mimeograph or photostat supervise

janitorial and messenger services at the London office provide steno

graphic and typing assistance to meet the special needs of the various

departments The average number of pieces of correspondence

handled by this department in June 1920 was 721 per day the

average number of subject and ship files supplied to other depart

ments on request was about 210 per day

Comptroller sDepartment

The European comptroller sdepartment was established in October

1919 Its activities have developed furthest in connection with the

audit of repairs embracing the audit of all accounts for repairs in

the various ports and the audit of spare parts accounts at the various

Shipping Board stores The auditors at the ports undertake in so

far as the contractors will allow to check time and material from

the contractors books and certify as to the correctness of the same

They are assisted by a staff of recorders who are present on the ship

or at the plant while the work is being carried out The great

problem is to get the contractors to render fair bills Many con
22 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

tractors can be relied upon in this respect but others are inclined

to make excessive charges This practice has been greatly reduced

by the operations of the comptroller sdepartment for the contractors

now know that their bills will be closely scrutinized Reduction in

bills rendered by different contractors has been effected ranging

from 10 to 50 per cent The delay formerly experienced in getting

bills passed up for payment caused dissatisfaction among the con

tractors and did not tend to induce low quotations This cause of

complaint is being eliminated by the comptroller sorganization

Between October 1919 and June 30 1920 repair accounts were

audited and passed on to the disbursing officer for payment up to the

following amounts

Pounds sterling 339 455

Francs 2587 312

Guilders 222 456

Marks 820630

Kroners

Pesetas

621 76

60718

seudas 10000

The general audit machinery as distinguished from repair audit

has not reached the sametag of development The plan is to estab

lish a system of control for all expenditures on behalf of Shipping

Board vessels in Europe An exhaustive method of checking and

auditing bills has already been established in many of the principal

European ports and will be extended to others as quickly as possible

The general audit section has also assisted in the adjustment of the

interchange of tonnage between Great Britain and the United States

Disbursing Department

The disbursing department pays all salaries and other expenses for

the European organization At the present time these expenses

amount to nearly1000 per month of which about 15 per cent

represents payment for repairs on Shipping Board vessels The

department has encountered trying problems in connection with

exchange transactions due to the rapid and wide fluctuations of the

exchange rates in different European countries The European

branches of American banks have been of great assistance in this

connection but such facilities need to be further extended if they

are to meet fully the requirements of the Shipping Board

INVESTIGATION UNDER SECTION 12 OF THE SHIPPING ACT OF

SEPTEMBER 7 1916

In accordance with the requirements of section 12 of the shipping

act of September 17 1916 as set forth in the third annual report

special committees were constituted to carry on the investigations out
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT USTATLS SHIPPING BOAP D 23

lined by this section and to make recommendations to the Board based

on the result of their investigations

I A committee which was known as the committee on classifica

tion and rating of vessels made a very detailed report which the

Board by resolution adopted on September 23 1919 This report

contains final and specific recommendations on the subject Specific

recommendations as outlined by the Board are as follows

1 That for all merchant vessels built or operated under the laws of the Unitcd

States all technical questions concerning matters of construction in so far as

such matters are regulated by statutes shall be submitted to the American

Bureau of Shipping as the principal adviser to the executive branch of the

Government under which supervision of such matters may rest

2 That Congress name the American Bureau of Shipping to be the regular

constituted authority jar iring load Sines and freeboard

3 That a jabot eons nission with representatives from the prols rGovernment

authorities and the American Bureau of Shipping be established as the principal

adrism youtharity to deal with al matters relating to the safe construction of

ships and their machinery

4 That steps be taken by Congress to have the differences bctnreen the reluire

ments of the Steamboat Inspection Service and those of the recognized classifica

tion societies adjusted by this joint commission at the earliest practical time

and their flmlings be presente lto Congress

5 The committee appreciating the desirability of all agrecoeeut between classi

fleation societies as to the physical properties of metals used in the construction

of vessels within the United States recommend that the Shipping hoard write

to Committee NO 3 American Society for Testing Materials requesting that

committee which was appointed for the purpose of obtaining such an agree

ment to report its findings to the Board at the earliest practicable moment

6 feesWhile the fees ebargcd by the various registers or classification

societies are approximately on the same basis it appears that the method can

be improved ulwn md it is suggested that the management of the registers or

classification societies be conferred with with a view to seeming as improre

rnent in the method of charging fees

With a view to improving the service of the American Bureau of

Shipping the following additional recommendations were made

1 That it be recommended to the American Ilareau of Shipping that it elect

a qualified standing committee to pass upon all technical questions Involving

proposed changes in construction or new designs

2 It is recommended where a surveyor has once qualified as a surveyor for

the American Bureau of Shipping than the position be held daring the life and

good behari or of the surveyor but that said surveyor should remain in exclusive

employ of the American Bureau of Shipping and that a proper plan for pensions

should be devised and made operative

3 That the rules for continuation of class be so amended as to lead to a more

prompt detection of the defects due to wear and tear

4 It is recommended that where temporary repairs or partial permanent re

pairs only are effected the American bureau ssurveyor of the port to which the

vessel is proceeding be promptly furnished with full particulars as to whnt

remains to be done by letter or cable
24 rOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

These recommendations were considered in drafting the merchant

marine act 1920

II The subject of marine insurance has been given careful study

under the supervision of the Board A report on the status of

marine insurance in the United States has been prepared and sub

mitted to the Committee on llferchant Marine and Fisheries of the

house of Representatives See 00 Report on Status of Marine In

surance by S S IIuebner Government Printing Office 1920

The results of this investigation and the specific recommendations

are embodied in this report under the subject of Marine insurance

II1 The navigation laws of the United States and the rules and

regulations thereof are studied by a special committee which is

known as the navigation laws revision committee A report was

rendered by this committee on April 16 1920 The wort of redraft

ing the navigation laws in accordance with recommendations of the

committee is now in progress The Board is also undertaking the

codification of the navigation laws and in this task it will have the

cooperation of the navigation laws revision committee A com

plete report on the codification of the navigation laws is to be found

in another section of this report

IV Recommendations as a result of the investigation of the sub

ject of mortgage loans on vessel property were embodied in the ship

mortgage act 1920 which was enacted by Congress as section 30 of

the merchant marine act 1920 An interpretation of this act is pre

sented in the section of this report dealing with the shipmortIage

act

REPORT OR LAN DEPARTMENT

The Law Department advises the Board and its various divisions

on legal questions It handles the current legal work arising from

the various activities of the Board and the various divisions of the

United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation

Common Law Division

The common law division of the Law Department advises on gen

eral administrative problems proposed legislation and relations with

Congress sales and transfer of vessels and nonmaritime claims and

contracts

Among the important matters with which the common law divi

sion has been concerned in the past year are the following Proposed

legislation including the merchant marine act and the congressional

investigation of the operations of the Shipping Board and United

States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation the deter

mination of just compensation for vessels the title to which was

requisitioned by the Shipping Board the determination of just
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 25

compensation for vessels requisitioned while under construction

including important settlements with Norwegian Danish and other

neutrals whose vessels were requisitioned negotiations with the

Railroad Administration in connection with coastwise vessels taken

over by that organization the sale of vessels including the drawing

of ship purchase and ship mortgage forms transfer of vessels to

foreign registry and to aliens and numerous other leal questions

regarding administrative problems

Admiralty Division

The admiralty division advises as to maritime contracts and claims

ship title papers charter parties bills of lading and other

operating contracts and as to salvage general average collisions

cargo claims seamen claims construction of the navigation laws

and other admiralty maritime and shipping problems

Among the more important matters handled by the admiralty

division during the past year are the following Adjustment of

numerous problems growing out of the requisition of the use of ves

sels and their redelivery to owners esGerman and exAustrian ship

questions the commercial relations with the Army and Navy as to

vessels turned over to them by the Board including it large number

of claims growing out of redelivery of vessels to the Board by those

departments drafting uniform commercial documents with particu

lar reference to bills of lading salvage questions including com

mercial salvage stations drafting managing and operating agency

agreements drafting the act of March 9 1920 granting to Shipping

Board vessels immunity from process and providing in lieu thereof

suits in personam a ainst the United States settlement of questions

arising render that act handling of admiralty cases up to the time

suit is filed and cooperating with the Department of Justice in han

dling litigation drafting of ship mortgage act 1620 and handling

questions arising under same drafting of a Federal seamen com

pensation bill as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court in

Knickerbocker Ice Co vs Stewart 40 Supreme Court Reporter 433

holding the act of October C 1917 extending remedies render State

compensation laws to maritime injuries unconstitutional drafting a

revision of the navi ration laws both as to form and substance in

accordance with the recommendation of the navigation laws revision

committee drawing of various charter parties bunkerlicense ques

tions large numbers of admiralty questions such as collisions sal

vage charter party and bill of lading questions demurrage mari

time insurance general average seamen claims and marine claims

questions arising under the navigation laws and a large number of

other miscellaneous admiralty marine and shipping questions

The admiralty division maintains an office in New York for han

dling the numerous questions arising in that port
26 FOURTH ANNUAL IMPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

A special article will be found elsewhere in this report on the most

important of these matters

PROBLEMS IN THE CONDUCT OF LITIGATION

Under the Executive order of May 31 1913 and the instructions

of the Attorney General based upon this order the conduct of litiga

tion is placed in the hands of the Department of Justice The partic

ular facts of all cases are within the knowledge of Shipping Board

counsel and the cooperation of the counsel is of prime importance

This is particularly true in the admiralty division where the law

is of a technical nature and because the admiralty cases form a large

part of all the Shipping Board litigation Section 3 of the merchant

marine act 1920 provides

The Board may adopt rules and regulations in regard to its procedure and

the conduct of its business The Board ruay employ within the limits of

appropriations made therefor by Congress such attorneys as it finds necessary

for proper legal service to the Board in the conduct of its work or for proper

representation of the public interest in investigations made by it or proceedings

pending before it whether at the Board sown instance or upon complaint or to

appear for or represent the Board in any case in court or other tribunal The

Board shall hare such other rights and perform snch other duties not incon

sistent with the merchant marine act 1920 as are conferred by existing law

upon the Board in existence at the time this section as amended takes effect

Under this authority the admiralty division has secured the serv

ices of additional counsel who are familiar with this branch of prac

tice and whose experience with the Shipping Board enables them to

obtain a firm grasp of the facts in each case Under the present

arrangement the attorneys of the Department of Justice and of the

Shipping Board work together in the presentation and prosecution

of cases bearing in mind that the final responsibility rests with the

Department of Justice This plan has worked out successfully and

the handling of admiralty litigation is now upon a definite and secure

basis

SUITS IN ADMIRALTY ACT OR MARCH 9 1920

The decision of the Supreme Court in the Lake Monroe case held

Shipping Board vessels in commercial service subject to libel and

arrest under section 9 of the shipping act 1916 In order to obtain

the release of its vessels the Board was obliged in each instance to

give an Emergency Fleet Corporation stipulation to pay the final

decree of the court One of the principal objects of the act of

March 9 1920 was to do away with the delay to Shipping Board

vessels consequent on their arrest by judicial process and to obviate

the giving of any stipulation to pay the decree this Iatter being
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPING BOARD 27

deemed unnecessary in view of the unquestioned solvency of the

United States

The act of larch 9 1920 accomplishes this object by prohibiting

the arrest or seizure by judicial process in the United States or its

possessions of vessels or cargoes owned or possessed by the United

States but preserving all the rights of libellants by providing that

in all cases where if the vessel or cargo were privately owned or

possessed a proceeding in admiralty could be maintained a libel in

personam may be brougbt against the United States or against the

Emergency Fleet Corporation A doubt has been expressed

whether this act authorizes suits in personam against the United

States only in case where but for the act suits in rem would have

lain against the vessel or cargoes or whether a suit in personam can

now be maintained against the United States in all cases where were

the litigants private parties any proceeding in admiralty either in

rem or in personam could be maintained This question is now

before some of the district courts

The act further provides that in cases where Shipping Board ves

sels are arrested in foreign ports the Secretary of State in his dis

cretion upon the request of the Attorney General or any other officer

duly authorized by him may direct the United States consul to

claim such vessel immune from arrest and to execute an agree

ment undertaking bond or stipulation for and on behalf of the

United States as required by the court for the release of the vessel

or cargo and for the prosecution of any appeal

SIIIP MORTGAGE ACT 1920

Section 30 of the merchant marine act 1920 is the ship mort

gage act 1920 It changes in many important ways the law of

ship mortgages as it has hitherto existed Until the passage of this

act June 5 1920 mortgages on ships afforded the mortgagee a very

imperfect security The reason was that all maritime liens though

arising subsequent to the recording of the mortgage took precedence

over the mortgage These maritime liens might be sufficient in

amount to wipe the mortgage out altogether and leave the mortgagee

nothing The ship mortgage act 1920 alters this situation by allow

ing the mortgagee upon complying with certain requirements of the

new law to give his mortgage the status of a preferred mortgage

The principal of these requirements are 1 Indorsing a memo

randum of the mortgage on the vessel s documents 2 recording

the mortgage in the office of the collector of customs at the port of

documentation of the vessel 3 filing an affidavit that the mortgage
2 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

is made in good faith and without any design to hinder del2y or

defraud creditors of the mortgagor or lienors of the vessel and

4 the mortgagee must be it citizen of the United States A pre

ferred mortgage takes precedence over maritime liens arising sub

sequent to the recording and indorsement of the mortgage except

the following Liens for damages arising out of tort for wages of

a stevedore employed directly by the owner operator master ship

husband or agent of the vessel for wages of the crew of the vessel

for general average and for salvage Butand this is the great

change in the law as it has hitherto existedmost of the maritime

liens arising out of contract such for example as liens for repairs

supplies towage bottomry etc must now take a rank inferior to the

preferred mortgage unless they were incurred prior in time to that

mortgage

This new law provides that preferred mortgages may be foreclosed

by admiralty suits in rem in the district courts of the United States

While some doubt has been expressed as to the power of Congress to

provide this method of foreclosure it is believed that doubt is un

founded

The improved status given by this law to ship mortgages should

make it easier for shipowners to borrow money and so aid them in

gradually purchasing the Governmentowned vessels of the Ship

ping Board and building up a privately owned American merchant

marine

CODIFICATION OF THE NAVIGATION LAWS

The Shipping Board has been aware of the need of undertaking

a thorough revision and codification of the navigation laws of the

United States Some of these laws were enacted by the First Con

gress which assembled immediately after the adoption of the Con

stitution and it is literally true that enactments of some sort deal

ing with navigation have been adopted by every Congress since

that time This has resulted in confusion not only because of the

number and diverse nature of the enactments but also because they

are the result of many different policies The Bureau of Naviga

tion has performed a useful service by publishing at intervals a

compilation of the laws in force but no attempt has been made to

codify these enactments or reduce them to authoritative systematic

form In order to clarify the law and to remove from it all con

tradictory and obsolete matter and to introduce such new provisions

as may seem advisable the Board had undertaken a systematic codi

fication of the navigation laws of the United States

In the work which the Board has undertaken it will have the co

operation of the navigation laws revision committee has
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPING BOARD 29

already accomplished much and which at the request of the Board

will continue in existence until the codification is completed

UNIFORM COMIERCIAL DOCUMENTS

The Board is endeavoring to standardize commercial documents

such as bills of lading charter parties etc The Board as the

largest shipowner in the world feels that it has an imperative duty

to take the lead in bringing about the use by the whole shipping

world of documents of this character that will be standard and uni

form Of course no bill of lading can be made to serve the purpose

for all trades in the world It will be necessary to classify the vari

ous trades and to adopt separate bills of lading for each particular

trade having regard to the peculiarities of that trade The charter

parties must for the same reason be subjected to careful analysis

and classification When however the various trades are so classi

fied there is no reason why the uniform standard document should

not be used by all shipowners in that trade The Shipping Board

has therefore undertaken this wort The standardization of docu

ments is especially necessary in the case of managers of Shipping

Board vessels Otherwise one manager more eager for business

than the others will relax the restrictions in a bill of lading or

charter party intended for the protection of the ship and so by

making more favorable terms to the shipper obtain his business

away from the other managers who refuse to make concessions to

the shipper that would be detrimental to the Board sinterest

Since the compensation to managers is percentage of the profits they

earn for the Board there is necessarily competition among them

The more business they secure the greater their profits and conse

quently the greater their compensation This compensation should

always be fair and should always be conducted with regard to the

Board sinterest All bills of lading and charter parties being a com

promise between the respective rights of the ship and the shipper

every concession made to the ship is a sacrifice by the shipper The

Board can not permit the competition between managers to result in

managers bartering away in the various clauses in these commercial

documents provisions intended for the ship protection To allow

one manager to secure business by waiving bill of lading conditions

intended for the protection of the ship and to insist on other mana

gers in the same trade complying with these conditions is merely to

punish the manager who has stayed loyally by the board and to re

ward the less scrupulous one who has not been willing to guard the

Board sinterest
30 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING 60ARG

SALVAGE SERVICES

The operation of the Shipping Board fleet has resulted in numer

ous accidents calling for salvage services From July 1 1019 to

June 30 1920 salvage services were rendered to 113 Shipping Board

vessels Marge number of these services were of minor losses and a

great many have been settled During the same period Shipping

Board vessels have rendered salvage services to a large number of

foreign vessels for which payment has either been received or which

are in the process of settlement The Shipping Board in making

salvage settlements has endeavored to place salvage awards on a

sound commercial basis awarding to the salvor expenses and a gen

erous bonus rather than treat salvage services as an opportunity

for undue enrichment In all salvage cases the Board has endeav

ored to secure for the crew and its vessel a fair bonus thus saving

the necessity of litigation

The Navy Department has turned over to the United States Ship

ping Board three Navy mine sweepers which are now being altered

and conditioned as salvage tugs It is the purpose of the Shipping

Board in the near future to assign these tugs to one or more salvage

companies to be stationed at points on the Atlantic coast and Gulf of

Mexico and thus insure greater protection to all shipping coming

within these waters

RELATIONS WITH THE ARMY AND NAVY AS TO VESSELS USED BY

THOSE DEPARTMENTS

During the existence of the Shipping Board a large number of

Vessels owned seized or requisitioned have been turned over to the

War and Navy Departments for operation These departments as

sumed all the Shipping Board sobligation of requisitioned vessels so

allocated The seized and owned vessels were taken over by the War

and Navy Departments with the understanding that those depart

ments assumed all war and marine ride together with other usual

obligations of a bareboat charter

The War Department for the fiscal year 191319 was relieved from

the payment of charter hire for the use of Government owned vessels

The number of vessels in the service of the War Department in July

1919 was 164 of a total dead weight tonnage of1 This

number has gradually decreased and on June 30 1920 there re

mained only 15 vessels of an aggregate dead weight tonnage of

170 597 In the Navy Department service in July 1910 there were

21 vessels of a total deadweight tonnage of 139 313 whereas on June
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 31

30 1920 there remained in the Navy service 2 vessels of a total dead

weight tonnage of 2207

Monthly report of United States Shipping Board vessels in Army service for 12

months ending June 30 1920

Monthly report of L7nited States Shipping Board vessels in Nary service for 12

months ending June 30 1920

Number Total dead Number Total dead

Month of vas weight Month of ves weight

sell tonnage sels tommge

1919 190

Jul 164 13156 206 Jammrv 21

204 70 August 133 15x306 February 16 175 29

seetrmbec 112 947 05 1 3lawh 14 161 775

Octolmr 64 613 M April 15 170 597 November 32 304 10 fay 15 170 597

Deremher 52 922

Jame 15 170 597

Monthly report of L7nited States Shipping Board vessels in Nary service for 12

months ending June 30 1920

GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN VESSELS SEIZED DURING THE WAR

During the year the former German vessels seized by the United

States and which have been allotted to the Board have nearly all

been sold or chartered with option to purchase In fact all of the

cargo vessels have thus passed into private hands while all but 11

of the passenger vessels have been so disposed of These remaining

11 vessels have a gross tonnage of 1502 tons No disposition has

yet been made of the one Austrian vessel seized the Martha Wash

ington of 8312 gross tons Negotiations for sale of some of these

are now under way and doubtless all of them that are salable will in

a short time be in private control

For a time the right of the Board to sell these ships was ques

tioned but this power has now been expressly and definitely given

the Board by the merchant marine act 1920

In this connection attention should be called to the fact that the

recommendation made by the Board on pages 19 and 20 of the

first annual report that machinery and appropriation be provided

for adjudication of claims of other than enemy citizen against

these seized vessels has not yet been acted upon by Congress While

these claims should doubtless all be finally presented to the State

Number Total dead Number Total dead

Month of ves weight Month of es weight

sels tonnage sets tonnage

1919 1920

July

A

21 19819 January 5 52422

4c

ugust

1 umber

1

I1

122 30

77647

February

Marrh

3

2

31641

October 22671 i 19 91105 April 2

2271

November 7 71109 lay 2 22 6074 Deremher 52 922 Juno 2 2674

GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN VESSELS SEIZED DURING THE WAR

During the year the former German vessels seized by the United

States and which have been allotted to the Board have nearly all

been sold or chartered with option to purchase In fact all of the

cargo vessels have thus passed into private hands while all but 11

of the passenger vessels have been so disposed of These remaining

11 vessels have a gross tonnage of 1502 tons No disposition has

yet been made of the one Austrian vessel seized the Martha Wash

ington of 8312 gross tons Negotiations for sale of some of these

are now under way and doubtless all of them that are salable will in

a short time be in private control

For a time the right of the Board to sell these ships was ques

tioned but this power has now been expressly and definitely given

the Board by the merchant marine act 1920

In this connection attention should be called to the fact that the

recommendation made by the Board on pages 19 and 20 of the

first annual report that machinery and appropriation be provided

for adjudication of claims of other than enemy citizen against

these seized vessels has not yet been acted upon by Congress While

these claims should doubtless all be finally presented to the State
32 iOUIITII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BoAnD

Department for settlement at the time any treaty with Germany and

Austria is concluded yet in view of the delay in the signature of the

treaty it is again and urgently recommended that provision be made

for the settlement of these claims The Board can not accept the

argument put forward by some that these claims can be enforced

against the ships themselves

Of the enemy tonnage secured from other countries the four ves

sels obtained by the Board from Uruguay and kept in its service

have all been returned as have been three of the four which were

subchartered to Great Britain while all but two of the vessels the

Callao and Eten have been returned to Peru aside from the two

vessels Iaisco and SalaveriT which were subchartered to the British

and by them to the French

Status of seized German andAISU iaa iesseis June 30 1920

Dead

Nameo7vessel weight onnage

Passenger and freight

Aeolus

Agamemnon

Aor rim

Amphion

A utigone

ArOmis

Aseutrn

Bla kAirow

Dc Freedom George KalbWashington

LHuron

1l

Nansv Mountmond ond er nun

Nan Onotsego vrn

Port P000noRico

President Grant ra

Princess Susquehanna rma

Von Steuben

SeizedMartha Austrian Washington

Total 28 vessels

Freight

Arcadia Astoria Honolulu Midget Neuse Andalusia

Pawnee

Marr Rarciaappahannamn

o

ock

350 Munson Steamship Line as inspector during repair

7110 American Line

C5 Ivor Departancut

970 Unassigned

Oho Rar Department

927 France Canada Steamship Corporation

910 Black Diamond Steamship Co

050 Ncw York Cuba Mail Stea Co

2110 United Statcs Shipping Board

410 J If WhomAr

300 American Line

oso Munson Steamship Line

lino American Line

8lo war Department

350 United Stales Shipping Board War Department

300 RrDepartment

U12 Do

610 Pea Steamship Co

200 1 nited States Shipping Board

3112 France Canada Steamship Co

550 IN Department

760 Munson Steamship Line

810 War Department

500 Do

Gill Phelps Bros Co

900 Unassigned

700 South Atlantic Maritime Corporation

6500 1

Munson steamship Line

za 2z6

i 975 Wyman Steamship Corporation Late boat

6915 Do

4 fro Navy Department

8150 Moore eCormaek

coo Philippine Government

68911 Wyman Steamship Corporation bare boat

3200 Philippine Government

6850 Nyman Steamship Corporation bare boat

2 ojo Philippine Government

2700 Do

12674 War Department

Total 11 vessels 1 62164
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPI NGBOARD

Status of aeired German ernd tnvt ian 1111 June 30 1920 Continued

EXGERNIAN VESSELS SOLD AS OF JUNE 30 193 Continued

Lead

Name ofvessel weight Purchaser

tonnage

Gas

369 171

Atlas

Hemcs

sun PhilippineCovcrnment

148 Do

Total 2 vessels 357

Dead

Freight

weight

ExGerman vessels chartered

weight

from Cuba

tonnage

Adelheid 3Plo 1

Cnnstantia Bacarla 614mosn Released

Olivant 5 Sol J ExGerman vessels chartered

26100 Quincy

from Peru

art

Callao 82tp banson Steamship Line as inspectors

Eton 6500 United States Australasia Line

Total 2 vessels 16700

Gulfport eight

lVood sail

Freight and passenger

Montauk 214 Struthers Dixon

Total vessels under United States Shipping Board control Jon Z0 1 20 45 total dead weight tonnage

369 171

ESGERMAN VESSELS UNDER CONTROL OF UNITED STATES NAVY

Dead Dead

Name of vessel weight Name of weight

tonnage tonnage

Transport Freight and pnssengerContinued

Bath 398

Beauforti

26100 Quincy 5100

art 07110 Savannah 6930 Camd

NewTart News 952707111 Freight

Gulfport eight 4334

Freight and passenger Kittery 16110

Samoa 456

Houston 4800 Atlas 314

Long Beach 1967

Pensacola 6040 Total 14 vessels 63240

ESGERMAN VESSELS SOLD AS OF JUNE 30 1920

Dead

Name of vessel weight Purchaser

tonnage

Freight and passenger

Cuba exSache 4246 Pacific Mail Steamship Co

Gen 0 11 Ernest 5300 Panama Railroad Co

Gen G R GOOthols 5437 Do

Gen NV C Gorges 520 Do

Gen 11 F Bodges 4 06 Do

Poznam exSuwance 112M Polish American Navigation Co

Watauga 200 World Ride Trading Co

Freight

Armenia

Casco

6962 Victor Fox Co

7900 French American Line

Commercial Pride exNyanza 7970 Moore McCormack

Coosa 2 625 Victor S Fox Georges Crock Steamship Co
34 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

EGERMAN VESSELS SOLD AS OF JUNE 30 1920 Continued

Nsmeolvessel

Dead

Name of vessel

Name of vessel weight purchaser

Freight Continued

tonnage

Covington

Freight Continued

Ticonderoga 7500

Iosca 1 NI It W Loushead Co Ltd

Iamaic iaex 9 Fox Grnrgre Creek

Jamaica esTi Tacony eort

lfonticello ll2110 200 ari MDl mme cs icau Ship kCommerce SteamshipCoCo

MnntPelie 315 D

Oconza 42 E 111 Gress Co

Osagesage 797020 bore McCormack

Total 9 vessels

879 Ryman Steamshipp lit Rajah pequot 3250 Prrnrh mriumini Linr

Raritan 161h tRsise

Tun exMinnow Ai RretWhims Djmon hi d Steamship m Co Resold 65 them

TmWabash nica 003 Fr ls 4mrricau Line fi677775 Do

achutsett Do

Yadkin 2894 1Si9 Trading Co

Waco 3400 World New York or Mail SCenmshiP Co

Yawnca 200 r nd anYucca 4 3101 Froult ench Ameri mrr Lin r

Yuma 2

I Tropr Fruit Co

Iermitt eywzAppelcs 11W5n0 4naairana chip Cnmmereg Co

Sailing eessrfs

AreDaI 3000 Victors Fox Georges Creek SteamshipCo jointly

Chillicotho 3Wit Do

Monongahela 4150 Do

Moshuh 4 250 Do

Mau 0ota 4312 Do

Tonawanda 247 Do

Total 37 vessels 190 013

EGERMAN VESSELS SUNK

Nsmeolvessel tonnage weight Dead Name of vessel tonnage weight Dead

C

Freight and passenger Freight Continued

ovington 13357 Ticonderoga 7500

President Lincoln 19600 Tippecanoe 8965

Freight Sailing vessels

Actaeon 7344 wamsutta 2022

Chattahoochee 11W

0winsc 51S0 Total 9 vessels 77300

quotation 2949

TRANSFER OF SHIPS TO FOREIGN REGISTRY

During the past year until June 5 1920 applications for the

transfer of American vessels to foreign registry were considered

under the provisions of sections 9 and 31 of the shipping act 1916

as amended by the act of June 15 1918 Section 18 of the merchant

marine act 1920 amended section 9 of the shipping act 1916 and

such requests have since been considered under such amendment

By reason of the fact that a proclamation has not been issued by

the President or a declaration of peace adopted the Board still has

jurisdiction over Americanowned undocumented vessels under the

provisions of section 37 of the shipping act 1916 as amended which

section will remain in force until the issuance of a proclamation
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 33

btafns of seized Grrrnan and Anx6rian ressels June 30 1920 Continued

EXGERMAN VESSELS SOLD AS OF JUNE 36 192

Dead

Name of vessel weight Purchaser

tonnage

Gas

Atlas Hermes

Total 2 vessels

Freight

ExGerman vessels chartered

fromConstantia Adelhrid Barons Cuba Olivant

ExGerman vessels chartered

fromCallao

Eten

Peru

Total 2 vessels

Wood sail

3fantauk

209 Philippine Gocrrnment

148 Do

357

3 8I0

4 Released

5 S0

8200 Munson Steamship Line as inspectors

650 United States Australasia Linr

16700

214 Struthers Dixon

Total vessels under United States Shipping Board control June 3Q 1920 45 total dyadweight tonnage

3G9171

E3GERMAN VESSELS UNDER CONTROL OF UNITED STATES NAVY

Dead Dead

Nameofvessel weight Name of vessel wcl6ht

tonnage tonnage

Transport Freight and passenger seng Continued

Rat Beaufur b t 3978 2 pop Quincy 5100

Bridgeport 1Q 00 Savannah 8930

Camden 9

Freight

Do

Newport News1 5270

Do

Gen H F Ifalges

Gulfport 4 334

FreigAt and passenger Kittery 1600

Watauga

Samoa 456

Houston 4S0 Atlas 314

Long Beachi

1967

Victor Fox Co

Pensacola 6040 Total 14 vessels 63240

ECGERMAN VESSELS SOLD AS OF JUNE 30 1920

Dead

Name of vessel weight Purchaser

onnago

Freight and passenger

Cuba exSachem 4246 Paosc Mail Steamship Co

Gen O 11 Ernest 5300 Panama Railroad Co

Gen G W Goethals 5Ai7 Do

Gen N C Cargos 520 Do

Gen H F Ifalges 406

Do

Poznam exSuwanee 11250 Polish American Navigation Co

Watauga 200 World Wide Trading Co

Freight

Armenia 6962 Victor Fox Co

Case 7900 1peneh American Line

Core mercfa Pride exNyanza 7976 Moore McCormack

Coosa 2625 Victor S Fox Georges Creek Steamship Co
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EGERMAN VESSELS SOLD AS OF JUNE 30 1920 Continued

TRANSFER OF SHIPS TO FOREIGN REGISTRY

During the past year until June 5 1920 applications for the

transfer of American vessels to foreign registry Were considered

under the provisions of sections 9 and 37 of the shipping act 1916

as amended by the act of June 15 1918 Section 18 of the merchant

marine act 1920 amended section 9 of the shipping act 1916 and

such requests have since been considered under such amendment

By reason of the fact that a proclamation has not been issued by

the President or it declaration of peace adopted the Board still has

jurisdiction over Americanowned undocumented vessels under the

provisions of se 37 of the shipping get 1916 as amended which

section will remain in force until the issuance of a proclamation

Dead

Name of vessel weicht Purchaser

tonnaeo

Freight Continued

Ios a 1 R W Lmrehoad Co Ltd

Isonamia 6020 Victor S I Georges Creek Co

Jamaica exTacnny 2110 Rho holds Fruit Steamship Co

Alonticeilo 11 a65 Amrrican Ship Commerce Co

Montpelier 9655 Do

Oconza 4116 E 11 Gross Co

Osage 7220 Aloore ee NfeCormaek

pequot 879 Wyman Rteamship Co line

Rajah 3250 Frrnrh AmLine

Raritan 1010 Torpe Weise

Tome mex

2d0 wahDimond ams D Steamship Co Resold by thorn

Tuniea Minnow ca 75 Jr

line

Wabash 67715 Do 4mrrican Do

Ma

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R

21 World ride Trading Co

oeouta f 406 New Y k Cuba Hail Steamship Co

Vase 2111 Errnandoz l lcrmanos

Yucca 4300 JrrmIt Amcriean Linr

Yuma 251111 Tropic a7 Fruit Ce

Cermit ex 1ppcies 11 Arourican Ship Commerce Co

Sailing owls

Ambles 30 0 Victor S Fox Georges Creek Steamship Co jointly

Chillicothe 3600 Do

Monongahela 4150 Un

Moshulu 4216 Do

Muse auto 4312 Do

Tonawanda 247 Do

Total 37 vessels 190 013

ENGERMAN VESSELS SUNK

Dead Dead

Nameofvessel weight Name ofvessel weight

tonnage tonnage

Freight and passenger FreightContinued

Covington 1 357 Ticonderoga 7500

President Lincoln 19 990 Tippecanoe 8965

Freight

7307 Wam5utt8 Saii ng lessets 262

Oha ttCha achhaal 1181

owasco ehee 5180 Total 9 vessels 77360

Quantico 2949

TRANSFER OF SHIPS TO FOREIGN REGISTRY

During the past year until June 5 1920 applications for the

transfer of American vessels to foreign registry Were considered

under the provisions of sections 9 and 37 of the shipping act 1916

as amended by the act of June 15 1918 Section 18 of the merchant

marine act 1920 amended section 9 of the shipping act 1916 and

such requests have since been considered under such amendment

By reason of the fact that a proclamation has not been issued by

the President or it declaration of peace adopted the Board still has

jurisdiction over Americanowned undocumented vessels under the

provisions of se 37 of the shipping get 1916 as amended which

section will remain in force until the issuance of a proclamation
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by the President declaring the national emergency at an end or the

declaration of peace After such proclamation is issued or peace is

declared the provisions of section 37 will be imperative and the

Board will then have jurisdiction under the provisions of section 18

of the merchant marine act 1920 in so far as approving transfer of

American vessels to foreign registry is concerned over documented

vessels only

Each application for transfer of an American vessel to foreign

registry is considered upon its individual merits and the applicant

is required to state his reasons for desiring the transfer and to show

why it is not desirable to retain the vessel in operation under the

American lag The applicant is also required to furnish a statement

showing the use to which the proposed transferee intends to put the

vessel thus enabling the Board to determine whether the transfer

should be granted or whether the vessel should be retained under the

American flag

Owing to the unsettled conditions in Mexico but few transfers

have been granted to Mexican registry during the year the greater

part of those granted being of vessels for use in the oil trade

The policy of the Board has been to grant transfers only in such

cases as it could be shown that such transfer would be of benefit to

the owner of the vessel and would in no wise impair the efficiency

of the American merchant marine and owing to the peculiar charac

ter of the requirements of the marine service of our country it is

necessary to scrutinize closely applications for the transfer of small

as well as large vessels

From July 1 1919 to June 0 1920 inclusive the Board au

thorized the transfer of the following tonnage

Grow tw Ve

305 wooden vessels 153 GM

55 steel vessels 97579

6 iron vessels 7 9G7

1 composite vessel 2100

Total 367 vessels 263 632

RECRUITING SERVICE

The recruiting Service consists of the navigation and engineering

schools for training licensed officers the sea training bureau for

training men below the grade of licensed officers and the sea service

bureau for placing on ships officers and men trained by the service as

well as from other sources

Navigation and Engineering Schools

There are 13 navigation and 6 engineering schools for training of

officers located on the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts and the Great

Lakes These schools exchuling turbine training have a total

average attendance of about 400 men The average attendance has
36 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

been lowered somewhat during the last few months of the fiscal year

by reason of increased requirements for entrance for the purpose of

raising the standard of men turned out Only men with satisfactory

sea experience on deck are accepted for the navigation schools and

those with satisfactory mechanical or engineering experience for the

engineering schools

The total number of graduates for the fiscal year ending June 30

1920 is 5763 of which number 4197 or 73 per cent have already

been licensed while a considerable number now at sea as cadet

officers and in regular berths on ships will later receive licenses The

total number of graduates together with the grades of licenses re

ceived by graduates from June 1917 when the first school was estab

lished to date are as follows

Total number of graduates13412

Total

Masters

number of graduates licensed as

263

First mates 430

Second mates 1788

Third mates 303 5784

Total number of graduates licensed as

Chief engineers 1S5

First assistant 510

Second assistant 1478

Third assistant 1070 3858

Total number of graduates licensed 9012

The above figures show that 72 per cent of all the graduates of the

navigation and engineering schools hold licenses

Schools for Turbine Training

In addition to the training of men for original licenses or raises in

grades the Recruiting Service maintains a system for training

licensed men experienced in operating reciprocating engines in the

operation and repair of marine turbines including the electric drive

The number of engineers trained in operation of geared turbines

during the fiscal year was 2 Prior to June 30 1919 136 engineers

had been trained in this course

The instruction and work in these Recruiting Service turbine

classes is of a practical character with classroom work shop work

lectures and blueprint study under competent instructors so ar

ranged as to give the best results in the six weeks course Training

of licensed engineers on the electric drive was started on May 3 1920

and thus far 12 men have been graduated from the course Only

men with broad knowledge of and experience with electricity as

well as experience and knowledge of steam engineering are selected

for this branch of the work
FOURTII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 37

Only a few men have been trained for the operation of the Diesel

type of engines This work was stopped because of lack of demand

for men so trained However the training can and will be resumed

as soon as the demand for it begins to develop

Sea Training Bureau

Under this branch of the service three training stations are main

tained one with its base at Camp Stuart Va another at San Fran

cisco Calif and the other at Seattle Wash Four wooden ships

fitted as combination cargo carriers and training ships are operated

on the Atlantic coast and to the West Indies carrying about 1200

tons of cargo and 150 apprentices each

The steamship Iris used at San Francisco during the war as a

training ship has been put out of commission and is being offered

for sale A new 800ton steel ship the Hollywood has been substi

tuted for the Iris and will carry about 150 apprentices in the bridge

deck space and thus leave the full cargo space available The Iris

is 35 years old and could not be fitted to carry any cargo without

the expenditure of a considerable sum of money

The wooden ship Brookd ecarries about 1500 tons of cargo and

115 apprentices and is operated from the Seattle station on the tri

angular run from there to the Ilawaiian Islands thence to San

Francisco and back to Seattle

The average period of training is now from two to three weeks at

the stations and about five to six weeks on the ships

The following table shows the number of men for each depart

ment graduated from each cf the three stations during the fiscal

year

Station I Deck I Engine Iste ard I Total

Seattle 61fi W9 257 1384

San Francisco 530 11 225 1211

Camp Stuart I

18A 2055 1543 5

Grandto tal 2947 3050 1 2027 8024

The total number of men trained for the unlicensed ratings by

this service from the establishment of the bureau in January 1918

to June 30 1920 is 3235

Sea Service Bureau

The sea service bureau maintains agencies at 21 American ports

During the period July 1 1919 to June 30 1920 the bureau placed

160 83 officers and men Of this number 657per cent were Ameri

can citizens About 15 per cent of the total number were graduated

from the Shipping Board Recruiting Service

The following table shows the number of officers and men of every

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INSURANCE DIVISION

On October 9 1918 the Division of Insurance of the United States

Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation was created to take

the place of the advisory insurance committee of the Shipping

Board This action was taken owing to the rapidly growing impor

tance of insurance work and because it was advisable to place in one

office responsibility for action in the event of accidents to vessels con

trolled by the Board

The marine and war risk premium rates are fixed by the Director

of Insurance and in general follow the commercial market Since

the last report the only war risk perils have been from mines These

risks have been considerably reduced owing to the fact that some

mines have been swept up and channels have been charted through

the existing fields War risk insurance has only been carried on

trans Atlantic voyages

Very little change has been made in the duties performed by this

division but an effort has been made to broaden the protection

granted to vessels controlled by the Board Particular attention has

been paid to the risks of collect freight bunker coal on deck extra

bunkers under deck and cash advanced to masters A special effort

has been made to follow up all general average and salvage cases so

as to recover from the cargo the full contribution due on account of

the sacrifices and expenses incurred In cooperation with the ad

miralty division all collision and salvage claims against privately

owned steamers have been pressed so as to recover all claims for the

Board

The rates of premium have been so regulated that all losses have

been taken care of and a surplus credited on the books of the general

comptroller It is not the intention of this division to create a large

surplus but to keep rates as low as is compatible with security for

any losses which may occur

All insurance on steamers sold by the Board on a partialpayment

plan must conform to certain regulations The division passes on

this insurance before steamers are delivered to the purchasers
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 41

Losses of Shipping Booid vessels f out July 1 1919 to Jute 30 1990 inclusive

Name I weight I Date of loss Remarks

Steelcarge Corydon 4062 Sept 91919 Foundered and stink in Bottom a Chan net

Counci l Bluffs 1 4110 Nov 13919 Simk off Terchelling total loss

Lake Conway 1 2875 Sept 91919 Lost in hurricane in Gulf

Lake Lieking 35 Feb 211920 Stranded off Cuba

Lake Stobi 4155 June 1920 Stranded off Cotta Islands

Liberty Glo 7600 Dec 81919 Struck mine in North sea total loss

Rest Met 96670 Feb 19920 Stranded off Terschelling

Rest Arvada 8s Sept 16919 Sunk near Dutch Boost total toss

TotalR vessels 43917

Steel refrigerator

Polar Land 520 Nov 9 Sunk i5 miles off Cape Breton

Total 9 steel yes 4933

Sete

3665

Wood cargo

Abrigad Dec 31199 Burned and sunk at wharf at Ponta del Cade

Ammonoosuc 3583 Oct 16919 Abandoned on route to Rotterdam total loss

lialabac 3533 Aar 61920 Burned at Port of Spain Harbor

Brookfield 3665 Aar R 1920 Burned oil royal Azores at 230 a m

B kland 3 Feb 61920 turned in Habana harbor

Datum 3 Oct 10 1919 Sunk off Bermuda

Enharlee Mayport 35X39 Nov Jan 231920 31919 Aground Stranded atin Reneader Mersey Ricer Banks totalloss

Milt 3504 Oct 219191 Burned and sunk in Lisbon Harbor

Natenna 4 700 Aar 81920 Stmnde l off Casa Blanca Morocco total loss

Quoque 3573 Jan 13 1201 Stranded off Alumni Fla

Total 11 ceased 40793

Wooden barge

Richmond 3500 Jan 51 Stranded off Jacksonville

Total 12 wood

vessels 442981

Concrete cargo 3500 Feb 61920 Grounded G off Chilly Ledge Me

Gran J total 22 97135

vessels

SUMMARY

Dead

Number tonnage weight

Steel vessels 9 49337

Rood vessels

Concrete vessels 121 44350028

Grand total 22 97135

MARINE INSURANCE

The third annual report called attention to the fact that the

Shipping Board cooperating With the Committee on Aferchant

Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives had under

taken a thorou investigation of American marine insurance This

investigation has been completed and the results and recommenda

tions were published in a special Report on the Status of Marine

Insurance in the United States This report presents fully the
42 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING DOARD

economic importance of marine insurance its use as a national com

mercial weapon the number and importance of American companies

the volume and classification of the business as regards hull freight

cargo and builders risk insurance and with respect to coastwise

and inland traffic and traffic in the foreign trade the extent and na

ture of reinsurance the appalling degree of foreign control and the

reasons for such control the nature and economic importance of

reinsurance agreements the operations of American Underwriters

Associations and the factors underlying the making of marine in

surance rates

Marine risks written and renewed during 1918 by all companies

domestic and foreign operating within the United States amounted

to 66080 295 060 This total was arrived at after malting deduc

tion for motor vehicle tourist baggage and registeredmail insur

ance on the basis of premium income received from these sources

as compared with the total premium income on all marine and in

land business Of the foregoing total branch offices of foreign

companies admitted to do business in the United States controlled

584 per cent American companies controlled abroad through stock

ownership 5 per cent and strictly American companies 366 per

cent Net premiums of all American and foreign companies operat

ing in the United States aggregated 109 72 041 Of this total

the branch offices of admitted foreign companies controlled 359 per

cent American companies controlled abroad 14 per cent and strictly

American companies 627 per cent These statistics however do

not include the huge amount of marine insurance originating in the

United States which is exported directly to the foreign market

without appearing in any American records Competent estimates

indicate that such exported marine insurance is equal to at least 20

per cent of the total insurance originating within the country

Briefly stated the investigation demonstrated that American in

terests have largely lost their grip on marine insurance and that

probably no other vital branch of American commerce has pas ed so

extensively under foreign control Sixtytwo directwriting incri

can companies participated in ocean marine insurance daring 1919

but twothirds of the business was transacted by only 10 companies

thus showing that five sixths of the companies are small and rela

tively unimportant Approximately two thirds of all marine in

surance originating in the United States cargo and hull insurance

combined was found to be controlled by foreign underwriters

About one fourth of all American marine insurance was found to

be exported directly to the foreign market to be placed with non

admitted underwriters or with the foreign home offices of alien com

panies possessing branches in this country With reference to hull
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITEr STATES SHIPPING BOARD 43

insurance however the proportion thus exported is at least equal

to onehalf of the total The great majority of American companies

reported that they did not emphasize hull and builders insurance

a very large proportion of the latter form of insurance also being

exported directly to the foreign market without appearing in any of

the records on this side American companies place apl roximately

onehalf of all their reinsurance with foreign underwriters while

the reinsurance placed by United States branch offices of foreign

admitted companies with American companies is only about one

half the reinsurance placed by American companies with foreign

admitted and nonadmitted underwriters

The reasons for such an unfortunate state of affairs were traced

to two main conditions both unnecessary viz 1 the failure of

American companies to cooperate in the manner followed by leading

foreign competitors and 2 the existence of numerous unnecessary

and paralyzing legislative burdens and restrictions especially un

merciful taxation which are largely traceable to a short sighted

policy continued during many years and prompted by local desires

which views marine insurance as purely a State matter rather than

the national and international institution that it really is The rem

edy was found to lie in 1 selfhelp on the part of American com

panies through cooperative action especially in the form of a com

prehensive insurance and reinsurance bureau and 2 Federal and

State assistance through the removal of unnecessary and burden

some legislative disabilities

The first of these remedies it is believed has been realized through

the creation of three comprehensive marineinsurance syndicates

These syndicates mown separately as Syndicates A B and

C and collectively as The American Marine Insurance Syndicates

were formed at the instigation of the Committee on 1lferchant Marine

and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and with the approval

and cooperation of the Shipping Board Some 50 strictly American

companies will participate in Syndicates A and B whereas in

the remaining syndicate Syndicate C the American companies

representing at least two thirds of the underwriting capacity are

supplemented by a number of foreignadmitted companies whose

participation is limited however to a onethird interest This lim

ited foreign interest is confined strictly to American branch offices

of alien companies which are subject to American control and

which have for years been operating in conformity with our laws

and paying taxes within the United States and excludes participa

tion by nonadmitted foreign underwriters The head office of the

syndicates will be located in Washington D C but provision is

made for it branch office in the city of New fork and at other places

to be selected by the board of managers
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 45

II Syndicate B

Organized to insure all American steel steamships which the Ship

ping Board may hereafter sell to others to the full extent of the un

paid purchase price thereof and also to a like extent such other

American steel steamships heretofore sold by the Board that are

acceptable for insurance to the syndicate The syndicate is to have

an underwriting capacity of not less than 2000 upon a single

hull Every company subscribing to the syndicate has allotted to

it a definite percentage of every assumed risk by the syndicate under

writer Rates of premium and policy forms may be altered as

conditions require upon 10 days written notice to the Shipping

Board The liability of the companies is several and not joint

Membership is limited to strictly American companies but all such

companies are acceptable if they meet reasonable standards of sol

vency and fair dealing The subscribing companies agree to re

insure only with strictly American companies

III Syndicate C

Organized to insure all American ocean going steel hulls when

approved and accepted for marine insurance by the syndicate mmi

agers and owned by private persons or corporations or in which

they have an insurable interest The syndicate has a total under

writing capacity of not less than 2500 0 upon a single hull

The liability of all subscribers is several and not joint each one

being committed in respect to each policy insured by the syndicate

underwriter for the subscribing members pre agreed percentage

written opposite its name on the list of subscribers Membership

is divided into two groups One group representing at least two

thirds of the amount underwritten on any risk consists entirely of

strictly American companies i e chartered under the laws of the

United States or of any State thereof domiciled therein and not

controlled by foreign interests The second group representing

not to exceed onethird of the underwriting capacity of the syndi

cate shall consist solely of subscribing companies of foreign coun

tries duly authorized and licensed to transact marine insurance in

the United States Each syndicate subscriber may accept addi

tional insurance on American hulls outside of the syndicate ar

rangement but can not do so at rates lower than those quoted by

the syndicate Nor can such additional insurance be reinsured in

part or in whole outside of the syndicate unless the syndicate de

clines to accept the business nor shall such additional insurance

diminish the underwriting obligations of such subscriber as a mem

ber of the syndicate

With respect to Syndicate A and B in which the Shipping

Board has a direct interest as owner of or mortgagee on vessels it
46 FuUI T11 ANNUAL IDPORT UNITED sTATDS SHIPPING BOAR D

should be stated that the books and accounts of the syndicates are

always open to audit by a representative of the Shipping Board

Moreover the Shipping Board or Emergency Fleet Corporation

may designate a representative to be ex officio a member of the board

of managers of the syndicate with the privilege to attend all meet

ings The Shipping Board also possesses the right to withdraw

from Syndicate Aon 90 days notice prior to any expiration date

and froin Syndicate Bupon 90 days notice at any time A simi

lar right of cancellation is also given to the syndicate members It

may also be added that section 29 of the merchant marine act 1920

provides that nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be con

strued as declaring illegal an association entered into by marine

insurance companies for the following purposes To transact a

marine insurance and reinsurance business in the United States and

In foreign countries and to reinsure or otherwise apportion among

its membership the risks undertaken by such association or any of

the component members

The second remedythe removal of existing legislative disabili

ties is now receiving the earnest attention of the Shipping Board

The beneficial effect of the American Marine Insurance Syndicates

will only eliminate partially the disadvantageous cost differential

existing between American and foreign underwriters To complete

the task the numerous paralizing and unnecessary legislative restric

tions must be removed with a view to placing American under

writers on an equal footing with their foreign competitors Many of

the restrictions represent legislation applicable primarily to fire in

surance and marine insurance had the misfortune of sharing an

unmerited fate by being grouped inadvertently with its larger com

panion without any real consideration of the vital difference between

the two Other restrictions date back to a time when insurance had

not yet developed to its present state of constructive and systematic

organization and when it was necessary to protect the public against

schemes and practices which are not now likely to occur

Under date of December 19 1919 the Committee on Merchant

Marine and Fisheries and the Shipping Board submitted an analysis

of these legislative disabilities to all governors and State insurance

commissioners Replies from nearly all the marine States show an

excellent response The recommendations as outlined in the joint

memorandum were heartily indorsed in nearly all instances and in a

number of cases a request was made for specific suggestions or a

draft of the desired legislation It should be added that a Report

on legislative obstructions to the development of marine insurance

in the United States is now in course of preparation A compre

hensive model marine insurance law is also in course of preparation
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 47

for adoption in the District of Columbia with the hope that it may

serve as a model to be followed by the several States

STATISTICAL STUDIES

In the following series of tables there is given a general statistical

summary of the vessels tinder the control of the Board changes in

the seagoing merchant marine and a comparison of steel vessels in

berth liner service

Table I gives the changes in the United States seagoing merchant

marine of 500 gross tons and over at the end of the fiscal years June

30 1919 and June 30 1920 It is the purpose of this table to draw

a comparison of the merchant marine as of June 30 1919 and June

30 1920 On June 30 1919 there were 1729 steam vessels of6766 442

gross tons while on June 30 1920 there are 2442 vessels of 10203 842

gross tons This increase is due to the rapid delivery of Shipping

Board vessels during the first six months of the fiscal year The

grand total for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 is 3401 vessels

of 11278 741 gross tons This shows an increase of 746 vessels of

3523 887 gross tons over the fiscal year ended June 30 1919

Table II gives a recapitulation of ships controlled by the Ship

ping Board as of June 30 1919 The vessels are classified as to their

types and deadweight tonnage The total shows that on June 30

1919 the Board controlled 961 vessels of5346 939 dead weight tons

this total including vessels of all types

Table III gives a recapitulation of ships controlled by the Ship

ping Board as of June 30 1920 The classification is similar to that

given under Table II A comparison of the recapitulations of June

30 1919 and June 30 1920 shows a considerable increase for steel

cargo steamers for the fiscal year ending Tune 30 1920 The total of

all classes for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 is 1574 vessels of

9358 421 deadweight tons compared to 961 vessels of5346 939 dead

weight tons for the year ending June 30 1919

Table IV shows a comparison of steel vessels in berth liner service

as of May 31 1920 and June 30 1920 This comparison is shown by

districts and ports for the two months May and June A statement

is included which shows the net changes by districts on June 30 1920

The total number of vessels operating on June 30 1920 excluding

coastwise and tramp vessels was 1236 vessels of 8398 272 dead

weight tons This table gives a true picture of the activity of the

various districts and ports showing the number of vessels and num

ber of managers
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 47

for adoption in the District of Columbia with the hope that it may

serve as a model to be followed by the several States

STATISTICAL STUDIES

In the following series of tables there is given a general statistical

summary of the vessels under the control of the Board changes in

the seagoing merchant marine and a comparison of steel vessels in

berth liner service

Table I gives the changes in the United States seagoing merchant

marine of 500 gross tons and over at the end of the fiscal years June

30 1919 and June 30 1920 It is the purpose of this table to draw

a comparison of the merchant marine as of June 30 1919 and June

30 1920 On June 30 1919 there were 1729 steam vessels of6766 442

gross tons while on June 30 1920 there are 2442 vessels of 1003842

gross tons This increase is due to the rapid delivery of Shipping

Board vessels during the first six months of the fiscal year The

grand total for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 is 3404 vessels

of 11278 741 gross tons This shows an increase of 746 vessels of

3523 887 gross tons over the fiscal year ended June 30 1919

Table II gives a recapitulation of ships controlled by the Ship

ping Board as of June 30 1919 The vessels are classified as to their

types and deadweight tonnage The total shows that on June 30

1919 the Board controlled 961 vessels of5346 939 deadweight tons

this total including vessels of all types

Table III gives a recapitulation of ships controlled by the Ship

ping Board as of June 30 1920 The classification is similar to that

given under Table II A comparison of the recapitulations of June

30 1919 and June 30 1920 shows a considerable increase for steel

cargo steamers for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 The total of

all classes for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 is 1574 vessels of

9358 421 deadweight tons compared to 961 vessels of5346 939 dead

weight tons for the year ending June 30 1919

Table IV shows a comparison of steel vessels in berth liner service

as of May 31 1920 and June 30 1920 This comparison is shown by

districts and ports for the two months May and June A statement

is included which shows the net changes by districts on June 30 1920

The total number of vessels operating on June 30 1920 excluding

coastwise and tramp vessels was 1236 vessels of 8398 272 dead

weight tons This table gives a true picture of the activity of the

various districts and ports showing the number of vessels and num

ber of managers
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 47

for adoption in the District of Columbia with the hope that it may

serve as a model to be followed by the several States

STATISTICAL STUDIES

In the following series of tables there is given a general statistical

summary of the vessels under the control of the Board changes in

the seagoing merchant marine and a comparison of steel vessels in

berth liner service

Table I gives the changes in the United States seagoing merchant

marine of 500 gross tons and over at the end of the fiscal years June

30 1919 and June 30 1920 It is the purpose of this table to draw

a comparison of the merchant marine as of June 30 1919 and June

30 1920 On June 30 1919 there were 1729 steam vessels of6766 442

gross tons while on June 30 1920 there are 2442 vessels of 10203 842

gross tons This increase is due to the rapid delivery of Shipping

Board vessels during the first six months of the fiscal year The

grand total for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 is 3404 vessels

of 11278 741 gross tons This shows an increase of 746 vessels of

3523 887 gross tons over the fiscal year ended June 30 1919

Table II gives a recapitulation of ships controlled by the Ship

ping Board as of June 30 1919 The vessels are classified as to their

types and deadweight tonnage The total shows that on June 30

1919 the Board controlled 961 vessels of5346 939 dead weight tons

this total including vessels of all types

Table III gives a recapitulation of ships controlled by the Ship

ping Board as of June 30 1920 The classification is similar to that

given under Table II A comparison of the recapitulations of June

30 1919 and June 30 1920 shows a considerable increase for steel

cargo steamers for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 The total of

all classes for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 is 1574 vessels of

9358 421 dead weight tons compared to 961 vessels of5346 939 dead

weight tons for the year ending June 30 1919

Table IV shows a comparison of steel vessels in berth liner service

as of May 31 1920 and June 30 1920 This comparison is shown by

districts and ports for the two months May and June A statement

is included which shows the net changes by districts on June 30 1930

The total number of vessels operating on June 30 1920 excluding

coastwise and tramp vessels was 1236 vessels of8398 272 dead

weight tons This table gives a true picture of the activity of the

various districts and ports showing the number of vessels and num

ber of managers
48 FOURTH ANNUAL DEPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPISG DOADD

TABLE IUnited States vierehaut nuuine on June 30 1919 and June 30

1930Vesscis of 500 gross tons and over

The great increase in steam vessels during the your ending June 30 1920 is due to the rapid delivery of

Shipping Board vessels during the first six months of the fiscal year Deliveries from private construction

constitute but a small proportion of the increase

TABLE IIRecapitulation of ships otcned LO the United States Shipping Board

as of June 30 1919

10000 dead 9000 to 999 8000 to 8916 7000 to 7999 6000 to 6999

weight tons dead weight dead weight deadwaiyl t dead weight

and over tens tons tons tons

Head Deud Daad hdea I neud nmI

weight

Num weight um weight nm weight V

weight her tons bar tons ber tons ber tons bee tons

i

em 39 43 894 501 470 29 1471 20871 55 596 151 97129

e s

3 38814

2

19532 1 48 980 1iOA 3

t282

or

It 6 61187 5 4951 3 2191 4 231 1 6907

19872

48 537 895 57 535 653 156 1348 912

chiadtwei ht

I

NUm

500 to 909 gross tons 1000 gross tons and over Grand total

Data Sail Steam Sail Steam Suit and steam

Deada

Num her Grass tons Gross bee tons Sumher Gross tons Nher Gross tons 1ber um

12653

Gross tons

June 30 1919 A June30 1920 44028 337 9W1 029 13160 116 848 101 610 39729 53350 642 220 L

1

i2412 16766 4 2 751 34

17841

3 0 11218 741

IL

Decreasa 12 6955 I 15233

Steel area steamer

Iiamease I

6b 536 6i3 4239 710

15238 63 105 GSA 13 3 37 746 M

The great increase in steam vessels during the your ending June 30 1920 is due to the rapid delivery of

Shipping Board vessels during the first six months of the fiscal year Deliveries from private construction

constitute but a small proportion of the increase

TABLE IIRecapitulation of ships otcned LO the United States Shipping Board

as of June 30 1919

10000 dead 9000 to 999 8000 to 8916 7000 to 7999 6000 to 6999

weight tons dead weight dead weight deadwaiyl t dead weight

and over tens tons tons tons

Head Deud Daad hdea I neud nmI

weight

Num weight um weight nm weight V

weight her tons bar tons ber tons ber tons bee tons

i

em 39 43 894 501 470 29 1471 20871 55 596 151 97129

e s

3 38814

2

19532 1 48 980 1iOA 3

t282

or

It 6 61187 5 4951 3 2191 4 231 1 6907

19872

48 537 895 57 535 653 156 1348 912

chiadtwei ht

I

NUm

tons

11 oadewldht

tons

dewe t

tans

2000 to

tons

Total

Dead Ilium Deada Sum Deal Ilium Dead Vrnn Dead

bar weight tons her weight tons biz weight tons 1 bee weight tons her tons

Steel area steamer 49 253 525 j 95 395 973 184 6b 536 48 130 927 6i3 4239 710

Steel g orator

m 2775 15 10 718

Stool tank s

s5 19 172 OOY

8teelp n g a

es stanmees 7 33272 5 910

Y

2 7200 4 841 2G H9 433

2 3 302W 5 k 411

Steal motor vesse l lmo

2 706 2 001 2

Wood cargo steamer 31 139 018 124 450 514 8 5 20C 160 2037i31

o site car

steamers 2 8000 10 35 i50 12 4350

Tugs ueeonoingI

5

Tugs harbor 7

Total 1 60 319 451 i 138 1 572 001 325 I1 161 336 56 149 633 961 5346 939
FOi RT11 ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPING BOARD 49

TAMA III Recapitulation of ships oirned by file united Statrs Shipping Board

as of June 30 1920

170820 4

10000 dead 9 000 to 0999 8 OW to 8999 7000 to 70 8000 to 6999 weight tons dead weight dead wight dead weight deadweight

and Deer tons tons tons tons

Num weight Dead Nma weight Dead Dead Nnm weight Nnm weight Dead 5um weight Dad

bee tons bar I tons bar tons bar tons tons

Steel care steamers 46 618 790 141 1331 46 247 2140 034 139 1015 388 20 imno

Steel refrigera for

steamers 1 10 1W 1 0400 7 59707 2 1279

Steel tank steamers 36 31173 10 92187 3 Ai 929 10 720

3 19967

Steel p a s s anger

steamers 13 1214 3333 6

SI

1 7050 3 1970

Steel

tTotalports

97 103007 1 2 1433 013 264 286Y 143 1005 03S 28 1I7266

Dead tweaght eeadto de t de Total

tons

Weg9h98

tons

weight

tons tons weight

Nnm weight Dead NM weight Dead Num weight Dead Nma weight Dew 1 Nnm weight Dead bar tons her tons bee tons liar tons her tons

Steel cargo steamers 137 7109 214 885 16 166 573 09 20 55005 123 7 35G 007

Steel refrigerator

steamers 4 223 1 15 112 620

Steel tank steamers 3333 1 410 3333 3333 63 687 025

steel p a s s e n gei

steamers 3 16530 I 4630 27 27114

steoltranspons tvoodcargo steamer 1 5299 29 130 253

1

227 81105 1

3

SW 57 Sax 2G 621 58

Composite cargo

steamer 10 3565 L

19 35fi75

C once to cargo

steamers 4 13SW 3333 4 3500

T

45 ugs fOCeftngoing

Tugs

3333

393 1 3Oe iS4 21 57 505

27

1b7

333358 43333

Total 1 5 75853 259 107423 A 358 429

170820 4
50 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT IINITGD tiTATES SHIPPING BOARD

TABLE IVComparison of steel ressels in berth liner Service as of May 31

1920 and June 30 1920

BY DISTRICTS AND PORTS EXCLUDING COASTWISE AND TRAMPS

NET CHANGES BY DISTRICTS JUNE 30 1920

Increme I Decrease

May 31 1920 June 30 1920 June 1920

Dced

Increase Decrease

ber of ber ba of weight Ie

Num Num NumNum

tonnage vessels

Num Num

ngers essel

ber her Dead her her Dead N Un Num

of 1 of weight of of weicht her her Dead b er her Dead

3 9 42211

man ce tonnere man tonnaOe of of xtonht of of weight alters sets alters sBets ton

man res men ces ton

ngers scts nage lagers

sets race

NORTHPORi3 ATLANTIC

New York 541 l 23010 58 273 I2 043 545 L If 18 249 525

Norfolk

Itallimore

55

36

108

SB fit

36619

69

67

9l lUl

113 tso 12 25 1096S2 1

786

115 90

PhiladelPbia 24 53 370 SfA9 30 S 520 72 6 22 il4U 919 i Boston 10 30 165 532 9 28 149 50 I I 2 16 9e7

Portland Ile 1 j 1 7925 4 5 24690 3 4 16565 1 Total 150 571 4 L0 13 ln9 615 304 03 20 64 iS353 7 20 266 507

YOUTHPORTS ATLANTIC

1 270 66 2435 9 5 Y11 7

rharles

R

1e 6 19 51 2 10 1a 74 3I hub

ilmington N

C 2 4 22975 2 2 12525 2 1050

Total 23 64 407 93 23 62 414 159 1 4 5 43544 4 7 3722

GULP POETS

Belveslnn 14 5l 353 091 12 43 2b91R 2 4 62173

Few Oilcans 17 SS 4xu 975 21 5 fi64 619 4 10 7464 6q

Jlobile 10 34 191 600 7 3i 1 0 1fi I

1 3 1431

Pensruola 1 1 SOO 4 6 3i 112 3 5 21032

Tulfport 1 1 24050 2 2 Ifi5 1 525 5

Total 45 175 107057 48 j IM X11 112 268 I 17 111 509 5 8 690

PACIFIC PORTS I

San Frsncisco 9 fi4 540 452 12 59 5 591 3 519 5

Seattle 4 21 too 8 27 227 310 4 6 5210

Portland Ore 3 17 100J 15a 8 6 43 xi10

1 1 9 Bull 26910 3 3 2250

Losa Angeles 1 4 33 am 1 4 35200

Total 18 107 913 22 30 j 113 964 71I 13 15 1n6 779 1 1

9 352110

NET CHANGES BY DISTRICTS JUNE 30 1920

Increme I Decrease

Nan Num Dead Dced

berof man her of weight ber of ber ba of weight Ie

tonnage vessels

ngers essel agers nage

North

Routh Atlantic

Atlantic 19 44 122 9eb

6 222 2

Gulf 3 9 42211

1 ae ific 12 6 71579

Totali34 59 I 242 878 L

2
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 51

TA IVComparison of steel vessels in berth liner service etc Continued

TOTAL VESSELS OPERATING

FOREIGN TRADE

Under section 7 of the merchant marine act 1920 the promotion

of foreign trade is a primary feature of the Shipping Board swork

rather than as an incidental matter This section remedies the situa

tion existing under the shipping act 1916 which was silent on this

subject

Section 7 of the merchant marine act provides

That the Board is authorized and directed to investigate and determine as

promptly as possible after the enactment of this act and from time to time

thereafter what steamship lines should be esablished and put in operation from

ports in the United States or any Territory District or possession thereof to

such world and domestic markets as in its judgment are desirable for the pro

motion development expansion and maintenance of the foreign and coastltise

trade of the United States and an adequate postal service and todetermine the

type size speed and other requirements of the vessels to be employed upon

such lines and the frequency and regularity of their sailings with a view to

furnishing adequate res lar certain and permanent service The Board is

authorized to sell and if a satisfactory sale can not be made to charter such

of the vessels referred to in section 4 of this act or otherwise acquired by the

board as will meet these requirements to responsible persons who are citizens

of the United States who agree to establish and maintain such lines upon such

terms of payment and other conditions as the Board may deem just and neces

sary to secure and maintain the service desired and if any such steamship

line is deemed desirable and necessary and if no such citizens can be secured

to supply such service by the purchase or charter of vessels on terms satisfac

tory to the Board the Board shall operate vessels on such line until the business

is developed so that such vessels may be sold on satisfactory terms and the

service maintained or unless it shall appear within a reasonable time that

such line can not be made self sustaining The Postmaster General is author

ized notwithstanding the act entitled An act to provide for ocean mail service

between the United States and foreign ports and to promote commerce ap

proved March 3 1891 to contract for the carrying of the mails over such lines

at such price as may be agreed upon by the Board and the Postmaster General

Provided That preference in the sale or assignment of vessels for operation on

M y 1920 June 1920

Num Dead No Dead

ber weight weight

tonnage tonnage

North Atlantic 571 4 199 137 615 4 304 IX13

South Atlantic fi4 407 97 62

Gulf 175 1K0a57 1W 1 414 159 112ES Pacific 107 913 22 113 984 791

Coactwise 87 425 303 74 347 066

Fo reim 17 94493 63 411 W8

Unaaoeated 159 1n5n 439 121 sot 122

Unspecified parts 38 261 110 4 23195

Total I 1209 8422 674 1236 838272

FOREIGN TRADE

Under section 7 of the merchant marine act 1920 the promotion

of foreign trade is a primary feature of the Shipping Board swork

rather than as an incidental matter This section remedies the situa

tion existing under the shipping act 1916 which was silent on this

subject

Section 7 of the merchant marine act provides

That the Board is authorized and directed to investigate and determine as

promptly as possible after the enactment of this act and from time to time

thereafter what steamship lines should be esablished and put in operation from

ports in the United States or any Territory District or possession thereof to

such world and domestic markets as in its judgment are desirable for the pro

motion development expansion and maintenance of the foreign and coastltise

trade of the United States and an adequate postal service and todetermine the

type size speed and other requirements of the vessels to be employed upon

such lines and the frequency and regularity of their sailings with a view to

furnishing adequate res lar certain and permanent service The Board is

authorized to sell and if a satisfactory sale can not be made to charter such

of the vessels referred to in section 4 of this act or otherwise acquired by the

board as will meet these requirements to responsible persons who are citizens

of the United States who agree to establish and maintain such lines upon such

terms of payment and other conditions as the Board may deem just and neces

sary to secure and maintain the service desired and if any such steamship

line is deemed desirable and necessary and if no such citizens can be secured

to supply such service by the purchase or charter of vessels on terms satisfac

tory to the Board the Board shall operate vessels on such line until the business

is developed so that such vessels may be sold on satisfactory terms and the

service maintained or unless it shall appear within a reasonable time that

such line can not be made self sustaining The Postmaster General is author

ized notwithstanding the act entitled An act to provide for ocean mail service

between the United States and foreign ports and to promote commerce ap

proved March 3 1891 to contract for the carrying of the mails over such lines

at such price as may be agreed upon by the Board and the Postmaster General

Provided That preference in the sale or assignment of vessels for operation on
52 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

TOTAL U MERCHANT MARINE

AND TONNAGE EMPLOYED

IN FOREIGN TRADE

TOTAL TONNAGE

MERCHANT MARINE IN FOREIGN TRADE

FISCJ YEAR

1458 T3DWT 1800 1000 661 DWT

2137 175 DWTai 1810 1471 529 QWT

1920 251 DWTa 1820 874 486 DWT

1787 664 DWT 1830 806 345 QWT

327L146 DWTa 1840 1144 257DWT

5303 181 DWTaAmmv 1850 2158541 DWT

803002 DWT am6i 1860 3569 094 DWT

73691 DWTuwmE6 w 1870 Z1T3 269 DWT

6102 051DWTUsai 1880 1971 603 DWT

636 74 DWTa d 0 1890 1592 093 DWT

747 258DWTa 1900 1ZZS i93 DWT

1126223 QWT 1910 I173 7T6 DWT JJ

13306 55 DWT 1917 3661 14 DWT

25027 342 DWT 1920 1569z631 DW
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 53

such steamship lines shall be given to persons who are citizens of the United

States who have the support financial and otherwise of the domestic com

munities primarily interested in such lines if the Board is satisfied of the

ability of such persons to maintain the service desired and proposed to be main

tained or to persons who are citizens of the United States who may then be

maintaining a service from the port of the United States to or in the general

direction of the world market port to which the Board has determined that

such service should be established Provided further That where steamship

lines and regular service have been established and are being maintained by

ships of the Board at the time of the enactment of this act such lines and

service shall be maintained by the Board until in the opinion of the Board the

maintenance thereof is unbusinesslike and against the public interests And

provided further That whenever the Board shall determine as provided in this

act that trade conditions warrant the establishment of a service or additional

service under Government administration where a service is already being

given by persons citizens of the United States the rates and charges for such

Government service shall m5t be less than the cost thereof including a proper

interest and depreciation charge on the value of Government vessels and equip

ment employed therein

Although the Board both on the operating and construction side

has always been keenly alive to the necessity of supplying the

shipping needs for American foreign trade it has acted indirectly

as no direct authority in this field had been conferred Congress

recognized the fact that the Board could not properly promote the

American merchant marine and at the same time be indifferent to

the movement of goods upon which the life of that merchant marine

depends Furthermore the operation of a large fleet necessarily

involves the establishment of foreign agencies and requires a con

tinual conduct of business with foreigners engaged in commerce

with this country

The Board has long recognized the need of direct authority in

the foreigntrade field and the construction program has been under

going thorough revision in order that the country may have a well

balanced fleet adapted to serve prospective commercial needs

Various departments of the Shipping Board organization conduct

extensive investigations which reveal trade opportunities and prob

able cargo movements The matter of the establishment of trade

routes and foreign agencies is given careful attention by the traffic

department of the Division of Operations The specific activities

and general accomplishments of this phase of the Board swork are

treated in other sections of this report

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE ROUTES

The review of the development of trade routes by the Shipping

Board in order that it may be presented step by step and in its en

tirety must begin with the close of the World War and in the fol
54 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

lowing exposition cargo services will be considered first cargo and

passenger services second

Cargo Services

On November 11 1918 the day of the signing of the armistice the

Shipping Board controlled a fleet of 196 vessels totaling 6540

dead weight tons of American requisitioned chartered neutral and

seized German tonnage Of this number 598 vessels of4269 83

dead weight tons were in the direct service of the Army and Navy

in carrying troops and supplies

Immediately after the armistice the shipping problems of the

Board were reversed There were demands for the return of troops

and European relief The Government entered on a food program

to relieve the stricken countries of Europe and to prevent if pos

sible by the rapid supplying of foodstuffs a deplorable economic

and social condition which threatened to overwhelm those countries

This food relief movement began in February 1919 In May of the

same year it reached its peak at which time 264 vessels of nearly

2000 dead weight tons were so engaged

However at the same time in addition to the demands of the

Army and Navy and food relief there was the problem of the un

precedented congestion at seaboard and inland of freight which had

been delayed in shipment by the scarcity of vessels for commercial

purposes The American shippers after four years of the World

War were quite at a loss to know how to get the physical means of

moving exports

The Shipping Board undertook to help in relieving this ocean

freight situation just as soon as it possibly could With the gradual

fulfillment of the afterwar requirements of the repatriation of our

troops and of the hauling of supplies and food vessels became avail

able for other fields of employment The first step was the placing

of these in trade routes which before the war had been of major im

portance This policy was pursued for two reasons First here the

congestion was most severe and second the opportunity was at hand

of gaining a permanent hold for the American flag in the principal

services of the world

As more and more vessels were gradually released from what may

be termed the employment of the Government in its war program

the Board distributed these next among the trade routes of secondary

importance Then finally came the time when the amount of tonnage

available for commercial use permitted of the establishing of new

services where seldom before if ever our merchantmen had been

seen except as occasional tramps In this field of development the

Board followed to a large extent the former routes of the Germans

from which in 1914 their ships had been driven That this policy
FOURTH ANZINUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 55

was not adhered to exclusively but that it was applied in a broader

view for the enhancement of our merchant marine without national

or international discrimination or prejudice becomes apparent when

we review a summarization of the latest statistics on the growth and

establishment of our comparatively new maritime industry

On June 10 1020 the United States Shipping Board had a total

of 209 established general cargo berths of which 202 were between

United States and foreign ports and between United States ports

and seven between foreign ports These various berths afforded ship

pers 229 services

A further subdivision shows that of the 202 general cargo berths

there were 100 from North Atlantic 27 from South Atlantic 54 from

Gulf and 21 from Pacific coast ports Among these are many which

are newly established

As was preciously stated when vessels became available at the

close of the war for other fields of employment the first step was the

placing of these in the old established trade routes After this rate

the expansion to fields in which American merchantmen were prac

tically pioneers Tire Shipping Board inaugurated the first regular

trans Atlantic cargo line from Houston Tex when it began sailings

from this port to Liverpool Then also the steamship lteabice of

5163 deadweight tons which sailed from New York on February 6

1919 was the first steamer under the American flaw which ever

touched at the West Coast of Africa The service since then has been

maintained as a regular one with an average of a sailing every 35 days

for the 17 months Furthermore in order to streil then the position

of American vessels on this berth where competition is perhaps

keener than anywherc else the Board has extended this service from

the West Coast of Africa to the United Kingdom and return with a

regular schedule of railings

Among some of the other new generalcargo berths for American

ships are the following

New YorkSouth and Fast Africa

New York East Coast of Africa via Red Sea

New York India

New YorkDutch Fast Indies and Straits Settlements

San FranciscoDutch East Indies and Straits Settlements

New YorkAustralasia

New YorkFar East

BaltimoreFar East

JacksonvilleFar East

New OrleansFar last

New OrleansIndia

Pacific Coast portsPar East

Pavlov Coast ports Australasia

San FranciscoEast Coast of South America
56 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

South Atlantic portsBast Coast of South America

South Atlantic Aorta West irulles

PhiladelphiaPar East

Portland AleAntwerp

Boston Autwerp

BostonConstantinople and Black Sea ports

PostonCopenhagen and Gothenburg

These might be carried still further if all the new services were to

be enumerated However the expansion of the American merchant

marine in services other than the oldestablished ones can perhaps

best be briefly summarized by stating that the policy of the Board

has been as it still is to favor the development of berths from those

ports which formerly had few if any services

In addition to the general cargo berths from our home ports in

which the American flag has become firmly established are the seven

between foreign ports first of which is that from the Far East to

Europe which was inaugurated in October 1919 with a sailing of

one vessel approximately every 30 days The remaining foreign

services are as follows

Afexiean and west Indian portsEuropeThe first of a tentative program of

approximately monthly sailings was benm on March 8 1020 by the steamship

Afajor Wheeler This service will be of a protective nature to Amet trade

In that it will afford the umisual opportunity for American steamship operators

to determine in joint conference with competing lines under foreign flags the

ureasure of transportation rates on manufactured and raw materials between

foreign markets and Pan American countries to order to atd the Unite9

States exporters and importers In meeting competition in the Pan ArneriCan

markets

Plade Earopo United Kingdoms and French AtlanticHamburg range

This service consists at the present time of 6 refrigerator vessels which carry

frozen products from the Plate to European ports

Kest Africa United KingdomAs previously stated this berth is worked in

connection with the New YorkWest African

Feeder acrricesThese services which are 3 in number are maintained by

a fleet of 9 vessels of an average of 3500 deadweight tons each One extends

from Hongkong to Calcutta the second from Shanghai south to Saigon and

the third from Shanghai north to Tientsin and Chefoo The feeder boats carry

the cargoes between the smaller ports in this range and the principal trans

shipment centers at which the larger freighters call at regular intervals

Cargo and Passenger Services

On June 30 1930 the Board had established two combination

freight and passenger services as follows

New FoiklEast Coast of South America Three vessels of a total of 25080

dead weight tons

Now ForkSouth and East AfricaOne vessel of 8600 dead weight tons

The remaining freight and passenger vessels are at the present

time undergoing reconditioning preparatory to their being placed

in regular runs In addition others are in the process of construe
FutT ritANNUAL nErnrr UNITED sTATrs sriirriNG DG1DD 57

Summary

In summary the Shipping Board on June 30 1920 had a total of

209 general cargo berths and 2 passenger and cargo berths The

i former give to shippers by American vessels 229 services The fleet

of the Board in operation which makes possible the continuation of

this program now consists of 1294 steel vessels of a total of8253 416

deadweight tons

In the Division of Operations the needs of the various trades are

given constant study in order to provide full cargoes for our vessels

whenever possible The establishment of trade routes has been given

careful attention A more comprehensive statement is incorporated

under Part III of this report

ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN AGENCIES

The Shippin rBoard has been keenly alive to the necessity of

establishing supervising foreign agencies Such agencies were made

necessary on account of the inability of the operators agents to ex

pedite the dispatch of vessels and to the prevalence of highhanded

and questionable practices on the part of ship chandlers stevedoring

companies and supply houses In most foreign countries notably

Europe governmental control over port and inland transportation

i extensive and operators agents are unable to secure the coopera

tion of government officials who are indifferent to assisting private

firms It has been repeatedly demonstrated that these officials will

cooperate with the Board sdirect representatives

Many shipmasters away from direct contact with the home office

throu carelessness and inexperience do not give the Board sinter

est their best attention It is difficult for foreign alien agents even

if killing to control them The knowledge of direct supervision

close at hand acts as a check and improves the morale of the per

sonnel afloat Many of the Board s operators necessarily select

agents without adequate knowledge of their experience or efficiency

and have no check on them whatsoever For this reason poor re

sults could be excused without challenge Supervision has stopped

this practice and strengthened operators abroad

Furthermore it is evident that foreign alien agents can not be

expected to render the same service to American shipping interests

as to vessels flying the flag of their own nation and if there be a

conflict of interests the favor will of course go to their own ships

For the purpose of relieving these conditions the Board in Octo

ber 1919 adopted a plan for the establishment of supervising for

eign agencies This supervision includes

1 Expediting the turn arnund or Shipping Bocnri Vessel and usiaiva to

obtain it
58 1ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIiIPPING BOARD

3 ClitTk OR purchn eof supldii s

d Check of ellirienec of vessel personnel abroad

5 Control of homehvard cargoes to eliminate tnuhccessary competition

C Derrlopment of homeward business through operators agents

i Report on the epiciency of operators agents

S Relw rton matters generally affecting American interests

fi handling marine disasters surveys and legal difficulties

In general foreign representatives have the same alltliority and

functions as those exercised by the district of ficers and agents of the

Division of Operations in United States ports

The organization provides four classes of representation

1 General European office controlling general and port agencies

in continental Europe and the British Isles

2 General agencies controlling port agencies for it district intended

to cover all world strades

3 Port agencies in principal ports except where general agents

are established

4 Special agencies or representatives Where business is light

or operators have their own office it is proposed to appoint as rep

resentatives American firms or individuals engaged in nonconflicting

occupations such as marine surveyors who will supervise repairs and

generally assist the operators

Thus far agencies at the following places have been established

United Kingdom Italy Continued

London Reggio and Calabria

Liverpool Brindisi

Manchester Bari

Cardiff Ancona

Fowey Trieste

Hall Messina

Newcastle Siracusa

Falmouth Palermo

Glasgow Venice

Dublin Holland and Belgium

France Rotterdam

Paris Anhverp

Bordeaux Denmark and Sweden

Havre Copenhagen

Dunkirk Dieppe and Calais Gothenburg

St Nazaire and Nantes Poland and Germany

La Rochelle and La Pallice Danzig

Brest hamburg

Marseille Finland

Italy IIelsingfors

Naples Spain

Genoa Gibraltar

Savona Barcelona

Spezia Egypt

Civitavrchhia Port Said and Alexandria
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 59

Levant Azores

Constantinople Horne

Cuba Japan

Habana ukobanm

Bermuda China

Hamilton Shanghai

Brazil Philippine Isl uuls

Rio de Janeiro Manila

Argentina and Uruguay Mexieo

Buenos Aires Tampievo

The original agency plan provided in addition to those already

established for agencies at the following places the establishment

of which is now under consideration

Spain port agency

Valencia Alineira and IIuelva

Bilbao Satunder and Corunna

Levant port agency

Galatzz Constanza

Batum

Piraeus

Salonika

Nonorissisk

Germany port agency

Bremen

Wilhelmshaven Biel Canal

Stettin

Scandinavia port agency

Reval

Malmo

Stockholm

Bergen and Christiania

Orient special agents

Hongkong

Vladivostok and Dalny

Calcutta

Saigon

Bombay

Dutch Bast Indies

Africa special agents

West Coast headquarters Dakar

Capetown

Durban

Beira

Zanzibar Mombasa

Tunis Bizerta

Oceania special agents

Sydney

Auckland

Melbourne

South America

Port agencies

Valparaiso possibly general

agency

Callao

Iqueque nitrate ports

Special agent

Gua3 aquil

Miscellaneous

St Thomas

Trinidad

In addition to the establishment of direct agencies encourage

ment has been given to American firms who upon their own initia

tive and capital have opened offices abroad Where such firms are

established with adequate facilities and capable of rendering efficient

service the Board has directed the con ignment of its vessels to them

for handling It is hoped and confidently expected that the Board s

agencies abroad will be instrumental in developing such agencies

under the control and manag of American citizens who in

addition to their own pecuniary advancement will give preferential

treatment to American vessels in securing return cargoes economi

cal administration in the matter of port cliarges and expeditious

dispatch
60 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

USSHIPPING IN FOREIGN TRADE

NBLACK PERCENTAGE BYVALUE CARRIED

IN AMERICAN BOTTOMS

GRAY PERCENTAGEBYVALUE CAR RED

IN F0tREIGN BOTTOMS

WA v IN

41M ARRIED IN CARRIED IN

EXPOP IS PNIERICAN FOLIGN

AD POTTOMS BOTTOMS

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nscu TEAR

1789 2

18008159MM

h8lo 151 Mmmg

1816 8251

1820 5142

1330 114 4

840 erg

IaSO 6330

1860 5762

370 5991

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5

1880 81433 7

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1890 81573

1900 82089

190 12983 cV C

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FOURTH ANNITAL REPORT ITNtTED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 61

DIVISION OF REGULATION

History of the Division of Regulation

A primary purpose of the shipping act 1916 as announced in its

preamble was to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign

and interstate commerce of the United States The duty imposed

upon the Board in this respect is mandatory Consequently one

of the first functions which the Board prepared to exercise was that

of regulation and the Division of Regulation was created in May

1917 as the instrumentality for enforcing the regulatory provisions

of the act

Tile division immediately compiled the necessary information re

garding water carriers operating in our domestic and foreign com

merce to permit the determination of their status under the regu

latory sections Tile division then drafted tentatile regulations to

govern the publication posting and filing of rates by the interstate

water carriers foreign carriers not being required by the act to file

such records Carriers in our domestic as well as in foreign commerce

and other persons subject to the act were then directed to file with

the board the traffic contracts and other agreements mentioned in

the fifteenth section of the shipping act 1916 Rules of practice to

govern proceedings instituted under section 22 of the act were also

prepared by this division and adopted by the Board At this junc

ture the entrance of the United States into the World War necessi

tated the concentration of the Board seffort upon the building and

operation of vessels submerging for the time being its regulatory

activities Even during the emergency however it strong effort was

made to maintain the records of the office and gather all pertinent

information hollowing the armistice the division again renewed

its regulatory activities and since that time the work has steadily

increased in volume

Rate Functions of Division of Regulation and Division of Operations Distin

guished

Some confusion or misunderstanding prevails as to the rateregu

lation work carried on by the Division of Regulation and the rate

making or rate controlling work performed by the Division of

Operations It is important therefore to clarify these jurisdic

tional differences

The Division of Regulation deals exclusively with common car

riers by water in the domestic and foreign commerce of the United

States Its functions are quasi judicial The shipping act leaves

with the common carriers the right to initiate rates which however

in respect of interstate carriers must be published posted and filed

in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Shipping Board

If shippers feel that any rates so filed are unduly discriminatory ex
62 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SLUPPING B01PD

cessive unreasonable or otherwise in violation of the shipping act

1916 they may file with the Board under section 22 of the act a sworn

complaint setting forth their grievance and praying for corrective

action by the Board and reparation for damages sustained After

all necessary pleadings are filed the division holds an open hearing

at which both sides are allowed to present evidence and crossex

amine witnesses If upon the facts proved it appears that the rates

are unduly discriminatory or unreasonable the carrier is directed

by formal order of the Board to adjust its rates in such a manner as

to correct the evil found to exist It will thus be seen that the divi

sion in no sense can be said to be making rates but is merely acting

as a judge of the rates made directly by the carriers

While the Division of Operations was engaged extensively in op

erating vessels directly it maintained a rate making section the func

tion of which was to actually determine and make the rate which

should be charged shippers Since the Shipping Board vessels have

been operated by private interests the Division of Operations

through its agreement with the operators and its power to allocate

vessels maintains a large measure of control over the actual rates to

be exacted by the operators The operators engaged in a particular

trade organize what may be termed a steamship conference the chair

man of which is a representative of the Division of Operations

They meet at stated intervals and fix the rates to be paid by the

shippers The rates so fixed are of course liable to attack by ship

pers on the ground of unreasonableness or undue discrimination in

which event the Division of Regulation would pass upon them as in

dicated in the preceding paragraph It is therefore manifest that the

rate functions of the Division of Regulation and the Division of

Operations are widely ditlerent

Carriers Conferences and Contracts

One of the principal activities of the Division of Regulation dur

ing the past year has been the handling of carriers conferences

contracts agreements and understandings in respect of rates traffic

pooling of equipment or tratTic and other working arrangements

filed under the provisions of section 15 of the shipping act 1916

Owing to the constantly changing conditions in the shipping world

this branch of the work of the Division of Regulation is assuming

large proportions

At the end of the fiscal year there were on file in this office 33 con

ferences These conferences are in the main organizations of

steamship companies designed primarily to cooperate in such man

ner as to prevent destructive competition under which function

various subconferenc es or as designated in certain regions trade

conference groups In one instance Gulf Shipping Conference
EOURTI ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 68

Inc there are 14 subsidiary conferences or trade groups Most

of these conferences hold weekly meetings at which matters of vital

interest to the particular trade are discussed and definite action

taken The filing and analyzing of the minutes tariffs and other

conference papers in order to determine whether or not they are in

contravention of the existing law is a task which is not only diffi

cult but one which must be kept strictly up to date in order to be

effective It should be remembered that a large percentage of the

new conferences being filed with the Board are a direct result of the

Shipping Boards participation in the coastwise and foreign trade

of the United States The carriers forming the new conferences are

all American although they operate on the same plan as the foreign

line conferences which have been established for many years

The carriers contracts which were filed prior to and during the

war and which lay practically dormant in the files until the begin

ning of last year have all been brought up to date Many of the

contracts were found to be canceled or superseded by new ones

There are at the present time 194 contracts on file

Formal Docket

The formal docket embraces proceedings under section 22 of the

shipping act bringing into issue rates regulations and practices of

common carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the Board

Informal Docket

Daring the past year 42 complaints were placed upon the informal

docket of the Division of Regulation under the provisions of article

24 of the rules of practice in proceedings under the shipping act

Shippers complained against rates and practices of carriers operat

ing in both our foreign and domestic commerce The nature of the

complaints were various such for example as the exaction from

shippers of rates not legally on file with the Board the wrong

classification of articles of commerce embargoes damage to goods

in transit and refusal to accept shipments when tendered The com

plaints were taken up with the carriers by correspondence or confer

ence and in the majority of cases were adjusted in favor of the

shippers Others proved to be unfounded and the carriers without

fault Pending cases are being steadily brought to a point where

they can be disposed of to the satisfaction of all parties concerned

Deferred Rebates

A very important section of the shipping act is section 14 now

strengthened by section 20 of the merchant marine act 1920 which

prohibits the use of deferred rebates or the indulgence in other un

fair practice in respect of our export or import trade

A deferred rebate is defined by this section as a return of any

F 6C14mno h a nnr rinr to nnv ehinnnr ns x nnn
64 F0t RT1I ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

sideration for the giving of all or any portion of his shipments to

the same or any other carrier or for any other purpose the payment

of which is deferred beyond the completion of the service for which

it is paid and is made only if during both the period for which com

puted and the period of deferment the shipper has complied with the

terms of the rebate agreement or arrangement

The granting to shippers of deferred rebates by steamship con

ference lines has in the past worked great injury to the American

merchant marine Since the passage of the shipping act 11 deferred

rebate cases have been handled by this division The practice was

alleged to obtain in connection with trade between the United States

and Venezuela between the United States and Haiti between the

United States and Trinidad in the Philippine Islands trade be

tween the United States and the Nest Indies and between the

Orient and Europe and South America and Europe

Investigations developed that in some cases the facts were not

sufficient to establish a violation of the shipping act as the traffic

moved between exclusively foreign ports However the merchant

marine act has extended the scope of the deferred rebate section so

as to make it applicable to deferred rebates granted in foreign com

merce under certain circumstances In other cases it appeared that

the alleged offenders had issued or were about to issue a deferred

rebate circular which would give to shippers who patronized their

lines exclusively for a period of at least six months quite a substan

tial rebate on the freight charges Prior to the expiration of the

six months this division caused the carriers to revoke such circulars

as a result of which no deferred rebates were paid The carriers

were strongly admonished that any infraction of the law in the

future would subject them to the penalty of the statute Only three

deferred rebate complaints are now under investigation

Tariffs

The checking analyzing and filing of tariffs submitted by the

interstate water carriers subject to the Board constitutes a large

part of the work of the division During the year 1452 new tariffs

were received checked and filed These tariffs show rates on the

Atlantic the Gulf and the Pacific coasts as well as the Great Lakes

also to Porto Rico Canal Zone Hawaii Alaska and the Philippines

A duplicate tariff file is maintained in the division This file is

kept up to date and is open to public inspection at any time This

privilege is being taken advantage of by representatives of various

shippers and persons directly interested in waterborne commerce

Regulations for the publication posting and filing of tariffs with

the Board were compiled and issued in a pamphlet entitled Tariff

Circular No 1 effective April 30 1020 Since that date common
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATE SHIPPING BOARD 65

carriers by water in interstate commerce subject to the jurisdiction

of the Board have been required to file their tariffs in accordance

with said regulations

At the present time 99 interstate water carriers are filing tariffs

which represents an increase of 40 over those filing during the pre

vious year In addition 10 tariff agencies are submitting tariffs

General

A very important feature of the work of this division has been

the compiling of data gathered by means of General Circular No 2

This circular was first issued in 1917 and it has been revised sev

eral times In its present form it is a complete questionnaire as

to the operations of steamship companies and from the information

submitted thereon the Division of Regulation is able to tell whether

or not the operations of a steamship company come within the pur

view of the shipping act A large number of companies have been

circularized and each of them placed in one or more of 10 classes

A tabulation of the abovementioned classes of steamship lines is as

follows

1 Water carriers whose services have been diseontinued 152

2 Interstate water carriers operating on rivers lakes or oceans 100

3 Water carriers operating in interstate connuerce on the inland waters

of the United States either river lake or canal excluding the Great

Lakes 00

4 Water carriers uperating towage lighterage or ferriage service 62

5 Water carriers engaged in interstate tramp service 117

6 Water carriers engaged in foreign tramp service 115

7 Water carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Com

merce Commission 29

8 Water carriers operating on regular routes in interstate conmierce on

the high seas or Great Lakes subject to jurisdiction of the Ship

ping Board 99

9 Water carriers operating on regular routes in foredo conuaeree or

the United States subject to jurisdiction of the Shipping Board 165

10 Water carriers conducting an exclusively proprietary service 60

An examination of the above tabulation discloses that a very small

proportion of the water carriers operating in our commerce are sub

ject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Board

Merchant Marine Act 1920

The merchant marine act leaves the regulatory sections of the

original shipping act intact but reinforced in several particulars

In respect of deferred rebates the Board may after full hearing

determine whether a person not a citizen of the United States and

engaged in transportation by water of passengers or property has

violated any provisions of section 14 of the shipping act or is a

party to any arrangement involving in respect to water transpor

1750820 5
66 FOURTIi ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING DOAIID

tation between foreign ports the granting of deferred rebates or

indulging in other unfair practices which arrangements exclude

from admission upon equal terms with other parties a common car

rier by water which is a citizen of the United States If the Board

finds said section to have been violated it must certify such fact

to the Secretary of Commerce who shall refuse entry into any port

of the United States or its possessions of a vessel owned operated

or controlled directly or indirectly by the offending party The new

act with exceptions therein stated makes it unlawful directly to

transport merchandise between points of the United States including

districts territories and possessions embraced within the coastwise

laws in any other vessel than a vessel built and documented under

the laws of the United States and owned by a citizen of the United

States

It also enables the Board through the Interstate Commerce Com

mission to cause the establishment of preferential rail rates to be

enjoyed on traffic moving from interior points of the United States

to a port and thence to a foreign country provided the ocean por

tion of the transportation is handled by an American vessel

PORT FACILITIES COIIBIISSION

In November 1919 the Board definitely decided to retain the Port

Facilities Commission in an advisory capacity At that time nego

tiations were conducted and arrangements made with the Board of

Engineers for Rivers and IIarbors of the War Department for the

continuation

work pertinent

of

to

that

our

portion

home ports

of the

The

Port

valuable

Facilities

files

Commission s

of the Port

Facilities Commission were loaned to the Rivers and IIarbors Board

which has continued the port facilities work

In consequence of this arrangement the work of the Port Facili

ties Commission of the Shipping Board since December 1919 has

been merged gradually into similar work of the Board of Engineers

for Rivers and IIarbors of the War Department

Previous to December the principal activities of the commission

were as follows

The Chief of Engineers of the Army having requested the com

mission to review a proposition for a combined port and railway

passenger terminal in harbor district No 3 at Chicago Ill a study

of this subject was made and a comprehensive report submitted

The Navy Department having proposed a joint naval repair sta

tion and overseas terminal at the Bayonne N J tide flats in New

York harbor a study of this subject was made and plan prepared

outlining a suggested scheme for economical operation Somewhat

later the subject of an overseas terminal at Jamaica Bay Long
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 67

Island having been suggested an outline plan of this development

was prepared and map drawn showing proposed railroad belt and

tunnel connection between Bayonne and Jamaica Bay

Studies were made with regard to proposed commercial utilization

of the Army overseas bases at Philadelphia Norfolk and New

Orleans

A study was made and report submitted with reference to the

utilization of the ports of Portland Ale and Boston Mass for over

seas commerce

A complete voyage of a Shipping Board vessel was analyzed with

a view to a determination of the economy which would be effected

by the more rapid turn around of vessels in port This study de

veloped the fact that a close supervision of the operations in port of

each vessel would undoubtedly result in material economy and it was

shown that had the period in port of the particular vessel in question

been cut down to a reasonable number of days the savings would

have been large The analysis was made in great detail and is

believed to be worthy of study at this time

In general connection with the Chicago terminal study statistics

were collected with reference to freight traffic handled rail and lake

separately and to the port facilities of the principal ports situated

upon the Great Lakes

Tables were prepared showing dimension data with regard to

available graving clocks floating dry docks and marine railways

together with location and ownership in the ports of the United

States A study was also made with regard to drydock facilities

necessary for the merchant marine upon the completion of the Ship

ping Board program

Compilation of data pertaining to the characteristics and facilities

of our domestic ports was continued as was also the preparation of

maps showing in each case the location and nature of the various

port facilities

A study of methods for handling miscellaneous cargo was con

tinued and expanded to include the transfer between rail and water

on inland waterways with especial reference to such streams as the

Ohio and Mississippi Rivers which have a wide range of water level

Information was compiled regarding exports and imports of the

principal ports of the South Atlantic seaboard A separate com

pilation was made with regard to manufactured mineral agricul

tural and lumber productions in these States

A study was made with regard to exports and imports interchanged

threugh Pacific coast ports between the United States and the Orient

One requirement of the merchant marine act 1930 is that the

Shipping Board in cooperation with the Secretary of War shall

promote and develop ports and transportation facilities in connection
6 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

with water commerce The Chairman of the Shipping Board has

therefore appointed a representative of the Board to join in a con

ference with representatives of the War Department to work out a

plan of joint operation A preliminary meeting has been held with

the Chief of Engineers and the Chief of Transportation Service of

the War Department and it is believed that a plan will be formu

lated at once which while avoiding duplication of effort on the part

of various departments of the Government will reduce the expense

of collecting the necessary statistics

DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

At the beginning of the year just closed labor problems arising in

connection with vessel operation were under the supervision of the

Marine and Dock Industrial Relations Division whereas questions

respecting ship construction were handled by a staff of the United

States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation having head

quarters at Philadelphia November 20 1919 the Shipping Board

by resolution consolidated the two departments into one organiza

tion and changed the name of the Marine and Dock Industrial Ilela

tions Division to the Division of Industrial Pelations Shortly

afterwards there was a physical merging of the two offices and the

whole work is now carried on from headquarters at Washington

Marine Labor

The number of men required to man the vessels actually owned and

controlled by the Shipping Board on June 30 1920 was approxi

mately 60000 During the war the Washington organization now

known as the Division of Industrial Relations felt responsible for

the maintenance of industrial peace not only on Shipping Board

vessels but on the whole body of American shipping in so far as it

was needed to help win the war To assist the Shipping Board in

this task the private steamship owners and the marine labor unions

on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts voluntarily delegated to the Shipping

Board authority to establish such wage rates and working rules as

the Board might deem fair said awards to be binding on both sides

With the coming of peace however and especially after the return

of the American expeditionary force to the United States it was felt

that the Shipping Board should no longer attempt to fix standards

for privately oNined vessels but that on the contrary it should on

its own vessels follow such rates and standards as might be worked

out by private agreement between the American vessel owners and

the maritime workers

In the main the Shipping Board has adhered to this policy during

the past year and devoted its chief attention to the many concrete

problems which have risen in connection with the operation of its
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 69

own fleet of vessels At the beginning of the year and again at the

close it did however use its good offices to help bring together the

private shipowners and the unions to the end that agreements might

be worked out which would be satisfactory to all parties and give

stability to labor on board ship Similarly at other times the Di

vision of Industrial Relations has worked to bring about a better

understanding on controverted questions It was largely due to pro

longed educational effort on the part of the Shipping Board that in

the new agreements with the Atlantic and Gulf sailors firemen s

and cooks and stewards unions effective May 1 1920 provision is

made for a grievance committee which will interpret the agreements

and try to prevent the small but troublesome misunderstandings

which always arise from assuming serious proportions By partici

pating in the May 1 1920 agreements the Shipping Board has ob

tained the pledge of the unlicensed seamen to work another year at

the previous wage rates New agreements have also been entered

into fixing the wages of seamen sailing from the Great Lakes to the

ocean The old agreements with the licensed officers had not yet

expired by June 30 1920 nor had any of the agreements for the

Pacific

During the year there has been one great marine strike Begin

ning about July 8 and ending about July 26 1919 practically all ves

sels entering Atlantic and Gulf ports were held up by a strike of sea

men and during the last few days of marine engineers The strike

started because of a dispute regarding union preference and was

ended by wage advances ranging around 20 per cent the scale then

established being the one still in force The only other marine strike

was that of engineers on ocean going towboats who struck in sup

port of a demand for a third engineer This strike failed after

these strikes the tendency has constantly been toward more amicable

relations between vessel owners and seamen

The Director of the Division of Industrial Relations has repre

sented the Shipping Board on the navigafion laws revision com

mittee which has laid before the Shipping Board a number of

recommendations regarding alterations or additions to the navigation

laws

Longshore Labor

While the war was in progress the wages and working conditions

of longshoremen atmost of the ports of the United States were fixed

by the National Adjustment Commission a body made up of repre

Association

sentatives of

and

the

the

Shipping

private

Board

employers

the International

of longshore labor

Longshoremen s

For some

months following the armistice this arrangement was continued by

mutual consent and then in September 1919 the National Adjust
70 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPLNG BOARD

ment Commission was formally reconstituted on a peace time basis

The September 1919 agreement did not however include any ports

on the Pacific coast nor has the commission under the new agree

ment jurisdiction over the Great Lakes except by special submission

The commission sjurisdiction over coastwise longshoremen is limited

to a few lines and covers only North Atlantic ports Following the

return of the railroads to private ownership March 1 1920 the

commission was no longer a very large factor in the coastwise situa

tion At the close of the year the chief longshoremen coming under

the National Adjustment Commission were therefore the deepwater

longshoremen at the various Atlantic and Gulf ports which was

never fully organized under the commission not being included

The 12 months just ended have been filled with an exceptional

amount and variety of Ion Shore labor difficulties both in the case

of longshoremen coming under the National Adjustment Commis

sion and in the case of those without its jurisdiction The national

oicers of the International Longshoremen sAssociation the organi

zation with which the Shipping Board and longshore employers

had entered into the agreement to set up the National Adjustment

Commission have been thoroughly faithful and exceptionally ener

getic in striving to give effectiveness to the awards of the commis

sion and in the end they have in every case succeeded in compelling

acceptance But following the issuance of the October 1919 deep

sea award for New York granting a 5 cent advance the associa

tion was unable to prevent a serious strike of its members which

in New York and New Orleans tied up shipping operations for about

one month

Of the longshoremen not coming under the National Adjustment

Commission there have been serious and usually protracted strikes

at San Francisco Seattle Philadelphia and the coastwise longshore

men at Atlantic and Gulf ports the causes varying in each instance

but usually being closely associated with radical agitation

The director of the division has conducted a personal investigation

of the longshore and also the shipyard labor disputes at San Fran

cisco and other Pacific ports

Ship Construction and Repair

Throughout all except the first three months of the year just

closed the Shipping Board has adhered to a program of leaving to

the shipconstruction and ship repair yards as complete liberty as

possible in the administration of their own labor policies At the

beginning of the year the Emergency Fleet Corporation continuing

the policy introduced during the war was still enforcing through an

administrative staff the provisions of the last award of the Ship

building Labor Adjustment Board dated October 1 1918 This

f srlminiatrstive nnforeement was terminated October 1 1919
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 71

and a few weeks later the district representatives of the Emergency

Fleet Corporation charged with the administration of labor matters

were discontinued

Although the details of labor administration were by this step

turned back to the yards in a very complete manner it has not been

possible for the Shipping Board to avoid laying down some general

policies touching those aspects of the labor question which affect

directly the Board s own interests A large portion of the ship

construction contracts have been on a cost plus basis and on these

contracts the actual burden of any increased wage costs would in

evitably fall on the Shipping Board and through the Board on the

country at large The Shipping Board therefore could not avoid

the responsibility of preventing any undue increase in wages on ship

construction The general attitude of the Board has been that the

rates fixed by the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board in its last

award were fair rates and that it would not be warranted in approv

ing of further increases On September 301919 the Chairman of the

Shipping Board announced the following policy

The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation takes the

position that following the policy announced by the President no increase be

authorized over the ffiney scale which is continued in effect after October 1

unless a change 14 authorized after the white House conference and if ship

builders in the meantime put any increase into effect it must be understood

that they do so at their own cost and that the Emergency Fleet Corporation

will not directly or indirectly assume or pay any part of such increase

The policy laid down in this announcement has been followed

consistently through the year and for the most part with success

though not before the position of the Board had been tested out by

a number of strikes The restrictions on wage advances being con

fined to costplus yards the Shipping Board did not interpose any

obstacle to an 8 cent advance on each classification agreed to by the

lumpsum yards in the Northwest The advance in the lump sum

yards around Puget Sound had a disquieting effect on the cost plus

yards at San Francisco with the result that there was a strike

involving about 35000 men which lasted from October 1 1919 to

December 1919 Later there were a number of shorter and less

serious strikes in other localities These strikes were ended by the

men returning to work at the former rates At the close of the

year June 30 1920 a repairyard strike at New Orleans remained

unsettled

Notwithstanding these strikes and many requests for changes in

specific rates the men in the shipyards have shown that they are

on the whole satisfied with the extension of the rates of the Ship

building Labor Adjustment Board down to the present time particu

larly in view of the support which the attitude of the Shipping
72 rOURTII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SlfirPING BOARD

Board has carried against any wage decreases Since May 1920

a committee appointed jointly by the Shipping Board the Navy

Department and the American Federation of Labor has been investi

gating the situation in shipconstruction yards

The construction program of the Shipping Board is now nearing

completion the number of shipyard employees building vessels for

the Emergency Fleet Corporation having decreased from 289 591

on July 1 1919 to about 75000 on June 30 1930 An important

phase of the work of the Division of Industrial Relations as affecting

ship construction has become the interpretation of the awards of the

Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board in their bearing on the reim

bursement of yards for wage advances The Division of Industrial

Relations maintains it representative on the Wage Reimbursement

Committee and is also engaged in a codification of the awards

ruling and interpretations of the Macy Board

SHIP SALES DIVISION

The Ship Sales Division functions under the direction of the

Shipping Board and all matters pertaining to the sale of vessels are

submitted to the Board for action before a sale is finally consum

mated In order that the Board may be in possessi inof all facts in

connection with the proposed sale of any vessel it is necessary for the

Ship Sales Division to establish the financial responsibility of the

purchaser also his ability to carry out his contract for purchase

whether or not the proposed form of insurance will properly protect

the Board against loss by accident or fire or any other contingency

which might arise which would imperil the interests of the Board

in that particular vessel

There were inaugurated during the year three distinctly separate

policies which had for their purpose the sale of ships by the Shipping

Board namely

1 Deferredpayincat plan Twentyfive per cent cash on delivery 134 per

cent in G months 131 Per cent in 12 months balance in equal semiannual in

stallments of G Per cent extending over a period of four years with interest

at 5 per cent per annum

3 Charter purchase plan TNVO and onehalf per cent of purchase Price de

posited with offer payments of 30 per deadweight ton per month Payable in

monthly installments in advance After payments have reached 50 per cent of

the total value of the vessel plus 5 per cent interest on deferred payments title

to pass to purchaser Deferred Payments for balance with interest at rate of

5 per cent per annum to extend over period of five years from date of contract

payable in equal semiannual installments

3 Charterpurchase Plan of April 8 1920Five dollars per deadweight ton

per calendar month in advance commencing on and front the day of the de

livery and at and after the same rate for any part of a month the hire tocon

tinue until the delivery of the vessel in good order and condition to the owner
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 73

The activities of this division in conducting its regular business

accomplished the sale of the 420 ships aggregating approximately

2195 440 deadweight tons The various classes and the sales value

are shown in the following table

Ship sales as of Jlele 40 1920

Few toll vessels

Cargo Refri erator Freight and passeng

Remm eyanees Passenger steel

Cargo

Reconstruction Tankers Passenger takers eargn ExAustrian steel

Cargo

Exaermn steel

Cargo Pssenger Freight and passenger

sailers Tugs

woodCnrga

wrecks

Dirges

vessels New O ld

Composite vessels cargo

Concrete vessels tanker

TugsWood

Steel

Total

820 761 25553 1060 8610

29748 385 592 100972201

29588

191 653402 22197 2620

150 576 A32010829 27000700 416 A50

S13 2643 39 70590713X30250 00

32227 633 73W552 290 694612 104260 3726

4 M9 052 50

2433 491 0030 1 750000 1 220 835 00

210100

7095 352 2135631 50100 0 2 395 400 00

1 700 00m0110

1744 410 00396

21 279 914 59 31

LEGAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE SALE OF SHIPS

In connection with the work of the Ship Sales Division the Law

Department has been called upon to prepare various forms of con

tracts under which the Board has sold and leased vessels The first

agreement prepared was the 25 per cent deferred payment plan

This plan necessitated the preparation ofa purchase agreement and

vessel mortgage

The next plan adopted by the Board was known as the charter

purchase plan the first series of this agreement calling for 830

charter rate and the second series for 5 charter rate Several charter

parties covering various modifications of the foregoing plans to meet

the requirements of special cases have also been prepared

A vessel mortgage was prepared which was a consolidation and

modification of the purchase agreement and mortgage used in con

nection with the 25 per cent purchase plan which form has now

been revised to meet all the requirements of the ship mortgage

act 1920

Num Dead

ter of woight sales value

rrssels tons
74 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Besides preparing the standard form agreements the Law Depart

ment has prepared the various documents necessary in connection

with the consummation of the 420 sales made during the past fiscal

year

The Law Department has been also called upon to render decisions

construing the various features of the shipping act in connection

with the sale and transfer of vessels to foreign registry and to pass

upon various financial questions involved in sale of vessels these

questions arising principally in connection with guarantees and bonds

required in connection with sales of vessels to foreigners
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION

Division of Construction and Repairs

PART II

75
II UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET

CORPORATION DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND RE

PAIRS

CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT

On account of the early completion of the shipbuilding program

and the policy adopted shortly after the signing of the armistice to

reduce activities to a peacetime basis it has been possible to effect

a reorganization of the Corporation which represents a great saving

in expenditures for administration The rapid increase in the per

sonnel during 1917 and 1918 was followed by a corresponding de

crease in the number of employees during the entire fiscal year 1920

and it may be stated that the promptness which characterized this

effort to diminish the volume of war expenditures has produced

highly gratifying results with no impairment of efficiency

Resignations from the Board and the Corporation caused changes

during the vear in the membership of the board of trustees which

on June 30 1920 was composed of the following officials IV S

Benson president John A Donald vice president John Barton

Payne Martin J Gillen

After the resignation on March 1 1920 of J L Ackerson vice

president in charge of construction and the appointment of R L

Ilague as Director of the Division of Construction and Repairs plans

were adopted to consolidate these two branches of the fork which

up to that time had been conducted independently and the reorgan

ization had been completed by June 30 1920 without causing inter

ruption to the construction program or the repair work

The remarkable production records of the first half of the year

1919 were surpassed in the succeeding months During September

1919 the Division of Construction delivered 150 ships of over 3000

deadweight tons each representing a total of 810 386 tons Prior

to 1917 the maximum yearly output of ships in the United States was

in the year 1908 when 1457 vessels of 921 34 deadweight tons in

cluding all vessels of 5 net tons and over were built of steamships

alone the total was 722 436 deadweight tons Considering ocean

going vessels the output for the month of September 1919 has

greatly exceeded maximum prewar deliveries for an entire year

These results were obtained moreover without overtime work or the

payment of bonuses Compared with the average annual construe

77
7 POURTll ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPING BOARD

tion of 476 092 dead weight tons from 1890 to 1916 inclusive the

contrast is more striking

Early in the history of the Corporation much difference of opinion

existed as to the volume of tonnage which could be built in one year

It was generally believed however that at least 2000 dead

weight tons would be delivered in 1918 and 5000 deadweight

tons in 1919 As the maximum construction in Great Britain had

never exceeded 3000 tons these estimates were considered the

peak of accomplishment The actual results far exceed the expecta

tions as shown by the following schedule

Deliveries of finished ships by Ernergeney Fleet Corporation

The net program as of June 30 1920 contemplates 2315 ships of

13675 711 dead weight tons The proportions of this program can

be more readily understood when described in familiar terms as

follows

If all vessels on the program were placed in a straight line stem

to stern they would extend for a distance of 159 miles and if steam

inga a mile and a quarter apart would reach from New York to

Southampton England

The total dead weight tonnage

of 38863 freight cars loaded 35

A total of4593 000 horsepow

machinery

For the transportation of the

would be renuired

is equal to the carrying capacity

tons per car

er is generated by the propelling

hull steel alone 115 000 flat cars

For manufacturing the rivets used a rod of steel three fourths

inch in diameter and 37500 miles long would be necessary This

rod would extend once around the earth at the Equator and sufficient

would remain to make a three strand fence from New York to San

Francisco

Iapid progress toward the completion of the program is shown

by the production record on June 30 1920 as follows

Tonnage

EMS laid 2Y9 133RO R11

Ships lached 12511X36

Shi sdliced

1102361

Tonnage

Year somber Wght doad

1917 50 315215

533 3Q60 406 MR1919 150 6379 5

The net program as of June 30 1920 contemplates 2315 ships of

13675 711 dead weight tons The proportions of this program can

be more readily understood when described in familiar terms as

follows

If all vessels on the program were placed in a straight line stem

to stern they would extend for a distance of 159 miles and if steam

inga a mile and a quarter apart would reach from New York to

Southampton England

The total dead weight tonnage

of 38863 freight cars loaded 35

A total of4593 000 horsepow

machinery

For the transportation of the

would be renuired

is equal to the carrying capacity

tons per car

er is generated by the propelling

hull steel alone 115 000 flat cars

For manufacturing the rivets used a rod of steel three fourths

inch in diameter and 37500 miles long would be necessary This

rod would extend once around the earth at the Equator and sufficient

would remain to make a three strand fence from New York to San

Francisco

Iapid progress toward the completion of the program is shown

by the production record on June 30 1920 as follows

Tonnage

EMS laid 2Y9 133RO R11

Ships lached 12511X36

Shi sdliced

1102361

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GROWTH

0

SHIM ILVING

THE LITEDSIB TF 5

1 a 1 a TO 19

1 8 1 1 8 19

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1870 187ca 35

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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 81

As the construction prograin is nearing completion the consolida

tion of the work with the repair activities has been effected without

interruption to regular procedure and a compact organization has

resulted which will enable the corporation to close up the building

schedules economically The principal work remaining to be done

is confined to contract steel ships especially the 26 passenger vessels

All keels have been laid for the ships built in foreign yards for

requisitioner ships and for the fabricated ships building at Ilog

Island and Bristol Pa All composite ships have been delivered and

the wood shipbuilding schedules have been completed except in the

case of 18 tugs Many steel yards have delivered all ships under

contract with the Corporation

Expenditures for plant construction and for housing and trans

portation have long since ceased except in connection with mainte

nance costs in certain cases and many plants have been sold or dis

mantled to liquidate our interest Returns from housing rentals are

approximately1000 net per year

The program for dry docks and marine railways is not yet com

pleted but as these facilities are essential to the satisfactory repair

and operation of the fleet no wort has been canceled The full

amount of the advances made by the Corporation are returnable in

nearly all cases however and ultimately the expenditures will have

been negligible

Although the policy of reducing the working force of the cor

poration was adopted shortly after the signing of the armistice the

greatest results were attained during the fiscal year ending June 30

1920

Within that period the scope of the activities of the Corporation

was entirely limited to the necessities of the shipbuilding industry

under normal conditions and it was possible to discontinue many

interests which were of paramount importance during the war

The consolidation of construction and repair activities on March 1

1920 made it possible to effect other reductions in the number of

the personnel which has decreased at the rapid rate shown in the

following schedule

Construction Division

pidladclphia office

District oaiees

Total

June 30 1020

Saw of i Het reduction for

June 30 1919 the year

Anneal Annual Annual

Rnmlxr xumlKa xuralo

sularle5 salaries Salaries

I

296 F542 363 1282 21447 96 1 out 811

601 219 60 2057 4827 912 196 2608 32

157 2561 973 39 6972 086 21 4210 13

1750 E20 13
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The necessary adjustments in the field offices could not be made

as promptly as in the home office and actual consolidation of the ac

tivities in the districts did not take place until June 1 1930 After

that date the decrease in the personnel assigned to construction work

will be rapid

The charts which accompany the report indicate the expenditures

on account of construction from the beginning of the program Dis

bursements during the year have been at the following rates

Construction program

Month Slonrhly Cun Oat e

expenditure total

1919

July 5105 763 S105

Septembe

1112 344 93 23 205 922 743 01

124 3V156 23

Uctalrer

tx 755555 4496 044144 969 422 331 445 56

Decomie Ler 55 940 106 84 555 33349 94

494 335 242 9

4

1920

January

April

February

March

May

16

51159 93552

46218

54

51 045

052

IM352

653 12

W7 60

139

9

99 959

814 032

W6 378550

6

713 531 616 31

949 7

4 9 12

June 51910 25 65 860 WS 714 r0

The construction included in the active program and the progress

made by June 30 1930 toward completion are shown in the follow

ing table

The active program and status of construction as of June 30 11

Requisitioned Contraetwood Contractcon Total steel Contract steel and comPOSite Crete

Drad Dcnd Prad 1 Drad Pead

wrieht weiht Nnm wei ht Num weight Nvm weight tons br tons fir lore fir tons fir tors

I

2111 1

3

812 33 1661 6W 1919 250 12 93500

35 2594 Ififi 101 i445 539 1943 750 6 234x1

754 85 13 9 30W0

7r594S 2 1501

YAGDS AND DOCKS

Shipyard Plants

Before the close of the year 1917 it was found that the great

expansion in shipbuilding facilities needed to meet the ship con

struction program required the Corporation to make large invest

ments for plant construction and extension The shipyard plants

division was established for the purpose of assisting inexperienced

builders in the design of ways and plant reporting on proposed
Iurr T11 ANNUAL REroPT UNITED STATES siiirr1 GrOARD 83

Fleet Corporation investments in plant improvements and supervis

rthe design and construction of certain shipyards in which the

Fleet Corporation held sole ownership

By the beginning of the last fiscal year the activities of the divi

sion had undergone considerable change Shipyard plant construc

tion was practically at an end most of the new yards and the ex

tensions of the old yards had been completed and where work had

not reached an advanced stage construction was suspended and pro

posed additions canceled There remain only the construction of con

centration yards for the storage of surplus materials for the Divi

sion of Supply and Sales and the completion of minor items of a

few important projects which were nearly completed In such cases

the nature of the ship contracts in force justified the improvements

the sale of which at an appraised value was provided for in the

plant improvement contracts

As far as shipbuilding plants were concerned the activities of the

division had changed from those of construction to those of adminis

tration These functions included the sale or dismantling of com

plete cards owned by the Corporation and no longer needed for ship

con traction purposes the release to the Division of Supply and

Sales of plant equipment as it became surplus the preparation of

sirvey maps and collection of land records in order that leases might

le renewed at the proper time and titles to land owned by the cor

poration made clear the examination of proposed settlements of can

celed ship contracts where plant investments were involved and ad

jutments of canceled plant construction contracts With the excep

t ng of tLe dispo al of complete plants of which some details will be

given later this wort was largely of a routine nature

During the fiscal year the Corporation interest in shipyard plants

rapidly decreased At the height of the shipbuilding program 213

yards were constructing ships of which 80 were building steel vessels

131 had wood and composite ship contracts and 7 were working on

concrete steamers At the present time the number of yards working

on Fleet Corporation contracts has been reduced to 11 These are

listed in Table I

While the expenditures for all plant construction including yards

owned entirely by the Corporation were less than 6 per cent of the

cost of ships 179 yards including installation plants were given

financial assiAance for plant construction In some cases loans or

advances were made to be repaid from ship contract progress pay

rsnts the amounts being secured by mortgages on the plants in

other an allowance for plant improvements was included in the con

tractor scompensation for ship construction in which cases the Cor

puratiun retained no interest in the property after the completion of

FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 5

500 0 deadweight tons a year this plant was built by the Fleet

Corporation at a cost of approximately 18000 The original

contract included one hundred and fifty 5000ton ships of which

32 were canceled The remainder 118 ships have been completed

Bales Shipyard Port Jefferson Long Island Al YThis yard

has two ways for building 5000ton steel ships and two tugboat ways

The entire plant together with two partially completed 5000 ton

ships and two partially completed tugs has been sold

Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation Tilmington N CThis four

2

way yard built by the Corporation at a cost of approximately

400 0 for the construction of 9600ton ships has been sold

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Sparrows Point 31d The

sale of the improvements including three shipbuilding ways pro

vided by the Corporation at a cost of approximately3200 0 is

now under consideration

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Alameda CtdifTwo new

ways a marine shop and other improvements were made at a cost

of1550 00 Negotiation have been commenced for the purchase

of the Corporation interest

Skinner to Eddg Corporation Plant No 2 Seattle WashThis

plant was purchased from the Seattle Construction R Dry Dock Co

at a cost of approximately 4000 and leased to the Skinner

Eddy Corporation who completed their work in the plant in Novem

ber 1919 Consideration is now being given to the sale of the

property

Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation Portland OregThis

was a threeway yard owned by the contractor Two additional

ways and other improvements were constructed by the fleet Cor

poration at a cost of 465 000 When ship construction work had

been completed an attempt was made without success to sell the

corporation interest The only course left to the Corporation was to

remove the salvageable portion of its property which has been done

Terry Shipbuilding Corporation Savannah GaThe Corpora

tion sinterest in this yard obtained through loans and advances for

plant of approximately1650 00 has been transferred to the con

tractor in connection with the settlement of claims on account of

ship cancellation

Steel fabricating plants at Leet4dole and Pottstown Pa operated

by McClinticMarshall CoTwo plants erected at a cost of approxi

mately6000 by the AlcClinticAlarshall Co as agent for the

purpose of fabricating ship steel for Ilog Island have been sold to

the agent

Richmond Boiler Plant PaeAm ond VaThis plant was built for

the construction of 200 Scotch marine boilers per year and was de

signed to be the bestequipped marine boiler plant in the country
86 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Plant construction was suspended in 1919 after the building had

been completed but before the installation of equipment had pro

ceeded very far The cost was about 130500 including the cost

of canceling orders for equipment As it stands the plant repre

sents an investment of about1800 0 It was advertised for sale

and several offers are now receiving consideration

WOOD YARDS

Traylor Shipbuilding Corporation Cornwells PaN manufac

turing plant owned by the contractor was developed by the Corpora

tion

1

into a fiveway wooden ship yard at a cost of approximately

400 0 The Corporation sinterest with the exception of a 40

acre tract known as the Alundy property 48 bungalows and a small

amount of movable equipment has been sold to the contractor

L H Shattuck Inc Portsmouth N 11t1 12 way yard for the

construction of Ferris hulls was built by the corporation at a cost of

approximately 740 00 The permanent improvements and a por

tion of the equipment have been sold for use as a manufacturing

plant

Jtaryland Shipbuilding Co Sollers Point 31dThe cost to the

Corporation of this fourway woodenship yard including land was

approximately 0400 When ship construction had been termi

nated the plant was advertised for sale but no satisfactory pro

posals were obtained The yard is now being used by the Division

of Supply and Sales for storage purposes

St Johns Piver Shipyard South Jacksonville FlaThis seven

way woodenship yard has been advertised for sale and offers are

now under consideration

National Shipbuilding d Dry Dock Co Savannah GaThis

twoway yard was constructed under costplus wooden ship con

tracts The cost to the Corporation was approximately 270 00

The plant will be advertised for sale at an early date

Quantieo Shipyard Quantico VaThis is a fourway wooden

ship yard formerly operated by the Missouri Valley Bridge Iron

Co and has been transferred to the Navy Department for the use

of the Marine Corps

C H Tenny Co Hampton VaA portion of this yard be

longin to the Corporation has been sold to the Hampton Shipbuild

ing Dry Dock Co successors to the owners of the original yard

CONCRETE YARDS

Liberty Shipbuilding Co Wilmington N CThis twoway yard

was built for the construction of concrete ships under an agency

contract The cost to the Corporation was approximately 880 00

Negotiations are now being conducted by the Division of Supply
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPING BOARD 87

and Sales for its sale to the city of Wilmin as a shipping

terminal

A Bentley Son Jacksonville FlaNegotiations are under way

for the transfer of this yard to the city of Jacksonville in connec

tion with the settlement of claims which the city made against the

Corporation in connection with the marine railway built by the

Terry fi Brittain Co The yard has two ways for 7500ton con

crete ships and cost approximately 810 00 It is the intention of

the city to convert it into a shipping terminal

San Diego Concrete Shipbuilding Co San Diego CalifThis

two way shipyard was built for the construction of 1500ton con

crete ships and has been transferred to the Navy Department sub

ject to the contractor soption to purchase at an appraised value at

the conclusion of the contract and to use by the Corporation for the

completion of the two concrete ships now being constructed

Fred T Leg Co Inc Mobile AlaThis is a twoway yard

constructed by the Corporation to build 7500ton concrete ships

The contractor has an option to purchase the yard at an appraised

value at the conclusion of the contract The joint appraisal has

just been completed and negotiations will be commenced in the

near future

Repair Facilities

The rapid completion of shipyard plants was closely followed by a

period of increasing ship deliveries and before the end of 1918 it was

recognized that an increase in dry docking facilities was essential to

the successful operation and maintenance of the fleet Ships require

Jocking before delivery in many cases and every six to eight months

thereafter in addition to docking for underwater repairs made neces

sary by accident at sea stranding etc

This work of preparing a docking program was assigned to the di

vision of shipyard plants and a complete survey of the facilities ex

isting in the United States at that time was made in conjunction with

the Port and Harbor Facilities Commission The minimum number

and the location of the docks and marine railways required to meet

the necessities was determined and the following program adopted

as shown in Table III

Marine railways 13

Floating docks 17

Graving docks 2

As there was no possible way to carry out these projects as private

enterprises it was necessary for the Corporation to finance the pro

gram or at least to assist in that manner in order to utilize its ton

nage most eficiently and economically

Funds for this purpose were included in the appropriations car

riprl by flip cunrlry civil net nnnroved July 1 1918 and the deficiency
PGUr T1I ANNUAL REporT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BRAED

act approved November 4 1918 Acting under these authorizations

three forms of contracts for dry clocks marine railways and repair

plants covering expenditures by the Corporation of about 20000

have been executed as follows

a The Corporation agrees to lend to the contractor the entire

amount or a fixed sum toward the financing of the construction of

the dry dock or marine railway with its supporting facilities The

loan which is secured by bond and mortgages is to be repaid to the

Corporation in installments in three cases with a writeoff clue to

depreciation

b The contractor agrees to construct a dry dock at the expense

of the Corporation and upon the completion of the dock to lease it

under suitable terms When the rental which has been paid equals

the actual cost of the dock plus interest up to date of last payment

the dock will be deeded to the contractor

c The contractor agrees to construct pontoons which are after

wards to be assembled to form dry docks which are to be sold by the

Corporation to firms having adequate repair facilities at ports ap

proved by the Port and Harbor Facilities Commission

Marine Railways

The present status of the 13 marine railway contracts is as follows

a Complete and in operation 9

IIenderson ShiPbuilding Co Mobile Ala

Crowninshield Shipbuilding Co South Somerset Mass

Beaumont Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co Beaumont Tex

Cumberland Shipbuilding Co Portland 11e

Tampa Dock Co Tampa Fla

Federal Marine Railway Savannah Ga

Burnes Tlbbitts Alameda Calif 2

American Dredging Co Camden N J

b Construction in progress 2

Lord Dry Dark Corporation Pror idence P LThe marine railway is in

operation but the repair plant is not completed

Southern Shipyard Corpnrution Ne pnrt reics FaEighty per cent com

pleted

c Construction suspended

Herrill Stevens Shipbuilding Co Jacksonrilie FlaThis uncompleted marine

railway which had been taken over by the Emergency Fleet Corporation was

sold to the DlerrillStevens Shipbuilding Co and construction has been sus

pended

Paget Sound Harine Railway Co Tacoma WashA large portion of the

material required for this marine railway was purchased by the Emergency

Fleet Corporation and stored at the yard No construction work was however

undertaken and these materials have been certified to the Supply and Sales

Division for disposal
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SKIPPING BOARD 89

Floating Dry Docks

The present status of the contracts for the 17 dry docks is as

follows

a Completed and in operation 5

Alabama Dry Dock Shipbuilding Co Mobile Ala

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd Sparrows Point Did

Beaumont Shipbuiilding Dry Dock Co Beaumont Tex

Galveston Dry Dock Construction Co Galveston Tex

Terry Brittain Savannah Ga

b Construction in progress 11

Jahnckc Dry Dock d Pcpair Co New Orleans LaThe 10000ton dry dock

being constructed by this company oas placed in operation as a whole on Feb

ruary 15 1920 though it will not be entirely completed for some time The

two sections of this dock had been separately placed in operation earlier Some

work remains to be done on the repair plant

Brake Dry Dock Co Fen aeoia FlaThe 5000ton dry dock being constructed

by this company is St per cent completed Construction was begun on August

7 1919 The work has been delayed by strikes but is now progressing favorably

Pamberg Iran Works New YorkThe 5000ton dry dock being constructed

by this company is 27 per cent completed Construction was begun on August

27 1919 but has been greatly delayed by strikes

Floating dry docks being constructed by the Corporation S

In addition to the three dry looks referred to above the Corporation is con

structing 30 pontoons front which eight 10000ton dry docks are to be assem

bled These are being constructed in accordance with plans prepared by the

division of shipyard plants of the Corporation which are it modification of

designs of the Division of Yards and Docks United States Navy Contracts

were awarded for the construction of these pontoons as follows

Con Intrrmc I

rndo Pon tnet Contractor dints Total

No pontoons

I Atlantic Golf Pacific Co 6 8 14

2 Won H Gahagan Inc 6 4 10

3 Kingston shipbuilding Corporation 6 2 1

4 Narragansett Shipbuilding Co 8 2 8

The contracts with these firms coyer the construction only the Corporation

furnishing all materials Progress on all of these contracts has been greatly

delayed by slow delivery of materials due to strikes and embargoes The work

has so far largely been done during winter months

Atlantic Gulf d Pacific Co Brooklyn N YWork on the first pontoon was

begun on September 15 1919 At present seven pontoons are under way and

construction under contract as a whole is 27 per cent completed

Win fl Gahagan Inc Brooklyn N YWork on the first pontoon was

begun on October 23 1919 At present three pontoons are under way and con

struction under contract as a whole is 12 per cent completed

Kingston Shipbuilding Corporation Kingston N YWork on the first pon

toon was begun on July 11 1919 At present six pontoons are under way and

the construction under contract as a whole is 55 per cent completed
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Yarragansett Shipbuilding Co Tirerton T LWork on the first pontoon

was bean on September 1S 1919 At present two pontoous are under way and

the construction under contract as a whole is 5 per cent completed

Five of the dry docks to be assembled from these pontoons have been sold

Two to the Fraser Brace R Co Clifton Staten Island N Y

One to the Perth Amboy Dry Dock Co Perth Amboy N J

One to the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co Mariners Harbor Staten Island

N Y

One to the Lord Dry Dock Co Weehawken N J

c Construction suspended 1

MerrillSterens Sh ipbailding Co Jachsto FlaThis uncompleted dry

dock which had been taken over by the Corporation was sold to MerrillStevens

Shipbuilding Co and construction has been suspended

Graving Docks

Norfolk Navy Yard 2

Two gracing docks 405 feet long have been comnleted by the George Leary

Construction Co at this yard These docks were flooded on October 31 1919

When the docks including the dred at the entrance were corpleted they

were turned over to the United States Navy and on April 5 1920 were pill in

operation A contract was awarded for the construction of timber piers at the

entrance to these dry clocks and these have also been completed

Organization

Although much construction work incident to the dock program is

still in progress a small organization only is required to conduct the

work and the personnel of the division has been reduced throughout

the year from 78 in July 1919 to 9 at the close of the fiscal year

As a result of this reduction in the force the division was reduced to

a section in February 1920 and was later consolidated with the

ship construction section

SHIP CONSTRUCTION

During the year the deliveries of finished ships exceeded all records

established prior to that time and these results were accomplished

without overtime or other aids to rapid production The shipyard

worker of the United States has developed an expertness which has

raised the efficiency of the various crafts to a high plane and produc

tion has kept pace correspondingly At the beginning of the pro

gram there was a nucleus of 50000 skilled mechanics in our ship

building industry and with the assistance of the Corporation this

number was expanded to 385 000 men who received a training either

directly or indirectly and became proficient in the trade employed in

the building of ships

The credit for the accomplishment of the aims of the Corporation

is therefore due to these men who have surpassed all previous

performance in the shipbuilding of the world Their skillis now
92 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

available to the yards building on private account and this con

struction has already reached proportions of considerable magni

tude and far in excess of the volume upon which our yards were

engaged before the mar A new industry has been created and bids

fair to remain an important feature of our commercial structure

Production During the Fiscal Pear

Production during the year measured in delivered ships only rep

resented a total of 1002 vessels of5694G7 dead weight tons De

liveries per month were as follows

1919 1 1920

Month Lr Rum Tonnage Month Numher Tonnage

y

125 616 121 Jebr uar 99 279 48

L 1f5 714 35

SAgiAr

February 43 275 53 ptombcr 150 810 3S6 March 54 346 SQ

120 593 200 April bs 51N 433

Navemixr 9 406 2a0 May 47 265 W December i3 991 31 Juno 31 215 65

Total 695 3787 650

I Total 30i 1 9U6 91

Grand total 1002 ships 569467 deadweight tons

The maximum output in one month since 1917 was in September

1919 when 150 ships of 810 386 deadweight tons were completed

This tonnage in oceangoing ships alone is much greater than the

maximum tonnage of all ships large and small built in the United

States in any entire year before the war with the single exception

of the output in the year 1908 when 1457 ships of 9212 324 tons

were built including vessels as small as 5 net tons It is interesting

to consider in this connection the annual construction in the United

States since 1900 a period which represents in general a greater

production than at any time since 1855 the era of the clipper ship

Shipbuilding in United States since 1909

Fiscal year Number ofships tnnn rge weight Dead Fiscal year

Number

of ships tonnage fight Dead

1910 1361 513 102 1490 29 2J1 I902 1911 1 9 2 43fi 743

703 296 1912 1505 349003

1903

1904 1311 054 228 1913 1475 529 232

1 1R4 567 N13 1914 1 151 474 35 1905 1 102 90i9 i4 1915 1 15 327 663 19tH 1221 fiR 117 1916 937 99R 119 1907 1 157 i0fi 994 1917 1297 996 718 1 45 921 34 it 1913 1 1 951 302 19119 i 184 357 100 1919 1953 4931
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It will be observed that while the number of ships built in the

last three years has not greatly increased over former records the

tonnage has attained large proportions because all ships constructed

by the Corporation are of the oceangoing type During that time

the share of the Corporation in the total shipbuilding in the United

States was as follows

Fiscal year I Number I Tonnage

1919 215 1393 200

1919 S53 4514 19

1M 1002 569407

The progress made by the Corporation toward the completion of

the entire program is shown in the appendix as follows Table IV

keels laid Table V ships launched Table VI ships delivered

Deliveries by districts are shown in detail in Table VII and by

States in Table VIII Deliveries from the entire Atlantic coast to

date are approximately 7 per cent less than those for the West coast

lavi ICmtesa ptOmgen

Number

54

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4112410

Dcla vnr Rn cr 112 1 9Y 011

North ltlIntie 3Iti

5J9

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1Wi 414 50

Sonthern 13 565 iW

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Japan

R oaI

I1N 443 360

2i

206 4041

Total 2070 11 1P3J1

Active Program

The program at the close of the last fiscal year contemplated 363

ships of 13616 53 dead weight tons Because of additional cancel

lations and transfer of our interest in certain ships under con

struction the program has been reduced to 2315 ships of 13675 711

deadweight tons by class of construction and by type as follows

Active grogram by class

class Number

3S4

Dead tons eight

aequhitioned steel 259700

Contract steel 1312 N 985 595

Contract goal 5J9 1Nv20

Contract campneite Is Wuou

contact con 12 735W

Total 2315 13575 711
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detire progrnnt by type

Type

11ad

Number Fes tollsht

1420 0501 234

ills 13160o

19 16400

22

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28 347 072

6 2200

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1696 1 11653 961

304 1213

84 275 000

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10 3400

1 4700

5S9 1sV20

18 1 63000

4 13 00

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12 7300

2315 1365711

The active program is shown in detail in the Appendix Table IS

by type of ship and Table Y by class of construction

The net reduction in the program and its relation to the accumulated

program which represents all contracts awarded by the Corporation

from the beginning are shown in Table XI Reduction in the pro

gram by geographical sections is shown by Table XII

Percentage of completionOn June 30 1920 production was 933

per cent complete as represented by the following work performed

Pel jamttnrr to June 30 J0

cootraetsteel

Hequi itioned steel

coln mite

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Deal Sumbe r Ave Shttoes NnI aeiehttons

1256 8641 1202 7 80

101 051 445

3F4 2610 35 2 5JS UiIi 374 2 504 ILB

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Rrels laid 289 1330811 98

Ships lau ached 2194 12511 036 948

Ships delivered 2070 11622 361 895

Pel jamttnrr to June 30 J0

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Hequi itioned steel

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Heels laid I Launched I Dellvered

Deal Sumbe r Ave Shttoes NnI aeiehttons

1256 8641 1202 7 80

101 051 445

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Balance of work to be performed June 30 1920

The keels not yet laid are mainly those for passenger ships

Contemplated deliveries to complete the progMMDuring the

fiscal year ending June 30 1921 at least 1035 750 dead weight tons

will be delivered leaving only 367 600 deadweiglit tons under con

struction This tonnage will be principally the passenger ships and

the work unfinished on that date will be mainly fitting out the ships

and installing interior finish Table SVIL

Yards which have completed contracts During the period of

maximum construction 30 steel yards were engaged upon work for

the Corporation Of this number yards have completed contracts as

shown on Table SIV

Reduction in the programThe accumulated program included

3263 ships of 13351 216 dead weight tons After the armistice all

construction was canceled whenever a saving to the Corporation could

be effected This has reduced the program by 951 ships of469765

deadweight tons which represents a decrease of 251 per cent and a

reduction in ultimate expenditures of at least 650 00

No further cancellations are now possible without involving a con

siderable loss and the following summary represents the extent of

cancellation in connection with the different types of construction

under the original program

Type

Number I Tannage I Number I Tonnage

Original program I cancellations

Requisitioned

Erels relay To launch To deliver

296 40fi

Number welghttons Dead Number welghttons read Number wIghttow Deed

Contraetsteel i

26 294 900 110 1060 875 211 1915 250

Regaisitioned steel 01 0 9 99 SW 10 93100

composite 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wood 0 0 0 0 18 0

Concrete 0 0 2 15 000 6 45000

Total 28 294 900 121 164 675 1

245 2053 30

The keels not yet laid are mainly those for passenger ships

Contemplated deliveries to complete the progMMDuring the

fiscal year ending June 30 1921 at least 1035 750 dead weight tons

will be delivered leaving only 367 600 deadweiglit tons under con

struction This tonnage will be principally the passenger ships and

the work unfinished on that date will be mainly fitting out the ships

and installing interior finish Table SVIL

Yards which have completed contracts During the period of

maximum construction 30 steel yards were engaged upon work for

the Corporation Of this number yards have completed contracts as

shown on Table SIV

Reduction in the programThe accumulated program included

3263 ships of 13351 216 dead weight tons After the armistice all

construction was canceled whenever a saving to the Corporation could

be effected This has reduced the program by 951 ships of469765

deadweight tons which represents a decrease of 251 per cent and a

reduction in ultimate expenditures of at least 650 00

No further cancellations are now possible without involving a con

siderable loss and the following summary represents the extent of

cancellation in connection with the different types of construction

under the original program

Type

Number I Tannage I Number I Tonnage

Original program I cancellations

Requisitioned 9t9 296 40fi 47 387 040

contmctsteel i39 11 A9 406 92i2918 873

eactmet wood 1017 3Oi2200 42 1 Ir41 G

Compite 50 li000 32 112 000

concrete 43 302 N10 3l 229 500

Total 3269 19 391 2T8 063 4809 35

1 Twelve requidtinned ships having a dead welght tonnage of 110 90 were changed to contract steel and

dueluded in the active program and two ships are under suspension
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The total actual cancellations by districts are shown in the follow

ing schedule

Number I Tonnage

North

Delaware Middle

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454 60 3975 401 560

1 269 754 9075 144 000 11 83W0 a0

Total 063 1 4808 365

The complete cancellation program is included in the appendix as

follows Table SV cancellation by types and districts Table SVI

cancellation by types and States

The cancellation of ship contracts has resulted in a large number

of claims against the Corporation which are referred to in another

section of this report

Requisitioned Ships

On August 3 1917 431 vessels under construction in shipyards in

the United States were requisitioned by the Government Thirteen

of the number were released before completion to former owners 22

have been canceled and the status of 12 changed from requisitioned

to contract vessels thereby leaving a total of 384 requisitioned vessels

on the active construction program of the Corporation

Of the requisitioned ships complete 73 vessels of 634 191 dead

weight tons have been reconvened to the former owners and 83 ves

sels of 486 025 dead weight tons have been sold to shipping interests

other than the former owners

Only 10 requisitioned ships remain to be delivered and of this

number 9 are yet to be launched All of these vessels will be com

pleted before the close of the year 1920

The following tables show the number of vessels and deadweight

tonnage under construction for American and foreign owners requi

sitioned on August 3 1917 also the original and active program

Nationality of former owners of requisitioned vesseL3

Nationality

Numher

ofSets res weoght Dead tons

American I IK5 153411

Br

French

itiah 163 9M80

34 23470

Norwrgian 3 3 249 15

Italian

Danish

4 2900

Rossi

4 15200

2 14N1a

Japanese 1 800

Total 1 431 L 307406

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Nationality of formerocners of requisitioned ve8se7sContinued

Dead

Numbe weight Was

Orlginalprolrem 431 307908

Canceled released or changed to contract 47 3X7 w0

Active

D

program 394 264766 elivered 374 2504 166 To be delivered

93100

Wood Ships

The wood ship program of the Corporation had reached a total of

1017 vessels of various types at the time that construction was cur

tailed Of this number 429 were subsequently canceled leaving 589

to be completed or partially completed as the circumstances justi

fied The original and active program was divided as follows

Dead

Number weight tons

St eamships 365 L1 6050 Steamship

Ft

hulls only 115 947 700 enmships

6

converted to barges 55 200 00 eamships

Barges

converted to sailing vessel s 10 31SW

28 71000 Ocean 13

ner pctogs 62

Total 5S9 19250

The construction represented by the above tabulation is wholly

complete at the close of the fiscal year with the exception of 18 wood

harbor tugs all of which are now in advanced stages of completion

and will be delivered within 90 days

The 115 steamships which were completed as to hulls only and the

56 vessels converted to barges a total of 171 have all been delivered

and certified as surplus to the Supply and Sales Division

roodship program

I No tonnage given on tugs

Originalprogrem Canceled Active program I

Dead Dead Dead

Number weight Number weight Numbe xcight

tons tons tons

Came Bargeo

521 1939 050 217 917 700 304 121 350

Finished hull

141 364 600

119 463 550 1134

207 50

1550

2X

censer 11 447 700 i1 cA0 10 34500 34 Barge concerted I 64 291 Pr0 8 33900 506 206oNOI Tanker I 1 9 700 1

Tug ocean

Tug

BI r 4X

harbor 100 V 4700 39 62 q

Total 1017 3052 200 428 F111661950 5S9 165250

I No tonnage given on tugs
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 99

Of the 425 wood vessels canceled a number were partially com

pleted For the removal of such construction from the ways of the

different yards a contract was entered into by the Corporation under

the date of January 27 1920 Article II of which reads as follows

1 Attached hereto and marked Schedule A is a preliminary list of

wooden hulls the farther construction of which has been canceled and which

are subject to removal

The owner shall have the option of changing andor modifying from time

to time said list by adding additional hulls thereto or by omitting hulls specified

therein as it may desire

2 The agent shall at his sole cost and expense remove from shipways and

shipyards such of the hulls specified In said Schedule A or any other hull

or hulls as the owner may from time to time in writing direct the agent to

remove

The agent shall within 120 days after the receipt of such written notice from

the owner remove the hull or hulls specified in the notice

The agent has furnished a corporate surety bond in the sum of

25000 for the performance of the contract and the Corporation

representing the owner has agreed that upon the removal from

shipyard of the materials which have actually entered into a hull

whether it be by launching the partially completed hulls oil by

wrecking the bull

a That title to such materials shall thereupon vest in the agent

h That upon presentation by the anent of a voucher approved by the dis

trict manager for the district in which the respective hulls are located to pay

to the agent the sum of 3000 frnm which shall first be deducted however

any amount or amounts that may have accrued as liquidated damages and be

due and payable by the agent to the owner under the provisions of this contract

The work under this contract has progressed to the extent that

all but three hulls have been removed and the remainder of the

work is being carried out as expeditiously as possible certain diffi

culties being encountered in these cases in satisfying the contractors

which has resulted in delaying the execution of the plans Two addi

tional vessels at Jacksonville Fla have been added to the contract

and their removal is also under way

Classifcation Theoriginal construction program covering con

tract vessels contemplated a distribution of the classification of these

ships between Lloyds Register of Shipping and the lmerican Bu

reau of Shipping on a basis of 25 per cent of the number of vessels

to the former society and 75 per cent to the latter With the excep

tion of 32 vessels all the wood slips were constructed under Ameri

can Bureau of Shipping rules Classification of requisitioned vessels

was continued in accordance with commitments made by former

owners which in the majority of cases had been placed with Lloyd s

Register of Shipping Dual classification was required onthe initial

contracts covering fabricated ships as this was considered advisable
100 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

due to the originality of this method of construction and the radical

departure from former methods Owing to the cancellation of a

considerable number of vessels it was found impossible to adhere to

the original program covering percentage of distribution of the ves

sels between the two societies On March 17 1920 however a pro

posal submitted by the American liureau of Shipping was accepted

whereby classification of all vessels would be taken over by that

society substantially as follows

Vessels already completed and classed only in Lloyd swill be surveyed by the

American Bureau certificates issued and Lloyd sclass discontinued

On vessels constructed under dual class Lloyd sclassification will be discon

tinued

On completed vessels building to Lloyd sclass only the American Bureau will

keep these vessels under survey during remainder of construction issue the

necessary certificates upon completion and Lloyd sclass will then be discon

tinued

The following tabulation shows the status of the original program

and the present active program relative to classification of ships

ACCUMULATED PROGRAM

PRESENT ACTIVE PROGRAM

American Bureau of Shipping and Lloyd sRegiater

Con Requi

12

American Buream of Shipping

tract sitioned powood coots CTotal

12on

Lloyd aIi gLSter

sterl sled

32 3 721

American Bureau of Shipping and Lloyd sRegister 12 12

Ameriean Bureau of Shipping SH 8 5o 964 34 Iato

Lloyd sRegister 374 351 53 9 787

American Bureau and Lloyd s

408 31

12 2315

439

Bureau of Veritm 3 3

No classincation 101 26 i 127

Total 1739 419 50 1017 43 3268

PRESENT ACTIVE PROGRAM

American Bureau of Shipping and Lloyd sRegiater 12 12

American Buream of Shipping 008 8 18 557 9 12on

Lloyd aIi gLSter 339 348 32 3 721

American onreau and Lloyd s 309 24 332

Bureau of Veritas 3 3

N classification 40 1 47

Total 1312 334 13 539 12 2315

Ships Built in Jgpan and China

Twentynine of the thirty vessels built under Japanese contracts

have sailed for the United States and the last the Tastern Sieord

will leave about August 15

Most of the reconditioning work is necessary after the vessels

arrive has been performed at Seattle and is due to the requirements

of the Steamboat Inspection Service particularly The fitting of

metal lockers that were not sent out from Japan the connection of

oilburning apparatus and the stowing of the surplus coalburning

equipment
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 101

Before these improvements are added it is necessary to survey the

ships and prepare specifications which with a general overhauling

of the ships and installation of the equipment requires about one

month

Of the 26 vessels that have been delivered to the Division of Opera

tions 13 are coal burners 10 are oil burners with provision for fitting

the vessels to burn coal and 3 are coal burners equipped to use fuel

oil also

One of the four Chinese vessels the Celestial has been launched

and the framing completed and will be delivered in October or No

vember 1920

Diesel Engines

The two 4500 indicated horsepower6cylinder 4cycle Diesel en

gines and their complement of auxiliaries which were purchased in

Europe are to be installed in the 12500ton cargo vessel 1ViMam

Penn building at the Gloucester yards of the Posey S Jones Co It

is anticipated that this vessel will be placed in commission in early

fall As this will be the first American vessel with an installation of

such type and power effort is being made to insure its success On

completion of the hull the engines will be installed by the American

licensee for this type of machinery

Passenger Ships

In December 1917 the Corporation prepared designs for 19 troop

transports 535 feet in length and before construction had proceeded

allocated the ships to the Navy Department for operation The

plans were then reviewed and a rearrangement of the quarters for

officers crew and troops was considered advisable to moot the mili

tary situation A material increase in the armament was also deemed

necessary

These vessels are now under construction at the following yards

according to plans which are practically identical

New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden N J 9

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Sparrows Point bid S

Newport News Shipbuilding R Dry Dock Co Newport News Ya 2

Plans covering these revisions were prepared by the New fork

Shipbuilding Corporation in July and August 1913 and at that time

consideration was given to certain changes in two of the ships to

adapt them to hospital service

Upon the signing of the armistice It restudy of the design was

commenced with special reference to the accommodations provided

and plans showing the vessels laid out as passenger steamships with

accommodations for first and second class passengers were prepared

in the office of the chairman of the Shipping Control Committee
102 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Arrangement plans were also prepared in December 1918 by the

New York Shipbuilding Corporation in which accommodations for

2S7 firstclass passengers and 23G secondclass passengers were pro

vided After various conferences between the Division of Construc

tion the Division of Operations and the three shipbuilding firms

interested a som what modified plan prepared by the New York

Shipbuilding Corporation in March 1919 was approved on April 9

This plan provided accommodations for 247 first class passengers

22G second class passengers and 194 officers and crew

At this conference on April 9 it was decided that the preparation

of plans should be apportioned to the three shipbuilders as follows

The New York Shipbuilding Corporation to handle structuralsteel plans

and modications to the general plans all calculations such as displacement

cubic capacities etc ship carpentry work cargo handling gear bilge and

ballast system insulation steering gear winches windlass Pouring equipment

and canvas gear

The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation to handle all joinery deck cover

ings furniture outfit heating ventilating and sanitary systems fire system

and deck piping

The Newport News Shipbuilding C Dry Dock Co to handle the refrigerating

system the interior communicating system and the electric plant

No provision had been made for the transportation of thirdclass

passengers and as such accommodations are necessary in the routes

to which it was later determined to assign these vessels the section

for secondclass passengers was omitted and quarters for 300 third

class passengers substituted The vessels will carry in addition 259

firstclass passengers and 215 officers and crew The steaming radius

has been increased moreover to 14000 nautical miles by carrying

bunker coal in the No 5 hold

Construction work has proceeded steadily however from the be

ginning as shown by the progress data Table XVII

The first three vessels under contract with the New York Ship

building Corporation have No 5 hold filled up with independent

tanks which when filled with bunker oil will give the vessels a steam

ing radius of about 11700 nautical miles at 17 knots speed The

first two vessels building at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpora

tion plant have no provision for carrying bunker oil in the No 5

cargo hold and will have a steaming radius of about 9S00 nautical

miles at 17 knots In all of the other vessels the No 5 cargo hold is

a deep tank which when used for bunker oil will give the vessels a

steaming radius of about 14000 nautical miles at 17 knots

As at present designed the ships will carry a cargo deadweight of

about 8000 tons in addition to about 3000 tons of passengers and

crew fuel fresh water stores etc on a mean draft of 30 feet They

can without difficulty maintain a sea speed of 16 knots and have
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 103

reserve power to increase this speed to 171 knots as conditions may

permit They have the following accommodations

First class including settee berths 259

Firstclass passengers hospital 10

Third class 300

Officers and crew 215

Crew shospital 6

Total 790

In addition to these 19 transports 535 feet in length a contract was

awarded to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for 7 ships

502 feet in length in accordance with designs prepared by the builder

and modified by the Navy Department

After the signing of the armistice revisions were authorized to

convert the design to a passengership type with provision for cargo

also and as finally approved is arranged to carry 78 passengers

The ships are of approximately 12000 tons dead weight capacity 31

feet 9 inches mean draft and have a steaming radius of 15000

nautical miles at 14 knots speed

Agency YardsThe Fabricated Ship

American International Shipbuilding CorporationDuring the

fiscal year 34 keels were laid by the American International Ship

building Corporation at Hog Island 75 hulls were launched and 67

vessels delivered A completed vessel has been delivered every five

days and this accomplished despite the fact that continual strikes

occurred and it was impossible to maintain the necessary working

force Overtime work was not permitted moreover except in emer

gencies

The last keel was laid on February 2 1920 Since the beginning

114 hulls have been launched and 93 ships delivered

The last hull is scheduled for launching July 21 1920 and the last

ship will be delievered before December 1920 at which time all work

in the IIog Island yard will cease There are now 8 heels on the

ways all nearer completion than the first ships launched early in

the program as it has been proved to be economical in both time and

cost to have everything possible done while the ship is on the ways

Of the Hog Island ships 110 are 7500 deadweight tons ca

pacity and 12 of 8000 dead weight tons The Navy Department has

taken over one of the 8000ton ships and it is being converter into an

aircraft tender and while it will be completed as originally designed

the Navy Department will install at the League Island Navy Yard

the necessary equipment required for the service to which this ship

will be assigned

The War Department had taken 11 of the Bor 8000ton ships

which will be used as transports mainly to Honolulu Manila and
104 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPLNG BOARD

elsewhere as required though having no regular route These are

being fitted out at the yard under the direction of the War Depart

ment officials

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Corporation held

on February 14 1920 a resolution was adopted by which the Corpora

tion availed itself of the option under the contract with the Amer

ican International Corporation to purchase the site at Hog Island

The payment therefor has since been made in the sum of179531

and the property was conveyed by deed to the Corporation as of

March 2 1920 The agent however is to continue to occupy the

property until the contract of the American International Corpora

tion for building the 122 ships is completed

The contract with the American International Corporation for

building 5S B ships has been canceled and settlement effected in

satisfaction of all claims in connection with the cancellation of these

ships

Aferehants Shipbuilding CoAt the Bristol yard of the Merchants

Shipbuilding Corporation 16 keels were laid during the year 1S hulls

launched and 18 ships delivered each of 9000 dead weight tons

capacity

All keels on the program have been laid at this yardthe last on

June 26 1920and the last ship on the program of the Corporation

will be launched on or about April 1921

Status of the Work

The following table shows the progress in the two yards from 1

the beginning to June 30 1920 2 during the fiscal year and 3

a comparison with the fiscal year ending June 30 1920

I Scels laid Launched Accepted II Delivered

1 To date

fill

American International Shipbuilding Corporation 122 114 94 l

94

Merchants Shipbuilding Co 40 30 27 27

2 Fiscal year 1920

American imemational shipbuilding Corpmatlon 134 75 67 67

Merebsntsshipbuildmg Co I 6I is 18 18

3 Ftsral year 1919

American Immoanonal Shipbuilding Corporation 5 39 2 26

Merchants Shipbuading Co 121 12 9 9

1 Less than 1919 because all keels under contract had been laid

Both of the fabricated yards have on hand all the steel and equip

ment necessary to complete the ships under contract The labor

force has been reduced from 28000 on June 30 1919 to approxi

mately 15000 on June 30 1920 due primarily to the fact that as each

way becomes vacant it is necessary to dispense with the services of

many of the workmen on that way

Utility of the Fabricated Ship

When the Corporation adopted the plan of building fabricated

Klilnc and nwnrded eontracts for a total of 390 vessels renresentine
rutir Tlt ANNUAL neror T UNITED STATES SIiIMING BOARD 105

2675 000 dead weight tons doubt was expressed in some quarters

as to the success of this type of construction which was a radical

change from the accepted methods It was recognized however that

by having the hull steel fabricated at the bridge and structural

shops throughout the country and then assembled at the shipyards a

considerable expansion of the shipbuilding industry was possible

The program scheduled above was assigned to the three agency

yards authorized at that time as follows

read Ships I weight tons

AmricanInternational ghipbnilding Corporation nog Island Pa X30 1335 000

Merchants Shipbuilding Corporation Bristol Pa fU SAO IXq

t ubarine Boat Corporation FOwark N 7

150 W

Total 390 2675 000

This program was reduced by cancellation to 280 ships of 1871

O00 dead weight tons of which 236 ships of1524 350 deadweight

tons had been delivered on June 30 1920

As manv of these vessels have been in continuous service a long

time it is now possible to review the performance of the fabricated

ship from the standpoint of the operator

The principal dil erence between this type and the ships built in

the cutomary way lies partly in the design of the hull the use of

et nland shapes for framing and the method of laying out and

izrIllingthe parts Any unusual operating difficulties which could

be attributed to the principle of the fabricated ship would of neces

zity involve the hull vet no unusual repairs or alterations to fabri

rAc lhulls have been required These ships have proved equally

s en irelblc as others of the fleet and their utility as cargo car

ris has been established

The iie of standard parts in the construction of these vessels has

simplified the problem of repairs whether of a minor nature or

extensive in scope The case of the steamship Liberty Clo is an

interestin example

This ship which was built at Hog Island struck a submerged

mine off the coast of Holland on December 5 1919 and was beached

On the following day she broke in two during a gale and high sea

and the forward part dragged anchor and drifted 2 miles down the

beach The after section was salvaged and berthed in Rotterdam

The question of disposing of the hull and machinery as junk or

Of building a new forward part was then considered and the latter

course was adopted On May 13 1920 the forward section was

ordered from the builders and was loaded on the steamer Honnadaga

on Tune 26 1920 for shipment to IIolland This material included

hull steel rigging winches mast booms anchors chains and other

auxiliary equipment and on arrival in Holland will be assembled

and built to the after section of the ship
106 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING

The Division of Passenger Transportation and Housing created

under the authority of the act entitled fin act to authorize and

empower the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Cor

poration to purchase lease requisition or otherwise acquire and to

sell or otherwise dispose of improved or unimproved land houses

buildings and for other purposes approved March 1 1918 and

provided with an appropriation of 75000 for housing and

20000 for transportation facilities by the sundry civil appro

priation act approved July 1 1918 has practically completed its

construction program during the fiscal year ending June 30 1920

The entire housing program included the construction of 8644

individual houses 94 dormitories Table SVIII 849 apartments

in 92 buildings 5 hotels and G boarding houses together with cafe

terias stores power houses and other miscellaneous buildings as

indicated in Table SIX The work included also the installation of

public utilities and the construction of streets and public sidewalks

at the various housing projects all of which were found to be re

quired for the service of 24 shipyards and one turbine plant The

totals given above represent a somewhat modified program due to

cancellations effected upon the signing of the armistice

In order to carry out this program the Corporation advanced

money on very liberal terms to local realty companies or housing

companies organized by the shipbuilder concerned to construct

houses on land owned by them taking back from the local realty

companies mortgages covering the amount of the houses in each

case These mortgages stipulated that in case the realty companies

were unable to pay the Corporation its mortgage interest the mort

gages would not be foreclosed until after two years had elapsed in

case the war should not terminate before that time and that the

principal should be paid back to the Corporation at the rate of 3

per cent per annum beginning after the expiration of two years

also providing for it writeoff for the excess war cost reducing the

mortgages by an amount equal to the excess cost resulting from

carrying out the work under the pressure of war conditions

after the signing of the armistice the Corporation endeavored to

liquidate all of the moneys advanced for war purposes including

the sums advanced under these mortgages and it has been necessary

to negotiate with the shipbuilders concerned with a view to making

new agreements by which the shipbuilder shall either purchase the

housing projects outright from the Corporation for cash or cash and

deferred payments or to obtain the builders consent to transfer to

the Corporation the land on which the houses are built These ne

gotiations are necessary before the Corporation is in position to offer

the houses for sale
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPLNG BOARD 107

Loans have been made to public utility companies to cover part of

the cost of installation in connection with certain projects These

loans bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum Table XX

Municipalities which furnished public utility facilities and the ap

proximate commitments therefor are listed in Table XXI

As the building program has been entirely completed with the

exception of a few items of sewer repair street paving and the cor

rection of minor defects of construction an entirely new problem con

fronts the Corporation This consists of the supervising management

of operations and maintenance of the various housing problems until

the absolute title is acquired and all the properties are ultimately dis

posed of

At the beginning of the fiscal year the Corporation actually owned

only six projects viz

1362houses which were requisitioned during the ear were sold during the fiscal year

I Cottages

All other housing projects were owned by realty companies whose

capital stock was issued to the several shipbuilders in payment for

the actual cost of the land on which the housing projects were con

structed The capital stock of each realty company was pledged by

said shipbuilders with the Corporation as security for the faithful

application of funds advanced by it under mortgages for the con

struction of the various projects During theyear ending June

30 1020 the Corporation became the owner of six housing projects

on which it held mortgages by the acquisition of the capital stock

of the following realty companies

Date

Houses Hotels Apart Den Cate Power

1919

ments tortes terms houses

St Helena Aid 296 I 1

Elmwood Philadelphia 1959 16 4 I

Rarrimnn toM site Bristol Pa

Chestership hotel Chester ia

320 I1

212 56

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1362houses which were requisitioned during the ear were sold during the fiscal year

I Cottages

All other housing projects were owned by realty companies whose

capital stock was issued to the several shipbuilders in payment for

the actual cost of the land on which the housing projects were con

structed The capital stock of each realty company was pledged by

said shipbuilders with the Corporation as security for the faithful

application of funds advanced by it under mortgages for the con

struction of the various projects During theyear ending June

30 1020 the Corporation became the owner of six housing projects

on which it held mortgages by the acquisition of the capital stock

of the following realty companies

Date Company Houses Hotels

houses

B Part Parrot1

hunts tortes teria Cn e

Sept1919 13 Groton Park Real Estate Co Groton Conn 92 3 4 1

1920

Inn 15 Liberty Housing Co Dundalk Afd 529 2

Feb 20 May25 Chester FninFmergry RealtvenCohousing CamdenCorpora N 1 1578 1 56

tion Chester Pa 258 1 lOG

hone 17 Federal Home Building Co Lorain

17 Wyandotte Ohio Home Co Wyandotte 233 8

Mich I 79 L
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In this same year the following projects have been sold viz

1362 houses which were requisitioned during the war were sold during the previous focal year

Cottages

Considerable progress has been made in renting the houses and

apartments in the various projects The following is the percentage

of occupancy it the close of the fiscal year Houses 9417 per cent

apartments 9388 per cent stores 90 per cent

At the close of the preceding fiscal year the percentage was

Houses 7618 per cent apartments 1290 per cent stores 4468

per cent

By resolution of the board of trustees United States Shipping

Board approved June 24 1920 the name of the Division of Pas

senger Transportation and Housing was changed to the Division of

Transportation and Housing Operations It is intended that this

division shall be a self supporting division of the Corporation and

it is estimated that an annual net income of approximately1000

will be turned over to the United States Treasury

The wort has been completed within the amount of the original

authorization and in fact a substantial balance will remain unex

pended as shown in the statement of total commitments Table

XXII

Details of housing contracts and expenditures as required by act

of Congress approved March 1 1918 are contained in Table XXIII

The shipyards were generally located off the lines of transporta

tion or in sections where transportation facilities were inadequate

and it was necessary to advance money to street railway companies to

extend and improve the lines serving the yards

hor the purpose of carrying out the program the sum of20000

was appropriated but8000 of this amount was subsequently

returned to the Treasury Department

All companies with the exception of the few that have gone into

bankruptcy are paying the Corporation interest at the rate of 5 per

cent on the total amount of the advances It is also agreed that after

the declaration of peace the Corporation shall be reimbursed the ap

praised value of the improvements subject to a maximum deprecia

tion of 25 per cent A period of file years has been allowed in most

cases for this settlement payment in annual installments The

Board rental Cale Power

Houses houses ing tones terms houses

Bt Helena 5fd 296 I 1

Elmwood Phaadelphi 11629 16 1 1

Port Jefferson Long Island 9 1 1 1

DundalkM d 529 2

Quantico Va r 12

lfandowoc Ris 100 I

1362 houses which were requisitioned during the war were sold during the previous focal year

Cottages

Considerable progress has been made in renting the houses and

apartments in the various projects The following is the percentage

of occupancy it the close of the fiscal year Houses 9417 per cent

apartments 9388 per cent stores 90 per cent

At the close of the preceding fiscal year the percentage was

Houses 7618 per cent apartments 1290 per cent stores 4468

per cent

By resolution of the board of trustees United States Shipping

Board approved June 24 1920 the name of the Division of Pas

senger Transportation and Housing was changed to the Division of

Transportation and Housing Operations It is intended that this

division shall be a self supporting division of the Corporation and

it is estimated that an annual net income of approximately1000

will be turned over to the United States Treasury

The wort has been completed within the amount of the original

authorization and in fact a substantial balance will remain unex

pended as shown in the statement of total commitments Table

XXII

Details of housing contracts and expenditures as required by act

of Congress approved March 1 1918 are contained in Table XXIII

The shipyards were generally located off the lines of transporta

tion or in sections where transportation facilities were inadequate

and it was necessary to advance money to street railway companies to

extend and improve the lines serving the yards

hor the purpose of carrying out the program the sum of20000

was appropriated but8000 of this amount was subsequently

returned to the Treasury Department

All companies with the exception of the few that have gone into

bankruptcy are paying the Corporation interest at the rate of 5 per

cent on the total amount of the advances It is also agreed that after

the declaration of peace the Corporation shall be reimbursed the ap

praised value of the improvements subject to a maximum deprecia

tion of 25 per cent A period of file years has been allowed in most

cases for this settlement payment in annual installments The
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security held by the Corporation for these advances is shown by

Table SIV

The Corporation has endeavored to expedite these settlements in

order to close the accounts at an early date but the financial condi

tion of many of the companies and the general credit situation have

made it impossible to obtain any terms satisfactory to the Corporation

During the fiscal year all construction work has been completed

and approximately 30000 yet remains to be paid on outstanding

obligations No new contracts were awarded during the year and

no items of construction were continued which were not essential to

the utility of the lines List of contracts awarded is contained in

Table SXV

While the extension of railways and purchase of equipment were

authorized to meet the emergency requirements due to the demands

of the war program it has developed that in practically every case

the facilities are now needed in the communities served Street

railway companies have been seriously handicapped in adequately

maintaining their properties and purchasing necessary equipment

and a high utility value is attached to the improvements provided by

the Corporation

AUTIIORIZATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS

Prior to September 1919 the finance division was a part of the

Construction Division reporting to the vice president in charge of

construction but was transferred then to the jurisdiction of the

general comptroller and removed to Washington in February 1920

A statement covering the financial administration will be found

elsewhere in this report

The authorized expenditures and actual appropriations are shown

in the following table

Regnistdoned ships

Urgent dofcit my act No 23 June 15 1917

Urgent dcrHrncy act No 61 Oct 6 1917

Sund ycicil appropriation bill No 181 1919

withdrawn by Shipping Board

Balance of fund

Contract shipps

Urant d0 uiency art No 23 Jnne 15 1917

Urgent deficiency act No 64 Oct 6 1917

Sundry civil appropriation bill No 181 1919

Less amount set aside for dry docks and marine railways urgent

deficiency art No 233 Nov 4 1918

Authorl afions Appropriations

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Sundry civil appropriation bill No 181 1919 2iIXIU OU00 SOp g10IXI

750000 750000

Transportation Sundry civil appropriation bill No 181919 20000

Authorizations Appropriation

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Sundry civil appropriation bill ho 181 1919

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Sundry civU appropriation bill No 181 550000 550000

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320JQ000of which has already been expended The balance orneinti0 avaiablefor ship construction

ORGANIZATION

The difficulties which confronted the Corporation during 1917 and

1918 in the task of forming a working organization to carry out the

building program were followed in 1919 and 1920 by the problems

presented by the necessity for disbanding the force without sacri

ficing the interests of the Corporation The momentum of the ship

building industry was almost irresistible at the time of the armistice

It had been encouraged by every means possible in our effort to

build the bridge of ships and an army of 385 000 men was at work

under the guidance of the home office and district offices with a

total of 8273 employees whose annual salaries amounted to

14469 687

A review of the activities of the Construction Division is char

acterized by the promptness with which the Corporation undertook

to reverse the former process As the industry was no longer a war

emergency measure the work of the camouflage branch national

service section publication branch and similar activities was dis

continued as soon as this could properly be clone Other interests of

the Corporation such as those in the industrial relations group

health and sanitation safety engineering and education and train

ing which were of vital importance during the war were contracted

in scope as rapidly as possible and finally abolished

By August 1919 changes of this nature had reduced the personnel

to 5258 and the annual salary roll to 1176 003 a riet saving of

ti3 093 GR4 The Corporation then was more nearlv on a peacetime
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UXITED STATES SKIPPING BOARD 113

basis but the changes had left the remaining branches of the work

somewhat disconnected This condition moreover was partly due

to the policy of cancellation of ship contracts which had reduced the

program at that time nearly 25 per cent It was apparent that

consolidation and the elimination of duplication and nonessential

work were necessary to perfect the organization

For the purpose of carrying out this program an investigation

was made by committees in the home office and in the districts and

1

as a result of this survey the annual pay roll was reduced by

203 00 in less than two months On January 31 1920 reductions

since the preceding August had been made as follows

Employees sII18 iPSAnnual

name o05ce

Dlstricts 807 1464 885

1317 2705 823

Total 2124 417088

In connection with this reorganization savings incidental to the

reduction in the working force was effected as follows

Forms and reports declared obsolete 1236

Typewriters declared surplus 710

Telephones removed 203

Office furniture and equipment declared surplus pieces 1939

Automobiles declared surplus 318

Attention was also directed to the work in shipyards holding cost

plus contracts and this review resulted in a considerable reduction

in expenditures

Transfer of Divisions

Radical changes in the organization were also made during Jan

uary and February which removed to the jurisdiction of the chair

man s office the following branches of the Construction Division

and Sales Division

Flan

office

pay Annual roll

213 718 380

655 1335

16i 50990

38 103 740

6 3120

19 42192

87 198 440

8

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4 12780

4 1060

3 10320

330 i 1003 870

723 1517 726

1053 252196
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Changes in the Organization

On February 1 1920 steps were taken to consolidate the branches

of the former Division of Construction and the Construction and

Repair Department of the Division of Operations both at the home

offices and in the districts

A meeting of the district managers of the former Division of Con

struction was called on February 6 1920 at Philadelphia at which

each district manager was instructed to confer with the chief in

spector of the Construction and Repair Department in his district

with a view to setting up in a tentative manner the new organization

Consolidation of the activities was ordered along these lines

All activities not pertaining strictly to construction are to be transferred

when practicable to the proper division of the Emergence Fleet Corporation to

which they belong

The duplication of activities existing in the organizations of the Division of

Construction and of the Construction and Repair Department of the Division

of Operations is to be eliminated

Amalgamation of forces to effect economy In office space is to be carried out

without delay

A realignment of districts has been adopted to conform to those

established by the Division of Operations The chart which accom

panies this report indicates the location of the district offices

REPAIR DEPARTMENT

While the activities of the construction department have de

creased during the year due to cancellations and the progress toward

completion of the program the work of the repair department has

expanded because of the increase in the size of the fleet in operation

and the transfer from the War and the Navy Departments of the

exenemy vessels

The functions of this department however have not been limited

to repair work but have included review of designs for ships under

construction preparation of designs for large cargo vessels approval

of plans for passenger ships acceptance for the Division of Opera

tions of completed tonnage survey of vessels to establish tonnage

ratings and the reconditioning of ex enemy vessels Although the

first two of these functions are no longer exercised because of com

pletion of those duties the remainder of the work has increased in

importance and volume to such an extent that this department now

forms with the construction department one of the two divisions of

the Corporation

Until the latter part of the year 1918 the repair work of the Divi

sion of Operations was under the supervision of the marine super

intendent at Washington and the Board of Survey and Consulting

Engineers at New York City which was organized in April 1917
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primarily for the purpose of repairing the exenemy vessels acquired

when the United States entered the war

At that time however supervision over repair work had been

largely delegated to other agents as the responsibility for maintain

ing the ships in satisfactory condition rested with the managing

agents under the following clause of that form of contract

The manager shall procure for and on behalf of the Corporation

the necessary labor and material to effect ordinary running repairs

and replacements No extraordinary repairs or expense shall be

made or incurred and no alteration in hull machinery or equipment

shall be made by the manager except in serious emergency without

first securing in writing the authorization of the Corporation On

account of the rapid increase in the number of ships in operation in

the latter part of the year 1918 with the resultant increase in the

extent of the repair work and also because of the necessity for cer

tain changes in future construction which became apparent after

the ships were delivered and placed in service the Construction and

Repair Department of the Division of Operations was organized

November 11 1918 with the following functions

a Design and new construction section

Review of the designs for the various types of vessels under con

struction to effect improvements from the standpoint of the oper

ator and the preparation of new designs for large cargo carriers

b Inspection and acceptance section

To cooperate with the Construction Division in conducting trial

trips

c Repair section

To assume at a later date control and direction of repair work to

vessels in service

Design and New Construction

The character of the fleet as represented by the contracts awarded

was determined by the various types which the yards were accus

tomed to build and the ships reflected the ideas of the many builders

and operators The Corporation had developed but few designs and

there was no opportunity to select the best of existing types and to

confine the contracts to them This action moreover would have

impeded the progress of the work and therefore could not be con

sidered

After the armistice was signed however and the demand for ships

for war purposes had passed steps were taken at once to utilize the

experience of the Division of Operations and improve the fleet so

that our merchant marine would not be handicapped in the carrying

trade of the future

An examination of all plans was accordingly begun by both the

home and the field offices and the necessary changes authorized in all
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 117

cases when the ships were not yet laid down and also when ships

were on the ways and construction had not proceeded too far Faults

causing difficulties in connection with the operation of ships in serv

ice were corrected in ships on the construction program

By September 1919 the examination of the plans had been com

pleted and further work was discontinued

While these modifications in the original designs involved addi

tional expense they were adopted as a result of the experience of the

Division of Operations and have improved the fleet as a commercial

asset to the country The cost of the work moreover has been more

than offset by the economies in operation which they introduced

Although the work incident to review of design has been discon

tinued in respect to the ships building by the corporation examina

tion of designs submitted by private owners has already commenced

in connection with shipbuilding by those desiring to take advantage

of the opportunity offered in section 23 of the merchant marine act

1920 approved June 5 1920 This authorizes deductions from net

income subject to warprofits and excessprofits taxes of amounts

equivalent to the net earnings of vessels provided such amounts are

reinvested in the building of new ships of type approved by the

Shipping Board

New designs were prepared by the Corporation for cargo vessels

of the larger type ranging from 10000 to 15000 dead weight tons

capacity and it is believed that these plans provide the most advan

tageous arrangements possible for economical operation

Plans also have been prepared for a 12000 deadweight ton tanker

of a new type with expansion trunks at the side and the center space

arranged for general cargo Improved quarters for the crew are

provided by subdividing the space into small rooms instead of as

signing the crew to one large room in the customary way The

mess rooms for officers and crew have been placed adjacent to the

pantry and galley thus affording a more convenient arrangement

This tanker design is considered an improvement over the vessels in

service and provides better accommodations for the crew

This section of the repair department has cooperated with the

construction department moreover in the revision of plans for the

conversion of the troop ships to passenger vessels now under contract

Inspection and Acceptance

Since January 1919 the Construction and Repairs Department

has rendered assistance to the Construction Division in connection

with trial trips and the acceptance of new tonnage and has been

represented on the trial boards The tonnage built by the Corpora

tion lias always been subjected to thorough tests before delivery

which were designed to disclose any defects either iii hull or ma
II FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

chinery A uniform improvement in workmanship has been noted

and it is frequently the case that acceptance of the vessels is made

at the conclusion of the trials

The scope of these trials covers all factors entering into the con

struction and efficient performance of all new ships the purpose

being to develop and correct any items of unsatisfactory workman

ship or omissions and to improve the arrangement of machinery

piping or cargo handling gear whenever this would increase the

efficiency of the ship from an operating standpoint Before the

trials are conducted all vessels are equipped ready for sea and all

wood ships are docked recaulked seams cemented and underwater

body given two coats of copper paint steel ships are docked and

cleaned if more than 42 consecutive days have elapsed since launching

or last docking and the vessel has not been lying in fresh water dur

ing that period This procedure permits an examination to be made

of the hull

1 Docle trialAdock trial of six consecutive hours is first con

ducted with vessel in ballast condition during which a preliminary

survey is made to test the integrity of the machinery tightness of

joints in piping and satisfactory installation of equipment

2 Fullpower trialAfter the conclusion of a satisfactory dock

trial all vessels except those built on the Great Lakes and bullsoil

tankers are given a continuous sixhour fullpower trial away from

the dock Bulkoil tankers are loaded with water ballast to deep

water load line and the trials then conducted In confection with

the lake vessels this trial may be made coincident with the dock

trial

These tests develop the maneuvering qualities of the ship in light

condition also the integrity of windlass and anchors winches steer

ing gear boilers turbines auxiliaries evaporators pumps con

densers etc

During this trial the ship is stopped both anchors dropped and

all chain run out to permit examination of fastenings after which

both anchors are hove up at the same time to prove the capacity of

windlass engine

If these two trials develop no defects to be corrected the ship is

then delivered conditionally subject to the third trial after loading

with cargo

3 Continuous full power sea trialsInthe case of a steel vessel

a 12 hour continuous fullpower sea trial for wood ships 24 hours

is conducted as a test under fullload conditions All machinery

auxiliaries and equipment are again tried out under actual condi

tions in service In all new ships there are some rivets which are

loose or need calking and this develops when the ship is loaded
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 119

and at sea for the first time Defects discovered during this trial

are usually of such minor nature that correction is often postponed

until the ship returns from the voyage

During this trial the fuel and water consumption loaded speed

propeller efficiency and steam generating capacity are determined

At the satisfactory conclusion of these trials final acceptance of

the ship is issued

In the period of 12 months ending June 30 1920 acceptances were

made of 982 ships all of which were subjected to the dock trials and

light trials and 803 were given the loaded test at sea The remain

der 179 ships were built on the Great Lakes and as they can not

proceed to the coast at loaded draft the long trip in light or partly

loaded state is considered equivalent to the regular 12hour trial

While construction is in progress moreover the work is under

constant supervision of the Corporation inspectors and representa

tives of the classification societies The results of these precautions

to obtain good workmanship are reflected in the favorable reports

when surveys are made to determine the extent of running repairs

These surveys are always made when ships are delivered to mana

gers for operation under the new form of agreement in ofder that

the extent of repairs may be fixed and the physical condition of each

ship may be made a matter of record This is used for reference

purposes during the time the ships are in the hands of the companies

responsible for their care Surveys are also made from time to time

subsequently to ascertain whether they are maintained in good con

dition and are not permitted to deteriorate through neglect

In addition to the regular inspections a special survey is conducted

when damage to ships results from collision heavy weather strand

ing or other causes This examination is made in conjunction with

inspection by the classification societies and Insurance Division to

establish the extent of damage the repairs necessary and also to fix

the responsibility

Approximately 1500 surveys were made during the fiscal year and

it has been established beyond doubt that the Shipping Board vessels

with very few exceptions are fully equal to the average standard of

commercial ships and are maintained in as good condition as the

ships of any private company

Repairs

Responsibility for the proper maintenance of the vessels in service

originally rested with the companies managing the ships for the Di

vision of Operations On account of the increasing importance of the

repair work and the volume of expenditures which it represented

completed jurisdiction over these activities was given to the Con

struction and Repair Department April 30 1919 As loss of time in
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port involves financial loss in the operation of ships the system for

the repair work was decentralized in accordance with the general

policy of the Division of Operations Representatives in the various

districts were authorized to conduct negotiations and to award con

tracts so that the repairs could be made while ships were taking on

and discharging cargo and the delays thus reduced to a minimum

Under the regulations issued on that date all requests for repairs

desired by managers of the ships must be submitted to the representa

tives of the Corporation in the district where the ship is docked and be

properly authorized before work is commenced otherwise no obliga

tion is assumed by the Corporation In all cases the necessity for the

repairs and extent thereof are determined before approval is given

Competitive proposals are obtained whenever possible and all addi

tional work must be authorized in the regular way

The cost plus form of contract which had been used occasionally

when the nature of the repairs made it difficult to prepare an esti

mate in advance was entirely discontinued

In carrying out the repair work three forms of contract have been

used as follows

a Time and material contractsThis form of contract is known

as commercial and is used when the extent of the work required

is of a character more or less indefinite This condition frequently

arises in ship repairs when defects in turbines machinery riveting

etc occur and under the circumstances estimated costs are difficult

to prepare Effort is made to distribute this work equally among the

yards properly equipped and located

b Lumpsum contractsThis form is used under the same condi

tions generally as the commercial contracts but a lumpsum price

for the work is made and agreed upon instead of unit rates Most

of the extras or items of additional work not foreseen when the

first contract is awarded are usually authorized in this way

c Formal contractsThese are awarded after the work has been

placed on the market and competitive proposals obtained

Running repairs after a voyage are generally of a minor nature

and to avoid undue delay in preparing formal contracts for such

work it has been the custom to allow the work to be clone on time and

material basis if the cost does not exceed 000 and the charges are

at commercial rates

In actual practice however competitive proposals are obtained in

most of these cases when the cost is estimated to exceed 9500 and

the nature of the work and time available for repairs will permit

Otherwise lump sum contracts are awarded

It has been further provided that vessels will be dry docked every

eight months and inspection made to determine the condition of

underwater parts
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This new system has had many advantages over former methods

in that it established direct dealing between the Corporation and the

repair contractors placed with the Corporation the responsibility of

establishing the necessity for the repairs the extent of expenditures

satisfactory compliance with the contract requirements and also ex

pedited the completion of the work thus reducing the number of days

lost while in port

Before repair work is authorized careful investigation of the con

dition of the ship is first made representatives of the Corporation

who visit the ship on arrival at port and make an inspection in com

pany with a representative of the operator Consideration is given

to the importance of the work and most efficient method of perform

ing it A formal request for the repairs from the operator is then

approved if in the opinion of the Corporation the expenditure is

justified In most cases specifications are then prepared and the

work put on the market

As time for completion is an important element a date is usually

fixed for the performance of the work and daily reports of the

progress made are prepared in order that all delays may be avoided

Where it is not possible to prevent this it has generally been found

that the fault was due either to inability of operators to remove

cargo promptly or to the necessity for underwater repairs not

known until the vessel was dry docked

Turbines and Tankers

Turbine machinery is a type of special construction which can not

be repaired successfully by yards unfamiliar with their design and

on this account repair work of this class is awarded only to firms

experienced in this line

On account of the constant service required of tankers it has been

necessary to avoid altogether whenever possible the loss of time

incident to the execution of repair contracts Under the circum

stances these repairs are promptly made by firms designated by the

Corporation In this selection consideration is given to the possibility

of having the work done immediately and the general efficiency of

the yard governed in all cases by the desire to distribute the work

uniformly among those yards equipped to undertake the contract

Competition

Active competition has been obtained on the work placed on the

market and all yards have shared in the contracts of the different

types When repairs are of such nature that dry docking is required

the field for competition is reduced to the number of yards having

such facilities but less than half of the number of contracts awarded

require dry docking although regular docking every eight months is

necessary for all ships
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Deep Tank Installation

Although the principal part of the work under the control of the

department consists of repairs it is frequently necessary to install

additional equipment on ships in service to improve operating con

ditions

Due to the scarcity and the excessive cost of fuel oil in foreign

ports it was deemed advisable in the cases of oilburning vessels in

the foreign trade to make provision to carry sufficient fuel to make

complete round trip voyages without the necessity of refueling ex

cept at the home port For this purpose vessels having deep tanks

for water ballast were converted in such a manner that these tanks

could be used for carrying fuel oil on the outward voyage and

could also be used for carrying cargo on the return voyage if the

cargo was available In view of the saving effected due to these con

versions the expenditure required has been fully justified

Electrically Driven Vessels

The steamship Eclipse a vessel of about 12000 dead weight tons

450 feet in length 3000 shaft horsepower turbine drive is now being

fitted with an electricdrive installation This ship is a cargo car

rier of the best type and is one of twelve which will be similarly

converted These changes in propulsion mark the beginning of a dis

tinct era in the history of the American merchant marine and the

result will be watched with interest

Inspection

A corps of inspectors is maintained in each of the district offices to

inspect all work performed on United States Shipping Board steam

ers and one inspector at least is on duty continuously at each large

repair yard Other inspectors are detailed to the district office

each day for assignments on special surveys and reports One in

spector is detailed to each ship being repaired on a contract basis

to keep an accurate check on the to and workmanship and

on the time of starting and completing the contract

There is a special section in the New York office of the depart

ment responsible for the upkeep of turbines and gears and incidental

repairs to this equipment in all Shipping Board vessels

Use of Navy Yards

It is the policy of the Corporation to place a very considerable

volume of work in the navy yards and satisfactory arrangements

have been made with the Navy Department for this purpose in

accordance with the following opinion by the solicitor

Vessels owned by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Plect Cor

poration and chartered to a private party are to be classified for the purpose

of repairs by navy yards as private vessels provided the charter party requires

the charterer to keep the vessel In repairs during the term of the charter If the
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cost of repairs falls upon the Emergency Fleet Corporation the vessel is to be

treated as belonging to a coordinate branch of the Government

Methods of handling the work referred to in the last paragraph

are set forth in the following excerpts from general orders

Upon request from the United States Shipping Board Division of Con

struction and Itepair that the Navy consider the specifications and plans for

work on a Shipping Board vessel incident to a general overhaul and estimat

Ing thereon the Chief of Naval Operations Rill after consultation with the

bureaus and consideration of the probable effects on scheduled naval work

designate the navy yard to prepare estimates on the work involved

If the proposed work is allotted to the Navy necessary instructions will be

issued by the Secretary of the Navy making the vessel available for the work

requested by the Shipping Board

For the purpose of these instructions emergency work is to be defined as

urgent repairs requiring not more than six days to complete

Commandants of such navy yards as within the continental limit of the

United States are authorized to undertake emergency work which may be

requested by duly authorized Shipping Board authorities without referring to

the Navy Department excep4 in the following instances

a When dry docking is involved

b When the work in question would interfere with the present or

prospective naval work at the yard

In such instances the commandant will report to the Chief of Naval Opera

tions for instructions reporting the estimated time required to effect repairs

estimated time In dry dock and to what extent the work in question would

Interfere with scheduled naval work

In instances where dry docking alone is involved commandants will confer

with the Bureau of Construction and Repair for necessary authority

In general the cost of work chargeable to the Shipping Board is to be the

total charge against naval appropriations for the work involved less the pay

of naval officers at the yard and the depreciation on navyyard property This

basis of accounting was put into effect larch 1 3020

The Shipping Board representatives will be given the fullest latitude in in

specting progress of work under way on the ship or in the shops

Jurisdiction of Managers of Ships

Under the new form of agreement with managing agents responsi

bility for the condition of ships and jurisdiction over repairs was

again delegated to the managing agents in the new contract of which

the following is an excerpt

The agent shall subject to such regulation or methods or supervision and

Inspection as may be required or prescribed by the Corporation exercise reason

able care to maintain the vessel in a thoroughly efficient state in hull ma

chinery tackle apparel furniture and equipment procuring for and on behalf

of the Corporation the necessary labor and material to effect ordinary running

repairs and replacements No extraordinary repairs or expenses shall be made

or incurred and no alterations in hull machinery or equipment shall be made

by the agent except in cases of serious emergency without first securing in

writing the authorization of the Corporation

As the new contract supersedes the old form whenever it expires

in each case the functions of the repair department have gradually

decreased
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Contract with United States Bureau of Survey

On account of the increasing number of ships in operation under

the new managing agreements it was deemed advantageous to assign

supervisory control over the work to an agency acting for the cor

poration and accordingly on April 15 1020 a contract was executed

with the United States Bureau of Survey whereby the bureau under

takes to carry out the following work in connection with steel vessels

only after July 1 1920

To conduct all condition surveys

To check all requisitions and invoices for customary voyage repairs not

exceeding 10000 in cost and also for work exceeding that amount

under instructions from the Corporation

To maintain a record of repairs to each vessel

To render such other services in connection with rebuilding or designing

as may be directed

Compensation for these services is fixed at definite rates per sur

vey varying with the size of the ship subject to a maximum rate

per year

The surveys which the bureau has undertaken to conduct or may

be called upon to make may be described as follows

Regular surveysTo determine the necessity for and extent of all repairs

desired by the managing agents

Periodic surveys Tobe made at least three times a year on each ship to

ascertain whether the vessels are being maintained by the managing agents

In good condition

Special surreysTo furnish the Corporation at any time information as to

the condition of a vessel its machinery or equipment

Damage surreysTo Ss the extent or damage and responsibility therefor

In connection with adjustment of insurance

Surrey on change of managing agentsTo determine the condition of the

ship and necessity for repairs

Survey on claims against buildersTo determine actual conditions prior to

commencement of repairs as a basis for adjustment

Cooperation between the managing agents and the bureau is pro

vided by the following procedure

Repairs to steel vesselsUnder provisions of agency agreement M03 the

agent will prepare necessary plans and specifications and control supervise

and direct repairs inspection thereof and negotiations with contractors ap

proval of requisitions together with approval of bills subject to check approval

and assignment to proper account by the bureau in connection with such

repairs to any steel vessel under his management when it is estimated that

cost of such repairs will not exceed or until it is found that they will exceed

in the aggregate 10000 during a particular time of call at any port of con

tinental United States or 1000 at any other port Replacements renewals or

major repairs to hull or machinery turbines gears and propellers in all

cases shall be referred to the bureau for necessary authority from the repair

department before commencement of the work

Copy of work lists to the bureauwhen the agent places orders or contract

fur con 1 fin mill n m inefnnro fa v1fi9d 5n from nnmm
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ment of work to the nearest representative of the bureau a cops of the work

list or orders indicating contractor to which work is awarded date of com

mencement estimated cost of each item

Work estimated in excess of prescribed limits of cost Whenever repairs or

work other than customary voyage repairs are deemed necessary on said steel

vessels of the Corporation or whenever it is estimated the cost of voyage re

pairs on any steel vessel shall in the aggregate exceed 10000 in continental

United States or 1000 at any other port the regulations as set forth in See

don III will govern

Agents responsibility when prescribed limits of cost are exceededWhen

the agent estimates that the cost of work proposed or is advised that the cost

of work which has already been authorized by him will exceed or actually does

exceed the prescribed limits he will immediately notify the bureau for au

thorization or decision from the repair department as to the continuation of

the work

Contractors responsibility ich en prescribed limits of cost are exceeded The

contractor performing work will be held responsible for notifying the agent

when the cost does exceed or when it is estimated by the contractor that the

cost will exceed the prescribed limits Failure of any contractor to comply with

Instructions contained in this paragraph will be sufficient cause for removal of

such concern from the approved list of contractors

Agents responsibility for completion of repairsAll negotiations for repairs

which have been commenced by the agent will be handled by that agent with

contractor to final completion of work irrespective of final cost of same and

all orders or contracts in connection with such work will be given by the agent

to contractor it being the agent sresponsibility to secure authorization in ex

cess of prescribed limits through the bureau which shall obtain such authori

zation from the accredited representative of the repair department Requests

for authorization of work in excess of prescribed limit will be accompanied by

requisition setting forth such work in detail The repair department reserves

the right to eliminate or add such items as it may consider proper

Maintenance of vessel sclassificationAfter formal acceptance by the agent

of a steel vessel upon checking of inventories and completion of surveys when

required the agent will be held responsible for the fulfillment of all require

ments of classification society with which each steel vessel is registered also of

Steamboat Inspection Service

Managing agents responsibility for dry docking Every steel vessel shall be

dry docked within a period not to exceed eight months between two dockings

for routing inspection cleaning painting and necessary repairs The responel

bility for this will rest with the agent who in each case will first notify the

bureau in order that representative of the bureau may be present On dry

docking a complete inspection will be made of vessel sunderwater parts

Handling of negotiationsAll negotiations in connection with repairs to steel

vessels operated under agency agreement Al 03 will be conducted by the agent

with the bureau which will confer with and secure required authorizations

from the accredited representatives of the repair department

Repairs to wood vesselsIn no case will the agent undertake repairs of any

nature to wood vessels

ExEnemy Vessels

The activities of the repair department were considerably ex

tended when these vessels were added to the fleet in regular service

Upon the return from the War Department of steamships which

were used as troop carriers during the war period it was necessary
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to thoroughly recondition these vessels This work included the re

moval of gun foundations magazines troop accommodations tempo

rary ventilating fire sanitary and electric systems also alterations

in the structure of the ships to put the vessels in the same condition

as when taken over by the War Department

A number of ex German cargo vessels moreover were on an av

erage over 20 years old and required extensive repairs

For the purpose of handling this work a section of the repair de

partment was organized in June 1919 and established headquarters

in New York City As soon as the vessels were delivered to the

Shipping Board an inspection was made and specifications prepared

for reconditioning

During the fall of 1919 it was necessary to employ the services of

three naval architectural and marine engineering firms in the city of

New Fork to assist the section in making surveys and preparing

plans It was obvious that these smoothrunning organizations

would be more able to obtain prompt results than would be possible

if attempt were made to build up an enlarged organization within

the Corporation In all these outside firms assisted this section in

the surveys of 11 ships

During the period of reconditioning various vessels were assigned

to steamship companies to supervise the progress of the work being

paid a fee by the Shipping Board and furnishing the services of the

necessary inspectors in each case These inspectors were employees

of the steamship companies and kept this section informed as to the

progress of reconditioning through the managing steamship com

pany making it possible to complete the work of reconditioning to

the satisfaction of the operating company

To date five passenger steamers have been reconditioned and placed

in service under management and operation and reconditioning is in

progress at various yards of six passenger steamers three cargo

vessels and three wrecking tugs Plans and specifications for the

conversion of two submarine chasers to dispatch boats are being

prepared

All requisitions for the work and all invoices etc against the

above vessels are reviewed and approved before they are authorized

or paid

The situation in respect to each of the exenemy vessels is set forth

below and the physical details are described in Table YSVI

Steamship AeolusThis vessel the former North German Lloyd steamship

Crosser Kurfurst was in service during the war as an Army transport and is

reputed to have made more trans Atlantic round trips than any other vessel

She was put out of commission by the Army September 22 1919 and delivered

to the Shipping Board
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From the date of her demobilization until October 10 she lay at anchor In

the North River while the miscellaneous Army equipment was removed On

October 10 plans and specifications for reconversion were commenced and on

December 8 tenders were invited for reconditioning Eight contractors sub

mitted bids ranging from 1819 000 130 days to 2826853 155 days On

December 21 tender of the lowest bidder was accepted the Baltimore Dry Docks

Shipbuilding Co and on December 26 the vessel sailed for Baltimore arriving

January 2 1920 when considerable time was lost in discharging ballast and

bringing the vessel to the yards of the contractor Actual reconstruction began

on January 12 and the work is now about 65 per cent advanced

On account of strikes and an extensive change in the plans resulting from

further surveys a considerable increase of cost has resulted and an extension

of time was necessary The vessel is now on dry dock and will be completed

the latter part of September when she will be operated and managed by the

Munson Steamship Line as a first second and third class passenger vessel for

service to the east coast of South America

The Aeolus will be an excellent example of reconditioning The ship will

bave been converted from coal to oil burning and equipped with the most

modern and desirable firstclass cabins de luxe

Stcunixhip Agamenman Formerly the North German Lloyd steamship

Kaiser Wilhelm 2d a 23knot express steamer This vessel was interned at

Hoboken at the outbreak of the war and was in the Transport Service after the

United States entered hostilities She was put out of commission and turned

over to the Shipping Board on November 22 1919 and on the 24th plans and

specifications for her reconditioning were commenced the services of Messrs

Eindlund Drake naval architects being engaged for the purpose of making a

survey and preparing plans for the vessel in Its present condition On March

24 1920 vessel was sent to the New York Navy Yard where she now Is under

going engine and boiler repairs only as the last amount of reconditioning has

not yet been approved It is expected that these repairs will be completed dur

ing the month of August 1920 but the balance of the reconditioning to put this

vessel in firstclass trans Atlantic service will take an additional period of from

four to five months Tentative plans for the work have been prepared but do

not include conversion from coal to oil burning equipment

Steamship AnicrirnFormerly the Hamburg American Line steamship

America a 22622 gross ton liner of 171 knots speed This vessel Is still In the

Army Transport Service

Steamship Anrphion Formerly the steamship Kohn This vessel was

turned over to the Shipping Board by the Navy on the 27th of September 1919

and it was decided that on account of the great amount of reconditioning work

she will be turned over to the repair section for the executi nof the necessary

repairs to fit her for service carrying cargo only Temlers for this work were

received on October 25 and on November 1 the vessel proceeded to Providence

to the yards of the Lord Construction Co who were the lowest bidders The

necessity for a great deal of unforeseen work became apparent during the

course of repairs and it was not until the 14th of March 1920 that the vessel

left Providence and returned to New York where she has since laid at anchor

awaiting allocation

Steamship AntigoneThis vessel was formerly the North German Lloyd

Vackar and like all these vessels was put into the troop carrying service

during the war She is still an Army transport

Stcaursh ip Artemis Formerly the Hand ureAmerican Line steamship Bo

hemia This vessel was demobilized on October 18 and like the Amphion
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turned over to the repair section to be fitted for cargo carrying only On

November 18 a contract for the work was awarded for repairs for cargo only

Additional repairs were subsequently made and the ship was allocated to the

France Canada Steamship Line for service as an animal carrier to Europe

The vessel has made several transAtlantic trips in the service

Steamship Black Arrow Formerly the steamship Rhaetian Thisvesselwas

placed out of commission at Norfolk on the 10th of August 1919 and proceeded

to New York on the 15th where various minor bull and machinery repairs

and installation of passenger fittings were made after which she was allocated

to the American Line and left on the 25th of September carrying steerage

passengers to the Black Sea On May 7 1920 she was allocated to the Ward

Line and on 5fay 11 proceeded to Boston for reconditioning at the Boston

Navy Yard where she now is undergoing miscellaneous bull engine and boiler

voyage repairs and slight alterations and reconditioning of passenger quarters

She is to be fitted for 93 firstclass passengers and 570 steerage pasengers

and will be completed about the middle of September 1920

Steamship Callao Formerly the steamship Sierra Cordova This ship was

built in 1912 at the Vulcan Iron Works and made but onehalf of her maiden

voyage to South America where she interned in Peru at the outbreak of ims

tilities She arrived in New York and was put out of commission by the Navy

on the 5th of October and on the 31st of October the services of Cos C Stevens

naval architects and marine engineers were engaged in the preparation of

plans and specifications for her reconditioning On December 18 tenders were

invited for this work and on December 24 award was made to the United

States Navy Yard New York lowest of eight bidders The proposals ranged as

follows Navy Yard New York 601 50 60 working lays to 10000 120

working days The navy yard completed alterations on March 8 and on

March 20 the vessel sailed under the operation and management of the Munson

Steamship Line for her first voyage with passengers to the east oast of

South America The reconditioning work did not include conversion to burning

oil

Steamship DelialbFormerly the North German Lloyd steamship Prinz

Eitel Frederich interned in Newport News where she was taken over by the

Navy and later operated as a transport On December 24 she was placed out

of commission and turned over to the Shipping Board On October 10 plans

and specifications for her reconditioning were commenced These plane were

completed and approved on the Sth of December on which date bids were in

vited for her reconditioning On the 15th of December before the bids were

opened the vessel was very badly damaged by fire while lying at anchor In the

North River necessitating the recalling of all tenders and the rewriting of

specifications to cover the additional damage New plans and specifications

were completed on the 17th of January and on the 23d bids were opened for

her reconditioning as a firstclass oilburning passenger vessel seven tenders

were received but on March 25 all bids were formally rejected The vessel is

now lying at the Army base In Brooklyn awaiting action

Steamship Eten Formerly the Cosmos Line steamship Rhokotis demobi

lized at Newport News on August 19 The vessel proceeded to New York on

September 9 and was allocated to the United States Australia Line for

service to South Africa After minor repairs in New York she sailed on Oc

tober 9 and is now en route to Cape Town on her third voyage

Steamship Freedom Formerly the North German Lloyd steamship Witte

kind demobilized September 23 1919 This vessel was turned over to the

repair section to convert for cargo carrying only Bids for this work were re
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ceived on October 23 and award made to the Standard Shipbuilding Corpora

tion on November 17 She was allocated to J H Winchester Co and is now

In their service from Portland Me to Antwerp

Steamship George Washington Formerly the North German Lloyd steam

ship of the same name This vessel will be identified as that which carried the

President on his two trips to and from Europe The George Washington was

placed out of commission on the 29th of January 1920 and plans and specifica

tions were commenced on that date by Cos Stevens naval architects On

February 27 the vessel left for the Boston Navy Yard where she arrived on

larch 1 on which date reconditioning was commenced As authority was only

given for repairing engines and boilers no progress has been made on passenger

or crew accommodations June 30 1920 has been fixed as the date of comple

don but extensive alterations to passenger and crew accommodations have yet

to be done

Steamship IFuronThis vessel was the former North German Lloyd steam

ship Frederick der Grosse was interned in this country at the outbreak of the

war and was subsequently placed in the Army Transport Service The Huron

was placed out of commission by the Navy on the 3d of September and imme

diately plans and specifications were prepared for her reconditioning On Oeb

her 11 tenders were invited to do this work and four bids received ranging

from

1

that of the Morse Dry Dock Repair Co for1263 839 135 days to

705 00 139 days Award was made to the low bidder and work was com

menced on the 17th of November and completed on the date the vessel sailed on

her first voyage to South America May 15 1920 This reconditioning not only

Included conversion from coal to oil fuel first second and third class passen

ger accommodatinns but also called for the installation of the gyroscopic

stabilizer calculated to practically eliminate all rolling This installation has

not yet been made because the stabilizer is not complete but will be installed

at some future date The Huron is managed and operated by the Munson

Steamship Line and in June 1920 sailed with passengers and cargo for South

America

Steanish ip LeriafhanFormerly the hamburg American Line steamship

Fatc77and This is the largest ship in existence and after services as a trans

port was put out of commission on October 29 191 She was allocated to the

American Line on November 15 and the American Line acting as agents for

the Shipping Board prepared plans and specifications for her reconditioning

These plans and specifications were completed on the 9th of April on which

date tenders were invited two bids were received on the 15th of fay but

were rejected and the ship was later offered for sale In her present condition

Steamship 3fadaicaska Formerly the Hamburg American Line steamship

Koenig Wilhelm 2d The Madairaska is still in the Army Transportation

Service

Steamship Martha Washington Formerly the Upione Austr di Navig

steamer of the same name This vessel remained in the Transport Service until

the 5th of February 1920 when she was placed out of commission and turned

over to the Shipping Board On the 0th of February she was sent to the New

York Navy Yard for reconditioning on a time and material basis This work

was completed on the 1 of April and the vessel sailed on the 28th of April

under the management of the lunson Steamship Line for the east coast of

South America for first and second class passengers and general cargo

Steamship 3fercurg Formerly the North German Lloyd steamship Bar

barossa and still in the Army Transport Service

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Steamship 11fount Vernon Formerly the North German Lloyd steamship

1fro Prinzessin Cecilie a 24knot express steamer also in the Army Transport

Service at this time

Steamship NansemondFormerly the Hamburg American steamship Penn

sylvania This vessel was placed out of commission on September 16 1919 and

on September 25 was sent to the National Dry Dock Repair Co to be fitted

for cargo carrying purposes only Considerable strike trouble delayed the com

pletion and it was not until the 19th of December that the wort was finished

In the meantime the services of 1lessrs Cos Stevens naval architects had

been retained for the preparation of plans and specifications for future recon

version for cabin passengers and steerage This vessel was at first allocated

to the American Line but subsequently chartered on a bare boat basis to the

Army Transport Service now operating between New York and Antwerp

Steamship Nero Rochelle ex Poiclmtan Formerly the Hamburg Amer

ican Line steamship Hamburg This vessel was in the Army Transport Service

until the 31st of March 1920 when she was demobilized and turned over to

the Shipping Board On the 29th of April she was chartered on a bareboat

basis to the International Bureau of Supplies but Messrs Iindlund Drake

naval architects have been commissioned to prepare plans and specifications for

her reconditioning and have placed the vessel at the Morgan Engineering

Works Jersey City where this work is being done

Steamship OtsegoFormerly steamship Prince Litel Frederich demobi

lized on September 20 1919 On the 5th of November the work of preparing

plans and specifications was awarded to J W Millard Bro naval architects

and marine engineers These plans were completed and approved on February

10 and tenders for reconditioning invited Seven tenders were received ranging

from 970 00 110 days to 1477 56 130 days These bids were rejected

March 25 1920 and the vessel proceeded in tow to the Portsmouth Navy Yard

on Diay 17 1920 to be reconditioned for cargo carrying purposes only The

work should be completed in September 1920

Steamship Philippines Formerly steamship Bulgaria This vessel was de

mobilized at Newport News 24th of October 1919 and specifications prepared

by the Baltimore office for reconditioning for cargo only Bids were received

on the 30th of November and on the 4th of December work was awarded to the

Baltimore Dry Dock Shipbuilding Co These repairs were completed on the

10th of January 1920 and the vessel was subsequently allocated to the France

Canada Steamship Co to load for Rotterdam She has shier returned and

sailed from Baltimore on June 11 for Gothenburg via Newport News

Steamship PocahontFormerly the North German Lloyd steamship Prin

cess Irene This vessel is still in the Army Transport Service

Steamship Porto Rico ex MoccasinFormerly the Hamburg American

Line steamship Prinz Joachim This vessel was placed out of commission and

turned over to the Shipping Board by the Navy Department on the 9th of June

1919 and preparation of plans and specifications for reconditioning and con

verting from coal to oil fuel were commenced On August 15 bids were received

ranging from 390 00 65 days to 732 000 120 days The award was

made to Messrs Tietjen Lang the low bidders and on December 24 the

vessel was finally completed and sailed under the management and operation

of the Munson Steamship Line with firstclass passengers and general cargo

for the east coast of South America After reconditioning at the New York

Navy Yard necessary by an accident in New York Harbor and certain rear

rangements for the Porto Rico trade the vessel was asslgned to the Porto Rico

Steamship Co for management and operation
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 131

Steann ship President Grant Fomerly HamburgAmerican Line steamer of

the same name This Vessel is still in the Army Transport Service

Steamship Princess MatoikaThis ship was formerly the North German

Lloyd steamship Princess Alice and is still in the Army Transport Service

Steamship SusquehannaFormerly the North German Lloyd steamship

Rhein This vessel was demobilized on the 10th of September and recondi

tioned for cargo carrying purposes only by the Morse Dry Dock Repair Co

On the 1st of November she was allocated for management and operation to

Phelps lhos Steamship Co at whose request plans and specifications were pre

pared to fit her out for the carrying of steerage passengers Five tenders were

received for this work ranging from s24659l 21 days to 30000 05

days Award was made to the Morse Dry Dock Repair Co the low bidders

and work was completed on the 10th of January when the vessel sailed nn her

f

first trip to Greece On her second trip she ran ashore off the Dalmacian coast

but continued her voyage and returned to New York on the 2d of June She is now on dry dock at the New York Navy Yard where she is having the bottom

damage made good and minor voyage repairs performed

Steammhip Suiraace Formerly the ste auship Hark This ship was de

mobilized on the 5th of October and it contract was awarded on the 31st of

October to the Robins Dry Dock Hepair Co to convert the ship to a cargo

carrier only The work was completed in January ID20 and in February the

ship was sold to the PolishAmerican Navigation Co

Sicavi ship Pan Steuben Formerly North German Lloyd steamship Ki on

Prim Wilhelm This vessel was interned at Newport News during the war and

was in the Transport Service from the time this country entered the war until

November 25 when she was placed out of commission by the Navy Prepara

tion of plans and specifications was then begun with the assistance of Messrs

Cos Stevens naval architects wbo prepared various draaings and iinlslred

their survey on the 7th of February Plans for the reconditioning have been

completed

fff Remeasurement of Vessels

During the hostilities shipbuilding was it war industry of vital

t

importance and the delivery of ships as rapidly as possible the prin

cipal aim of the Corporation After the signing of the armistice advantage was taken of the opportunity to analyze the fleet in service

and under construction and to consider from a commercial stand

point the details which affect the utility of ships in the trade routes

of the world

As tonnage ratings both gross and net are the basis of charges for

wharfage dry docking port and harbor dues canal tolls Ind other

operating expenses an examination of the principles which had gov

erned the assignment of tonnages was at once undertaken

There was practically no difference between the rules for measure

ment of the United States vessels and those for British vessels except

in cases where fuel oil is carried in the inner bottom In all other

details the rules and results are practically similar and equal It

had been the custom to include in our measurements for volume a

portion of the inner bottom of a ship when used for carrying oil

I

stores or feed water The extensive use of the inner bottom of the

I ship for the above purpose wns a later development of the war in
132 FOURTH ANIS UAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

connection with vessels of the United States and on August 4 1919

the Bureau of Navigation issued instructions to its representatives

to exclude the entire inner bottom space from the underdeck tonnage

measurement of our ships

This decision is in accordance with the fundamental law of the

United States and follows the customs of other countries Collectors

of customs were therefore authorized to remeasure on application

ships with double bottoms to make resulting change in tonnage and

to issue new registers accordingly

The Corporation is having new tonnage assigned by collectors of

customs to ships carrying feed or drinking water fuel or cargo oil

on the double bottom which bad previously been measured under the

former ruling and all district representatives of the Division of

Operations are under instructions to request that the survey be made

by the collector of customs whenever vessels of this description are in

port

Consideration was also given to the addition of light and air spaces

to the volume of machinery space and to the installation of tonnage

openings in the forecastle bridge and poop by means of which re

ductions in the tonnage assigned have been effected These changes

have been approved by the Bureau of Navigation and by the classifi

cation societies and are being made whenever possible while repair

work is in progress

The activities of this branch of the repair department were begun

during the fiscal year and remeasurement of 233 ships had been

completed by June 30 1920 resulting in a reduction of 48530 gross

tons and 85451 net tons from the assigned tonnages

The saving in operating charges involved in this reduction in ton

nage will be understood by reference to its effect upon shipping in

service The net tonnage of the Hog Island A ship is 3100 tons ap

proximately and the reduction is equivalent to the use of 27 Hog

Island A ships exempt from the dues mentioned above

Based on the average annual charges per net ton in service the

remeasurement of ships has effected a saving in operating expenses

of approximately 835 000 for the fiscal year not including the sav

ing in dry docking costs or Panama Canal dues

This work is still in progress and will be continued until the entire

fleet has been remeasured and new tonnages assigned whenever pos

sible As a result of these activities our ships have been placed on

equality with the vessels of other nations in respect to the fixed

charges in ports and canals to which all shipping is subject

Expenditures for Repairs

Under the original form of managing agreement voyage repairs

were authorized by the managers of the ships and charged in the

voyage accounts
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 133

The repair department assumed control of expenditures in all

districts on May 1 1919 and decentralized the system to prevent

delay in the execution of the work Under this form of organiza

tion disbursements were at the following rates the amounts being

low for the first two months pending the establishment of the system

Disbursement for repairs in ports of the United States exclusive of cast of

reconditioning or repairing exenemy vessels

1919 1920

May 605 343 91 January 4795 35 58

June 1 44S 515 GO February 5 424 068 45

July 2910 001 74 March 7 0S5 1 13

August 2 509 938 74 April 6 693 372 01

September 2 SG3 351 59 May 6825 213 63

October 6243 581 89 June 5750 00 8o

November 7 256 812 07 Total67179G35 88 December 6 768 924 C9

The sum of5413 789 40has been expended to June 30 1920 for

repairs to the exenemy vessels and reconditioning charges after

their delivery to the United States Shipping Board

These expenditures were distributed among the districts as follows

Boston 4937 152 43 New Orleans 4034 25 15

New York 40591 162 99 San Francisco 1 727 2031

rbiladelphta 2511 177 49 Cleveland 341 507 92

Baltimore 5212 353 43

Norfolk 782452 11

Total 671796588

The total maintenance costs above include expense incident to in

stallation of additional equipment on vessels alterations better

ments etc and are not confined to actual repair items renewals

replacements etc due to defective installations or wear and tear

In addition to the expenditures at ports in the United States re

pairs to ships at foreign ports have been made but the work done

under those conditions covers generally the usual voyage repairs or

emergency items and the amounts involved are not large

While the maintenance costs represent a large item considered

apart from the fleet the expenditures are not excessive when ana

lyzed in relation to the number of ships in service they are offset

moreover by operating revenues

Organization

By January 1 1919 the organization of the Construction and Re

pair Department was established with headquarters at Washington

The districts were in charge of a chief inspector reporting to the

manager

On May 1 1919 in line with the general policy of the Division of

Operations toward decentralization the chief inspectors were placed

under the immediate direction of the district representative of the
134 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Division of Operations and all negotiations with the home office

were conducted over the signature of the district representatives

who were held responsible for the proper conduct of the activities

of the department in their respective districts

In view of the fact that practically all activities in connection

with reconditioning of the exGerman vessels and also approxi

mately 60 per cent of repair activities were centered at New York

it was decided on February 1 1920 that the home office of the con

struction and repair department should be situated in that city

Arrangements were made accordingly and the office was moved to

the sixth floor at 45 Broadway which building is owned by the

United States Shipping Board

The organisation of the repair department at the close of the

fiscal year included the following in the various offices

Employ I

Total

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salaries annual

New York 154 141770

Phllade 1phia

Ban Franelaea 209 65120 2484

Portland 3 10 2M

soattle 6 19700

New Orleans 25 71820

Cleveland 14 47220

Norfolk 39 105576

I3elulnota 15 43396

Baston 24 68106

Total 309 873 208
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION

Division of Operations

PART III

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III UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENC

FLEET CORPORATION DIVISION OF OPERATIONS

The fiscal year with which this report deals represents an impor

tant period in the history of the merchant marine of the United

States from the standpoint of the operator During the war and

for some time after the signing of the armistice all vessels were

used for transportation of troops or for European food relief At

the beginning of the fiscal year just ended the transition to a com

mercial basis had been effected and the development of trade and

passenger routes and establishment of foreign agencies followed

The fueloil situation moreover presented problems difficult of

solution

Since the third annual report the resignations of Directors John

H Rosseter on October 31 1919 and John E Cushing on May

34 1920 have occurred followed by the appointment of Paul Foley

as director of operations

On April 15 1919 the Division of Operations was charged with

the control of 1207 vessels of6556 920 tons dead weight On June

30 1920 additional deliveries of new tonnage and releases by the

war service and European food relief have increased these figures

to 1502 vessels of9367 551 tons dead weight

On June 30 1920 over 1000 vessels were engaged in foreign trade

to all principal ports of the world The analysis of this traffic for

the latter half of the fiscal year indicates results which are very

satisfactory in comparison with the relative utility in commerce of

ships sailing under other flags

UNITED STATES SHIPPING IN FOREIGN TRADE

A survey of cargo vessels entering and clearing in the foreign trade

at United States customs districts covering the first six months of

the calendar year 1920 shows some very interesting features on the

relation between the number of domestic and foreign bottoms engaged

in the export and import trade with the United States and the dead

weight and cargo tonnage involved

The volume of carrying trade for the period mentioned both ex

ports and imports is shown in the following schedule

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Vessels Deado ght cargo ton

American ships 9550 5134 620 22724 517

Other ships 6008 3597 080 15273 967

Total 15558 86931 700 37998 184

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The participation of American bottoms in the total carrying trade

as shown in the following analysis indicates a wellbalanced use of

our ships compared with the utility of foreign vessels in service to

this country with a slight advantage to our ships in the cargo per

dead weight ton

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Number of ships engaged 614 1

Deadweight tonnage 593 407

Cargo tonnage carried 608 392

Ratio of cargo tonnage to deadweight tonnage 441 415

An examination of the carrying trade in exports and imports

separately shows wide variations from the averages for the total

trade

EXPORT TRADE

Vessels Dead weight Cargo tons tons

American ships 4995 25329 050 11591 948

Other ships 3119 18 1131 719

Total 8114 4375487 22723 165

American ships I Foreign ships

Number of ships engaged

Dead weight tonnage

Cargo tonnage carried

Average cargo per ship

Cargo tons per dead weight tonnage of ship

perat Percent

116 384

579 421

510 490

Tons Tone

2320 3248

046 06

IMPORT TRADE

Vessels I Deadtonswright I Cargotons

Amship 455 266570 1132 741

Other ships 2889 15 9U63 3512 278

Torel 7444 43177 213 1 14675 019

AmLipKCen I Ferelgn slaps

Per rent Plr cent

Nvmlrr iships r ngaged 612 388

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Cargo wnnsg arrhd

759 241

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Corgi tone per dyadwnlgbc tonnage of slip a422 020
140 POURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

This analysis indicates that while many of the American vessels

are carrying return cargoes to the United States ports the foreign

vessels are to a large extent entering in ballast and clearing with

more cargo in proportion to the number and tonnage of vessels em

ployed

Complete details showing these features of the shipping industry

are contained in Table I

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT

Trades Rates and Claims Section

At the close of the year the Shipping Board exercised control over

the following fleet

Vessels on ned and controlled by the United States Shipping Board as of June

0o 1020

On June 30 1920 1023 of these vessels were in foreign service

from all of the principal ports of the United States in the leading

trade routes as shown on Table II

During the past year the trades rates and claims section con

tinued the study of the world s exports and imports the channels

through which these flow as well as the number of ships and the

types most suitable for various trades

As a result of this investigation the United States Shipping

Board at the present time has a grand total of 209 generalcargo

berths of which 202 are between United States and foreign ports

and between United States ports 7 between foreign ports In con

nection with this number of berths 229 services are maintained

Total Cargo Transports Tankers I

Resigera tore Cargo and

passenger

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ber ber weight ber weight ber weigh ber weightber weight tons toys tons tons tons tons

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157 921

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252 18700

Total1502 1391 3 26621 63 15112 620 27277 114

On June 30 1920 1023 of these vessels were in foreign service

from all of the principal ports of the United States in the leading

trade routes as shown on Table II

During the past year the trades rates and claims section con

tinued the study of the world s exports and imports the channels

through which these flow as well as the number of ships and the

types most suitable for various trades

As a result of this investigation the United States Shipping

Board at the present time has a grand total of 209 generalcargo

berths of which 202 are between United States and foreign ports

and between United States ports 7 between foreign ports In con

nection with this number of berths 229 services are maintained
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOAP D 141

The lines extend to every principal region of the world the cargo

berths being assigned as follows

North Atlantic 100

South

Gulf

Atlantic 27

54

Pacific coast 21

Foreign ports 7

Total 209

The seven foreign services are those from La Plata to Europe

refrigerator West Indies and Mexico to Continental Europe gen

eral Manila and Shanghai to Europe general and the West Coast

of Africa to United Kingdom general

In addition to the foregoing are the three newly established

feeders in which a fleet of nine vessels of an average of 3500

dead weight tons each cover the territory from Tientsin to Calcutta

The boats in these three feeder services carry the cargoes between

the smaller ports in the range and the principal transshipment centers

at which the larger freighters call at regular intervals

The general cargo berths which have been established follow to a

large extent the routes which were active before the war As a result

of the war the e route were left without requisite shipping facilities

and offered opportunities for the employment of our tonnage The

policy of utilizing the e trade routes has been applied in a broad and

liberal manner without discrimination or prejudice

The work of this section was not confined alone to the establishing

of liner services The ships of the Board carried as tramp cargoes

products from every principal seaport of the United States to all

ports of the world in many instances where the American flag had

seldom if ever before been flown by a merchantman

The principal changes in the employment of Shipping Board

tonnage during the fiscal year are indicated in the following sclied

ule based upon the percentage of the entire fleet under control of

the Board

June 191930 June 192030

Pa rnt Per cot

Army and Navy 197 148

Tram Atiorate 177 00

Northern Europe 223 3963

Eon therm Europe 48 1043

1rip 10 300

TnusPacihc 79 16 R1

South Amcrica 117 1074

Mest Indies I6 85

Foren prts

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83 671

Total F 100 0

100 00
142 Fl7CIDTH ANNUAI REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

The following tonnage report for June 1930 tabulates the employ

ment of all the vessels in operation under the control of the Shipping

Board the services or trades in which they are engaged the ton

nage in every trade and the relation in percentage which the amount

of tonnage in every service or trade bears to the total amount in active

operation

Numher Dead r4ight I Per cent Trade of ships tonnage of total

TransAtImitie

Army

Navy

12 123 687 148

69 423 505

Northern Furope

paltic Sea

United Kingdom 163 1086 517 1297

North Sea 131 976 050 1165

French Atlant 114 679 931 812

Northam European ports 31 154 007 184

Total 508 3 3963

28 I 169 984

69 I 1504 372 20362

Southern Europ

Portugal Spaln

North leditemsecan

Adriatic Sea

Aegean Sea

BlackSea

5 3417

20 135 SKI

4 29026 1623541

Total 126 873 5S3 1043

Africa 33 255 316 304

TransIndian PadflOnean Straits Settlements Dutch East Indies

Australia New Zealand New Guinea 119

79293

s 92W3 1094

13 5l lfi7

1 9498

121 1044 217 Hawaii Sheri Orient Philippines 8 i 5191 1247119762

Total 163 1357 769 157

35 232 671 278

South America

Lawest Brazil PlataCoast 64 448 192

39 218 44

535

1 261

Total 139 111 M 1074

Rest Indies Carriblwan

Foreign ports to foreign ports

180 738 116

38 1 2479

81

1 295

48 s 198 605 Domestic Intereaelal Coastwise 27 229 Nl 23514

Nev 1viglmhd coal 33 135 46 162

Total I 108 562 031 1 671

13116 18377 103 i 100 00 Grand total

I Includes I sailer2847 deadwel l t tons

i Includes 1 sailer3500 deadwelght tons

4 luclmlas 1 saileq 214 dead weight tons

e Includes 1 saileq 3500 dead wei ht tons

4 Does net ireluK 64 steamers chartered to independent companies 226 unallocated and United States

Recruiting Service

Details showing change in the employment of the fleet are con

tained in Table III
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 143

Lines to Central and South America

Fortyone direct service lines have been established to South and

Central America from nine ports on the Atlantic coast four on the

Gulf and two on the Pacific coast as follows

To 9t lines lines l Number ships of Dead eigh tonnage

Buenos Aires 10 71 50452

Montecldeo

Para

3 4 1 29037

3 4 19484

Pemaalneo 3 3 14 775

Riolaneira 5 13 88517

Bantos 7

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Igvlone 1 4 21451

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Puerto attios 1 j 1 4050

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41 135 863 191

These lines are shown in detail on Table IV

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Vessels Operating Between Foreign Ports

Service between foreign ports is maintained by 78 ships of 461 695

dead weight tons capacity of which number 21 are wooden vessels as

shown in Table V

CARGO AND PASSENGER SERVICES

In passing from the review of the established general cargo berths

to that of the combination freight and passenger it is observed that

the Board at the present time has two such services as follows

New York East Coast of South America Three vessels of a total of 25GS0

dead weight tons

New York South and East Africa One vessel of 8W0 dead weight tons

The remaining freight and passenger vessels are at the present time

undergoing reconditioning preparatory to their being placed in regu

lar runs or will be reconditioned for service when delivered by the

War Department A statement covering the present location and

service of these ships is included in the report of the repair depart

ment Section II In addition 27 others are in the process of con

struction and the following services have been arranged for by as

signment of this new tonnage subject to slight modifications as to

itinerary

San Francisco Honolulu Yokohama Kobe Shanghai Manila Hongkong

Seattle Yokohama Vladivostok Dalny Shanghai Kobe

New York Los Angeles San Francisco Honolulu

All of these vessels with the exception of possibly six will be de

livered and in service before June 30 1921 A general description

of these ships will be found in the second section of this report and

details of their construction in Table 1VII

Additional service may be expected from the assignment of the Ves

sels on the San FranciscoOrient run in consideration of the Ship

ping Board sassignment This Corporation the Pacific mail Steam

ship Co is now partly covering this service with their own vessels of

lesser speed which will be used by them to strengthen other Pacific

services not requiring vessels of a more modern type

The Board has been instrumental in the establishment of the fol

lowing services by the chartering of its exGerman passenger liners

on the following runs

New York Queenstown Cherbourg Bremen returning via Cherbourg

Southampton

New York Dover Boulogne Danzig

Boston Queenstown Cherbourg Bremen returning via Southampton

Cherbourg

New York Mediterranean ports
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 145

RATES

The division continued to function as outlined in the third

annual report until March 1 1920 Prior to this date the division

had the following tariffs

North Atlantic to United Kingdom and Continent

South Atlantic to United Kingdom and Continent

Gulf to United Kingdom and Continent

Atlantic and Gulf to South America

North Atlantic and Gulf to Orient

Pacific coast to Orient

North Atlantic to New Zealand and Australia

North Atlantic to India

North Atlantic to Africa Turkey Red Sea ports

Between Atlantic and Pacific ports

Cotton Atlantic and Gulf to United Kingdom and Continent

Lumber North Atlantic Gulf and Pacific to United Kingdom and Con

tinent

Coal North Atlantic to European ports Atlantic and Gulf to Snuth

America

Coal Pacific to Bar East

Nitrate Chilean ports to North and South Atlantic

On larch 1 1920 the managing agency agreement No 3 was

adopted the general terms of which provide for the operation of

Shipping Board vessels under a profit sharing plan which changed

the method of rate making Under this new arrangement rates for

vessels on general cargo services are made by conferences of Shipping

Board managing agents The conferences were organized tmcler the

supervision of the traffic department of the Division of Operations

On full and balk cargoes under this plan managing agents are

given freedom of action in making rates subject to the prevailing

market quotations

On the formation of the general cargo conferences the rates di

vision ceased to issue tariffs

Four such general conferences have been established namely North

Atlantic with headquarters at New fork South Atlantic with

headquarters at Savannah Gulf with headquarters at New Orleans

Pacific coast with headquarters at San Francisco These general

conferences have subcommittees which cover the other ports within

their respective districts on general cargo services to practically all

parts of the world

As a result of these activities complete stabilization of rates in some

trades and a large measure of stabilization in practically all the

trades has followed

The formation of the conferences after March 1 1920 changed the

character of the work of the rate division Although being relieved

of keeping in actual touch with the local conditions whicli was neces
146 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

nary in order to quote on all kinds of cargoes and in varying quan

tities the division has been called upon to perform duties of a differ

ent nature and of greatly added importance The rules of the confer

ences require that any action on their part must be by unanimous

vote failing the questions in hand are referred to the Board for de

cision Further before malting any drastic rate changes the confer

ences must also submit their recommendations for approval A suc

cessful functioning of the conferences as a whole requires a rela

tionship in rates and practices among the different districts which

is brought about by suggestions or instructions from the rates di

vision Criticisms by the public of rates or practices when they are

made are investigated and handled by this division with the assist

ance of the conferences when necessary

CLAIMS

During the reorganization in January 1920 the claims division

was made a separate unit of the traffic department It forms one

side of the triangle in the trades rates and claims section

Several important changes have occurred since the last report

First was the granting of authority to the American Steamship

Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association to supervise

investigate and settle all cargo claims which are covered by insur

ance such as loss and damage claims etc Formerly this associa

tion investigated those claims which were in excess of 500 on single

voyages of Shipping Board steamers in the club All other claims

for consequental losses which are not covered by insurance are thor

oughly investigated and settled directly by the claims division

This applies on amounts up to and including 5000 Claims in ex

cess of 5000 after investigation by this division are referred to

the Board for final approval

When claims are presented to this division there is immediately

instituted a very thorough and exhaustive investigation through all

available sources with a settlement as expeditiously as possible

The result of this work is that complete equity and justice is done

the shipper and the interests of the Board are fully protected

ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT SECTION

Prior to February 1920 the work of the allocation and assign

ment section was performed by two departments namely the allo

cation department and the assignment department

The allocation department particularly concerned itself with the

maintenance and protection of general liner berths through the allo

cation committee composed of representatives of the trades con
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 147

tract assignment and coal export bureaus and of the personnel

and the construction and repair departments

Information was collected and developed which might affect con

templated allocation relative to port and trade conditions Finally

these allocations were announced for execution to the various assist

ant directors and district agents

The assignment department functioning as a separate entity

assigned for management and operation the vessels declared by the

allocation department to be available Assignments to managers

and operators were made with regard to their experience foreign

connections financial responsibility nationality efficiency and de

sirability as operators

In line with the policy at this time encouragement was afforded

newly organized steamship companies measuring up to the require

ments and which contemplated measures of permanency

In these cases the Shipping Board has assisted in improving both

the organization and services maintained In recognizing the new

operators opportunity was offered them to secure the material as

sistance of the Government in establishing the business The ap

pointments of marine staff and foreign and domestic agents were

supervised and accordingly the operators have been enabled in time

to found a permanent efficient and profitable business

In February 1920 the departments were combined and their func

tions coordinated At that time preference in assigning a steamer

was afforded those having less than 25000 dead weight tons under

their operation as well as to purchasers of Shipping Board vessels

and owners of American documented vessels Afore recently upon

the passage of the merchant marine act of 1920 preference is being

extended in the matter of assignments and in some cases where ad

visable to recognition afforded those companies who are receiving

the support financial and otherwise of the communities primarily

interested in the inauguration and maintenance of such services as

the Board has determined should be established In accordance with

the interpretation in the merchant marine act of 1920 the allocation

and assignment section is scrutinizing the nationality of the per

sonnel and of the company itself with a view to eliminating those

who do not conform to its requirements

The allocation and assignment section has consistently endeav

ored to replace steamers sold with vessels of similar size and type

for general cargo services This section has also cooperated closely

with the operating department in tieing up indefinitely all wooden

steamers which require excessive repairs

Recommendations for assignments and reassignments prepared by

the allocation and assignment section having been passed upon by
148 rounTII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

the manager of the traffic department and manager of the operat

ing department as well as the Director of Operations are submitted

to the Shipping Board for formal approval Upon securing this

approval the details of effecting assignments are carried out by this

section

Upon the completion of our European food relief program such

allocated tonnage was released to various berth servicesin many

cases establishing new trade routes in which the American flag had

not been flown for over GO years A considerable portion of the re

mainder of our tonnage was assigned to managing agents for bulk

cargo trades

At the time vessels were requisitioned from their owners by the

Shipping Board the traffic department endeavored to assign these

vessels to their owners for operations when the experience in the par

ticular trade in question and American character of their organiza

tion so warranted When requisitioned vessels were redelivered to

their owners assignment of Shipping Board tonnage for operation

and management was made when requested if operators offered at

tractive employment In few cases owners having vessels returned

did not ask for assignment of Shipping Board tonnage

No difficulty has been experienced in obtaining operators of all

Shipping Board tonnage available for service and none has remained

idle on this account

assignments at the close of the fiscal year are shown in Table VI

Much study has been given to the establishment of the liner serv

ices assignment of steamers of suitable size type etc to maintain

these services is of course the principal obligation of this depart

ment Assignments of this nature are most desirable from both our

standpoint and that of the operator inasmuch as vessels suitable

for a particular trade can obviously be operated in that trade more

profitably than a type of steamer unsuited to the trade in question

Of the cargo ships the Hog Island type has been found to be the

most desirable for general service The Submarine Boat Corpora

tion type is well fitted for service in the Baltic and Scandinavian

trade Lightdraft laketype vessels are admirable for the West

Indies trade particularly the south ports of Cuba Larger lake

type vessels are well suited for various coastwise services and in trade

to northern ports of Cuba Nine of the larger lake type are em

ployed in our oriental feeder service this service calling at the

smaller outports collecting cargo and bringing it to the regular

ports of call Vessels of the 800 deadweight class and also the

9500 deadweight are especially suitable for the cotton and grain

trade on account of their size but during the off cotton and grain

season great difficulty exists in filling ships of this size on the same
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berth and maintaining the same schedule as would exist during the

cotton and grain season At such offseason periods vessels of the

Submarine Boat Corporation type and our Japanese constructed

type approximately 6400 deadweight are considered more suitable

as substitutions while the larger ships are diverted to other services

TANKERS

During the year the demand for tanker tonnage increased and

the ships under the control of the Board were in constant service

The principal routes covered by our tank steamers are between

Afexican Gulf ports and United States Gulf ports United States

North Atlantic ports and to our foreign stations at St Thomas

Virgin Islands Brest and Bizerta On the Pacific the lines are

from San Francisco to our foreign stations at Honolulu Manila and

Shanghai

Total amount of oil carried by our tank steamers from June 30

1919 to June 30 1920 was364162 95tons

Of the above total of oil carried in our steamers 108 019 66tons

were carried to our foreign bunkering stations During this period

these was also carried in Shipping Board tankers 139 388 79tons of

molasses and 10714 46tons of vegetable oil

TUGS AND BARGES

The tug and barge section at the present time is operating 27

steel seagoing tugs of which 1 is stationed permanently at Bermuda

to assist Shipping Board steamers and 2 at New Orleans the balance

operating on the Atlantic seaboard in the various trades Twelve to

fourteen of these tugs from time to time are towing barges in the New

England coal trade between Hampton Roads and eastern ports the

balance in the South Atlantic lumber piling and general offshore

trade to Habana also any other business which may offer such as

dry docking dredges etc

Ten wood harbor tugs are now being operated two under the

supervision of the Division of Operations New York two by the

custodian of wooden ships at Newport News Va three tugs with

watertube boilers at Philadelphia and the balance by local operators

for the time being until purchase is effected

Towage in the last three months has been offered freely and there

seems to be plenty at the present time If coal can be secured at

tidewater points there should be a heavy movement of barges loaded

with this commodity for New England points during the coming fall

which will keep the tugs well occupied in addition to services

rendered Shipping Board steamers for the various divisions

All barges constructed by the Corporation have been sold
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COASTWISE COAL

Types of Vessels Used

During the past year the shortage of coal in New England has made

it imperative that as much as could be handled be assigned to that

trade Consequently all types of vessels have been used in the trade

without particular reference to type since spot tonnage was needed

and what was available at the moment had to be ued

The tabulation below gives a good idea of the various types of

vessels which were used in the New England coal trade during the

past year Percentage

of total

Wood steamers Ferris with one exception 17

Concrete steamers 4

New lakebuilt steamers 43

Purchased or converted lakers C

West or 3800tun type 5

New steel cargo tonnage under 7000 deadweight tons 5

New steel cargo tonnage over 7000 deadweight tons 21

WOOD SHIPS

Maximum Tonnage Operate at One Time

The maximum number of wood vessels 240 aggregating 874 155

deadweight tons was in active operation during the month of April

1920 On June 30 1920 there were 110 wood vessels aggregating

628 384 tons in active operation

Principal Trade

There were more wood vessels engaged in the trans Atlantic coal

trade approximately 20 per cent of the active wood fleet on June 30

1920 than in any other one service the New England coal trade

with approximately 10 per cent ranking second Five wood vessels

aggregating 18432 dead weight tons were operating under the super

vision of the London office as of June 30 1920

Suitability for Certain Uses

Taking into consideration the fact that nearly 50 per cent of the

wood vessels under active operation as of June 30 1920 were engaged

in various trans Atlantic trades at least that proportion of the wood

vessels would be suitable for carrying bulk general cargo or trans

Atlantic A study of the relative steaming radius of principal types

of wood vessels would be valuable in determining the uses for which

they are most suitable

Types Steaming rodius T Steaming radius

Daugherty FerrisHBall in Mum360U 5001100 Grays arbor

Hough McClelland

111n2150

2 500910
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Coastwise

Wood vessels with a relatively shorter steaming radius could be

profitably employed in coastwise trade Approximately 10 per cent

of the wood fleet in active operation on June 00 1920 was employed

in the New England coal trade

OPERATING DEPARTMENT

Up to February 1 1920 the supervisors pursers deck engineer

radio and supply departments were individual departments inde

pendent of one another but under the reorganization were consoli

dated in one department known as the operating department exer

cising general supervision over all operating phases in connection

with Shipping Board vessels The supply department was recently

transferred from the operating department and placed tinder the

direction of the supply and sales division leaving only the bunker

ing section of that department under the supervision of the operat

ing department

In general the operating department exercises control over the

following operating matters

re Vessel personnel handling all matters of dispute Mud administering

Shipping Board policies with respect to cre ys and keeping records of officer

personnel

b Approving bunker schedules arranging supplies at foregn fuel stations

and keeping operators advised of the most advantageous bunkering schedule to

fellow

c Supervision of radio apparatus and radio operators on Chipping Board

vessels

d Checking the efficiency of managers operators and managing agonts in

operation of shipping Board vessels Exercising control over dl vessels in

distress and arranging relief

e Coulrol of sopereargoes

f Establisbment and supervision cf foreign agencies Checking allocation

of vessels in order that vessels will be assigned to employment and trades for

which they are best suited

Vessel Personnel

How officers are obtainedThe Steamboat Inspection Service of

the Department of Commerce grants licenses upon examination to

such men from the ranks of seamen as qualify after diligent inquiry

as to character has been made and after the inspectors are satisfied

that they have capacity experience and habits of life which warrant

the belief that they can safely be intrusted with the duties and re

sponsibilities of the station for which they make application

Licenses are granted authorizing these men to discharge such duties

for it term of five years but licenses shall be suspended or revoked

upon satisfactory proof of bad conduct intemperate habits in

capacity inattention to duties or the willful violation of any pro
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visions of the Steamboat Inspection Service This is applicable to

both deck and engineer officers

The United States Shipping Board has established since June 1917

in different sections of the country various schools for the training

of officers in navigation and engineering and since July 1915 over

1000 graduates a term have been turned out a term in the engineer

ing school being one month and in the navigation school six weeks

Attractioos of the serviceThis service is made attractive through

the following reasons

1 There is no trade occupation or profession which offers more

opportunity for rapid advancement to positions of responsibility

and good pay When the wages paid to crews of our merchant

marine together with quarters and meals furnished by the ship are

considered it can be seen that they are much better off than the aver

age young men in other callings

2 The crew complement of a ship averages one officer for every

five men and the opportunities for promotion are good

3 Any man with high school education or better may become a

third officer after one year ssea service and men who are less for

tunate in educational advantages may become a third officer after

two years sea service

4 It is possible for a man to be in command of a vessel at the

expiration of five years after lie first enters the service however this

is not an average opportunity and progress depends entirely upon

initiative ability and aptitude for the work

5 Opportunities do not end when a man becomes master or chief

engineer as large steamship companies or commercial organizations

are constantly in need of men who have obtained practical experience

through sea training for responsible shore positions

Ideal condXons on board Shipping Board vessels

The majority of United States Shipping Board vessels have all

been constructed with the very latest ideas of shipbuilding and

splendid accommodations are afforded both officers and members of

the crew In addition to this the very best of food is provided Con

gress has enacted legislation which places seafaring men on an equal

basis with those of industrial organizations to the extent of regulat

ing their time on duty and unless the safety of the vessel requires

in no case is a man compelled to work in excess of 5 hours per day

without being amply compensated by extra remuneration

High standards

The United States Shipping Board Division of Operation main

tains expensive marine forces at all large American ports and at prin

cipal foreign ports to assist in the maintenance of crew efficiency

Inspection of all Shipping Board vessels is made up5n arrival at
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port and immediate steps are taken to correct unsanitary conditions

which might exist Experienced construction and repair men are

also employed and every care is taken to see that all vessels are kept

in a seaworthy condition the best of materials being furnished

Record of personnel

The marine department of each United States port is responsible

for that portion of Shipping Board vessels whose managing agents

or operators are located in their district and service records of all

officers for such ships are furnished in duplicate one copy being re

tained at the port office and the other forwarded to headquarters at

Washington thus making it possible for the Shipping Board to be

fully informed on all officers in its employ

Investigation of complaintsUpon receipt pf information from

various sources on acts involving gross negligence graft or other

conduct unbecoming an officer or member of crew the case is thor

oughly investigated upon the arrival of the vessel in port by the

marine department If the person in question is found guilty of

the charges preferred against him he will be denied further em

ployment for a period of time depending upon the nature of the

offense and if his conduct was in violation of United States Steam

boat Inspection Service remlations the case is brought to their at

tention with a request that licenses be revoked The various dis

trict officers are advised of any person who is placed on the de

ferred employment list and it is impossible for him to secure em

ployment on a Shipping Board vessel until he has been reinstated

Whenever reports of meritorious conduct or the efficient handling

of a vessel are received these reports are filed with the man s per

sonnel service record and when it is found necessary to fill or create

new shore positions with the Shipping Board these reports are con

sulted and given due consideration as a guide in making the proper

selection

Obtaining crewsUnder ordinary conditions little difficulty has

been experienced in securing crews although at times there have

been obstacles on account of contemplated change in working agree

ments

Appoinbncnt of personnelPermission is granted to operators

and managers of Shipping Board vessels by the Shipping Board to

appoint their own officers and crew but before such appointments

are effective our marine department of the Corporation must ap

prove same to eliminate the possibility of undesirable officers secur

ing employment

It is the policy of the United States Shipping Board to employ

only Americans when possible at all times and until Tebruary 7

of this year when presidential rulings was effected which barred all
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aliens from securing licenses who had not declared their intention

of becoming American citizens after that late the Board allowed

men holding socalled redink licenses employment on its vessels

limited to 4000 dead weight tonnage Since the date of the Execu

tive order above referred to it has been impossible to limit employ

ment of men holding7such licenses to stipulated tonnage and in

structions have been issued to all districts requesting that strict ob

servance be given to selection of officers giving preference to Amer

ican citizens and also to observe applicants holding provisional

licenses to see that such men had declared their intention of be

coming American citizens before February 7

Bankers

Importa wehi opierahtonFuel is the largest single item in the cost

of ship operation with the possible exception of repairs The price

of fuel both coal and oil has not only kept pace with the increases in

other operating expenses but has proportionately exceeded most

other items and the difficulties of obtaining sufficient supplies have

been enormous This situation was anticipated in the sunuuer of 1919

and the bunker section was organized under the Division of Opera

tions for the specific purpose of utilizing available supplies of feel in

both domestic and foreign ports to the best general advantage con

sistent with efficient operation

After a careful study of the world wide fuel situation as a single

problem this section has been able to determine upon certain strategi

cal points on the various trade routes where it is believed fuel sup

plies must be maintained In this study all the conditions met in

actual practice have been considered such as types of vessels in the

particular trade steaming radii port facilities distances from

sources of fuel supplies geographical location as regards proximity

to acceptable sailing routes nationality of port etc Having deter

mined the strategical points this section next worked out the number

of vessels that would require fuel at each point and approximately

the kind and quantity each would require and in this way has been

able to determine roughly the yearly requirements of fuel at the

points selected

On account of the many widely scattered and wellequipped coal

bunkering stations and natural sources of supply throughout the

world it has not been necessary to adhere so closely to a few definite

ports except of course in emergencies created by labor troubles

unfair discrimination etc but rather to watch closely the supplies

and demands of a certain zone

In the case of fuel oil however the privately owned bunkering sta

tions are few and supplies can not be depended upon as to price or

quantity This has necessitated the establishment of our own or
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 155

encouragement of American corporations to establish bunkering sta

tions at the predetermined strategical points on the various trade

routes In view of the fact that practically our entire fueloil supply

is dependent upon our tank steamer fleet for transportation it has

been necessary to concentrate fueloil deliveries to a comparatively

few ports

One of the functions of the bunker section is to maintain records

showing the demands that will be made for fuel in the immediate

future upon the various zones and ports of the world This requires

an individual proposed bunkering performance on each vessel well in

advance of actual bunkering date By making a compilation of these

performances it is possible to estimate very accurately the quantity

and date of demands on the various fueling ports and to arrange for

supplies accordingly

Cooperation with fuel section division of supply and sales

In the problem of supply and demand the Bunker Section repre

sents demand and the fuel section of the division of supply and

sales represents supply These two sections cooperate very closely

with the object of malting the two elements balance as nearly as pos

sible 11lanv difficulties arise which make a perfect balance impos

sible but these are disposed of by compromising as necessary to meet

the general situation

Weekly bunker bulletinThe general fuel situation is incorpo

rated in a bunker bulletin issued jointly by the bunker section Di

vision of Operations and fuel section division of supply and sales

This bulletin is corrected weekly and supplied to interested officials

in the home and field offices The bunker bulletin shows the imme

diate situation at all the principal bunkering ports and gives the

following information on each

1 Estimated monthly requirements

Source of supply

3 Prices

3 Present stocks

5 Outlook

C Bunker policy to be followed

Bunker schedulesAVith a knowledge of the general fuel situa

tion as contained in the bunker bulletin schedules are prepared for

the individual s91ips in the most practical way possible and an effort

is made at all times to retain the balance of supply and demand as

far as consistent with efficient operation

Purpose and results of proposed bunker schedulesFor this pur

pose each ship is considered as a problem in itself and the managing

agent is required to submit a standard form Proposed bunker

schedule to the district director at the vessel sloading port as far
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in advance of the actual loading as practical This proposed bunker

schedule shows

1 Name of vessel and type

forts of call in order with etpected date of arrival of each

3 Distances bethveon ports and time estimated to be consumed in pas

saves

4 Amount of fuel estimated to be aboard on arrival and departure from

each port

5 Amount of fuel estimated to be taken at each port if any

G Performance figures upon which schedule is based I e speed con

sumption bunker capacity kind of cargo freight rate etc

Upon receipt of the proposed bunker schedule from the managing

agent the district director approves or if necessary alters it to meet

fuel conditions as outlined to him in the bunker bulletin Copies of

all approved bunker schedules are forwarded to the bunker section

Washington and from them records are prepared to show fuel de

mands on the various ports of the world The proposed schedule on

each ship during the progress of the voyage in question is checked

against actual performance

From these records it is possible to obtain immediately lists of

all ships approaching particular ports for fuel and in cases of fail

ure of fuel supplies to arrive on schedule or other emergency it is

found practicable to make divisions to instruct transfers of fuel

from ship to ship etc as circumstances warrant

EmergenciesIn cases of bunkering congestions and delays au

thorization is issued for preference in obtaining fuel supplies and

action is taken to clear up the situation with the minimum possible

damage to the general interests involved

Radio Section

On May 19 1919 the first steps were taken to organize a radio

department in the Division of Operations Prior to that time all

radio work for the Shipping Board was handled by the Navy

Department The Navy had furnished radio operators for all ships

had purchased and installed new radio apparatus on all ships con

structed by the Shipping Board had purchased for the Board all

apparatus formerly rented by the Board from the radio companies

and had kept all apparatus in repair

Owin to the gradual reduction of the personnel and the activi

ties of the Navy it became desirable for the Shipping Board to

take over control of its radio service With this end in view

an officer thoroughly familiar with the Navy sradio service was

detailed to the Shipping Board and made the head of the radio

department The radio department was later abolished and the

radio section of the operating department was established with

the same personnel and functions as formerly
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During the past year the Shipping Board has been rendered en

tirely independent of other Government departments as far as radio

service is concerned with the single exception that the Navy Depart

ment is still furnishing radio apparatus for all ships under construc

tion as the Navy purchased during the war sufficient radio apparatus

to complete our entire building program

The personnel of the radio section now numbers approximately

35 3 in Washington and the remainder in the various districts

In each district there is a radio supervisor with one or more in

spectors and the necessary clerical force Radio operators in the

employ of managing agents appointed by the Division of Operations

number approximately 2000 When Navy radio operators were

removed from all Shipping Board vessels it was found very difficult

to secure civilian operators to take their places Some few ships

were allowed to sail without operators but by stimulating recruit

ing in every way the supply was gradually brought up to the de

mand until there is now a surplus of radio operators in practically

every port

During the year outstanding obligations to the Navy Department

amounting to approximately 600 0 were cleared up The matters

involved were principally certain radio apparatus which had been

purchased by the Navy Department for the Shipping Board expenses

in connection with keeping radio apparatus in repair and the settle

ment of message toll accounts

Approximately 500 0 worth of surplus radio equipment was

disposed of Some of this equipment was installed on other Ship

ping Board vessels and some of it was sold by public bids Still

other sets of the apparatus were sold to shipowners this was espe

cially the case where the apparatus was installed aboard requisitioned

ships

To care for the radio apparatus on all ships handle the accounting

in connection with each message sent furnish radio operators at all

times on short notice furnish all necessary blank forms secure the

licenses required by law etc contracts were entered into with three

commercial radio companies the ships being equally divided between

the three companies in order to stimulate competition These con

tracts were drawn with great care containing the best features of all

commercial contracts for radio service which were then in existence

as well as many features for the Board s protection The radio

supervisors in each district exercise careful supervision over the work

of the radio companies assign new ships equally between them and

arrange to discontinue service when a ship is sold

Each radio company is required to take an exact inventory of all

radio equipment aboard a vessel as soon as it is assigned and the

radio section now has in its files the inventories of all radio equip
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ment on board practically every ship owned by the Shipping Board

the total value of the sets being in the neighborhood of6000

In addition to the radio work the radio section has jurisdiction

over all matters in connection with the submarine signal apparatus

installed aboard each steel ship This apparatus is rented from the

Submarine Signal Co of Boston its principal value is detecting

the sound of a submarine bell installed on a lightship or other point

during foggy weather Radio supervisors in every district cooperate

with the officials of the Submarine Signal Co authorizing them to

install the apparatus on new vessels directing them to remove it

from all vessels sold having repairs made etc

The revenue from wireless messages is small compared with the

cost of the service amounting to only about 1000 to 2000 per

month The great value of the radio equipment however lies in the

saving that can be made by diverting ships from one port to another

while still far at sea when local conditions such as strikes etc

render diversion advisable and in the indispensable aid to vessels

in distress It is significant that not a single vessel out of a fleet

of more than a thousand has been lost without a trace since the con

tracts with the commercial companies were signed and each outfit

given a thorough overhauling During the winter months several

hundred vessels were in distress at one time or another and assist

ance was dispatched to each one in reply to distress calls sent out

by radio resulting in the saving of thousands of lives and millions

of dollars worth of property

Supervisors Section

Until December 1919 this section was maintained in Washington

and was responsible for supervision over all Shipping Board vessels

the purpose being to obtain quick turn arounds thus effecting great

savings in the cost of operation After careful study of conditions it

was decided that more efficiency could be obtained by decentralizing

this section and having the supervisors work in the districts in

which the ships make their home port The system of having cer

tain ships assigned to certain supervisors was discontinued and the

supervisors were made responsible for operators and managers in

the districts in which they were located This has resulted in closer

cooperation between managers and operators and the United States

Shipping Board

A skeleton force is maintained in Washington which acts in a

general advisory and supervisory capacity receiving certain critical

reports and maintaining a clo e followup of special cases of mis

management on the part of the agents

The supervisor assumes the position of actual owner ofthe vessels

which lie supervises and from this standpoint checks the perform
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ance of the vessel from reports rendered him by the operators and

by other agencies such as supercargo and investigator From these

reports it is possible to determine whether the vessel as managed by

our operator is being handled efficiently and to follow the perform

ance of the vessel in every respect so as to effect savings at each

opportunity

The supervisor receives daily loading reports from the operator

supercargo and investigator These reports show in detail the work

ing of the cargo for the day preceding the report In the event

that the cargo is being loaded slowly the supervisor institutes an

immediate investigation frequently going on the dock in person

If the delay in loading is due to the slow arrival of cargo the matter

is taken up with the traffic department to determine the cause and

effort is made to expedite shipments

The supervisor keeps in constant touch by telephone with the

operator and this system together with the reports received by him

from the supercargo and investigator permits the supervisor to be

conversant at all times with complete details covering loading

activities

The loading of the vessel is given particular attention by the

supervisor as it is in this phase of the work that the most serious

delays occur and much has been accomplished toward reducing load

ing delays to a minimum The main cause of the difficulties how

ever has been the slow delivery of cargo at the docks

The same procedure is followed in connection with discharging of

cargo from vessels on arrival at port

On vessels returning from foreign ports in ballast the supervisor

obtains and checks up the report of outturn upon the discharge of

this ballast and compares the figures shown with the figures indicated

by the operators supercargo etc

Upon the arrival in a United States port vessels are inspected by

the marine department as to condition of the hull deck life saving

equipment living spaces storerooms galley holds bilges etc and a

complete report on the survey is made Careful inspection is made

of the crew squarters to insure maintenance in firstclass condition

Aggravated cases are immediately drawn to the attention of the

managing agent with instructions to take steps to remedy existing

conditions These reports are used by the supervisors section as an

indication of the manner in which the managing agent is handling

our vessels and form the basis for reports on the efficiency of the

operator The marine department and the supervisors in the dis

trict necessarily work in close cooperation in this matter and joint

action is taken in many instances
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The supervisor is not responsible for repair work as this is handled

entirely by the Division of Construction and Repairs in conjunction

with the American Bureau of Survey The supervisor however

keeps a close check on the progress of repairs and institutes im

mediate investigation of cases where the managing agents have not

included in their first requisition all the repairs required When

cases come to the attention of the supervisor showing the necessity

for alterations etc aboard ship this information is immediately

referred to the department concerned with the request for advice of

action taken

Under the system in force it is possible through the agency of the

supervisors section to establish a certain uniformity in the methods

adopted to settle the many problems which arise in the handling of

business incident to the operation of ships and it is the policy to

introduce standards whenever possible which in the experience of this

section have proved satisfactory

Vessel Distress

In addition the vessel distress section is located in Washington

and handles all distress cases of vessels directly from this office

When advice regarding a vessel in distress is received by radio or

from other sources action is immediately taken through various avail

able agencies to clear up the situation This is done sometimes direct

by radio or at other times through the district as the situation war

rants If through the districts tugs or coastguard cutters are called

on the district thus handling the matter when so instructed When

a vessel is stranded and wrecking outfits are required to assist her

the matter then comes into the immediate hands of the Division of

Insurance That division and the vessel distress section are in

close touch and keep each other informed of the developments in any

given case

In all cases the operators and managers are kept informed through

the districts of the initial situation developments and the conclu

sion This section also keeps in close touch with the Construction

and Repair Department and where applicable the bunkering sec

tion as to where a vessel shall be towed or go for repairs or fuel

as the case may be taking care to avoid at all times needless diver

sion of vessels with cargoes

In connection with the above a daily bulletin is published showing

in detail the disability the remedy and the result This gives a

firsthand picture of current vessel disability and furnishes the dis

trict concerned the data necessary to assist the auditors supervisors

and others in maintaining a proper check and in compiling their

respective reports
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The following is a compiled relative analysis of vessel disability

made from the Navy Department sDaily Shipping Bulletin of

March 26 1920 Disabilities occuring during the fall and winter

of 191920 are listed in the bulletin In compiling this analysis

reference to vessels was omitted if the bulletin failed to specifically

show that repairs in progress in port were due to particular voyage

disability rather than ordinary wear and tear

A preponderance of American schooner disability is noted The

analysis is of interest in that with the renewed interest in the Ameri

can merchant marine there may have been overemphasized publicity

re the disabilities incurred by Shipping Board vessels

Per cent

American shipping not Shipping Board owned 132 vessels out of210 or 6 1

United States Shipping Board SS vessels out of 1610 or 47

British 211 vessels out of4OSG or 51

Japanese IS vessels out of 433 or41

Other foreign vessels 200 out of4163 or 60

From the above it can readily be seen that the disability of Ship

ping Board vessels is considerably below the average of the world s

tonnage

Supercargo Section

By May 1 1919 the supercargo section had succeeded in placing

350 supercargoes aboard Shipping Board vessels whose duties were

those of the representative of the owner They were to assist the

masters of the vessels in all clerical work as well as to report on con

ditions in favor or against the vessel its management crew etc and

also to make a detailed study of shipping facilities in foreign ports

This number was increased by September 2 1919 to 725 when fur

ther assignments were discontinued and the supercargo school was

abolished This had formerly been maintained in Washington for

the purpose of instructing supercargoes before assignment to vessels

On June 30 1920 the Board Karl 500 supercargoes employed on our

vessels The difference between 725 under date of September 2 being

due to resignations death dismissals or transfers to other depart

ments foreign agencies etc Approximately 50 supercargoes have

been appointed as supervisors assistants to port agents at Rio

de Janeiro Buenos Aires and Ilabana as dispatch agents at Gibral

tar Hamburg Azores Danzig and Barcelona and as supply officers

at Liverpool Rotterdam and Cardiff From this it can be clearly

seen that the Shipping Board has been benefited materially in the

schooling of young men that their services might be used in the estab

lishment and maintenance of a 100 per cent American merchant

marine

Many requests are received from operators managers and masters

of our vessels that supercargoes be assigned

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Special Service Section

This section is responsible for all operating matters not included

in the functions of the foregoing sections and in the main deals with

the establishment of foreign agencies To date agencies have been

established in Europe as follows

United Kingdom 0 Poland and Germany 2

Prance 8 Finland 1

Italy 14 Spain 2

Holland and Belgium 2 Egypt 1

Denman and Sweden 2 Turkey 1

Besides these agencies have opened in the following places

Ilabana Cuba

Rio de Janeiro Brazil

IIorta Fayal Azores

Shanghai China

Tampico Mexico

Hamilton Bermuda

Buenos Aires Argentina

Yokohama Japan

Manila P I

Consideration is now being given to the establishment of agencies

at the following places

Spain 2

1

Orient

Levant 5 Africa

Germany 3 Oceania

Scandinavia 4 South America

Rest Indies 2

It is further the duty of this section to review all allocations now

being made by the allocation committee and to make voyage calcula

tions showing the approximate cost of operating vessels in a given

trade with given commodities to establish the fact as to whether or

not vessels allocated to a certain trade will or will not make a satis

factory profit Voyage calculations are also made by this section for

use by the traffic department when considering rates and rate differ

entials

From reports received through supercargoes on conditions at ports

all over the world this section has made an analysis and at present is

compiling into a complete and comprehensive book form all the infor

mation at hand with the intention of distributing same to Shipping

Board and other Government departments and persons interested

To date besides a number of special reports all the data on South

American ports has been compiled These reports have proven very

useful as they contain such information as depth of water regula

tions facilities charges and other conditions encountered all of which

must necessarily be considered when passing upon the allocation of

vessels to determine whether the port in question is safe and can

amply accommodate vessels which the Board wishes to allocate
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CONTRACT BUREAU

In the contract bureau all documentary evidence appertaining to

the contractual obligations of the Division of Operations is cen

tralized The activities of the various sections cover the following

subjects

Demurrage Off Hire and Savings Section

The activities of this section are principally of a threefold nature

off hire demurrage and dispatch and savings as provided for in

clause 22 of the time form requisition charter

a Steamer demurrage Whenever possible it has been the prac

tice to supervise rather than undertake the adjustment of steamer

demurrage When operators with the assistance of our districts

organization have been unsuccessful in their efforts to conclude satis

factory adjustments complete details are dispatched to this section

at which time all phases of each case are carefully reviewed

Appropriate action is taken toward those in default and has re

sulted in the collection of approximately 900 0 in steamer demur

rage At the close of the fiscal year steamer demurrage of ap

proximately2500 0 was still under consideration in addition to

the question of demurrage accrued on account of cargoes consigned

to other Governments This section drafted and placed in use

Masters report of loading and discharging by means of which

necessary and uniformly presented details together with authentic

information covering all loading and discharging is always avail

able and greatly simplifies and expedites the rendering of decisions

L Off hire Collection or credit on account of off lire has been

secured in the approximate amount of 600 0 during the fiscal

year In instances where owners have refused to acknowledge off

hire the general comptroller has been instructed to withhold from

final settlement an amount sufficient to cover the period involved

Close liaison has been maintained with the admiralty division rela

tive to our rights tinder the breakdown clauses of charters and off

hire questions have been passed upon in accordance with the strictly

legal rights of the Corporation

c Saving Practically all claims of the Board involving sav

ings due tinder clause 22 of the timeform requisition charter have

been satisfactorily adjusted The clause referred to is as follows

22 In the event of loss of time from deficiency of men and stores breakdown

of machinery stranding collision dry docking for the purpose of examining

or painting underwater parts or making any repairs or from any other cause

preventing the working of the vessel for more than 24 consecutive hours the

hire shall be reduced onehalf until the vessel be again in an efficient state to

resume her service Provided however That in case of loss of time in a port

In the war zone or at sea due to any such cause no such reduction shall be
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made if the owner shall show that be used due diligence to avoid such loss

of time Provided further That there shall be no reduction of hire on account

of loss of time arising from a war risk Should the vessel be driven into

port or anchorage by stress of weather or from any accident to cargo deten

tion or loss of time occasioned thereby shall not be the cause for any cessation

or reduction of hire In any case of loss of time for which no reduction of

hire is made credit shall be given to the United States for any expenses saved

by the owner during such time

Investigations and activities have resulted in approximately

175 000 being credited to the Board

Charters

This section cooperated in the revision of the Washington coal

form charter and assisted materially in the drawing of a standard

form of coal charter party for the West Indies coal trade

Inventory Section

During the fiscal year this section has passed to the general comp

troller final recommendations on 100 steamers involving approxi

mately 600 0 of which amount 450 00 was ordered disbursed

in settlement of ship inventory accounts while claims of the Board

against owners for like accounts aggregated approximately 150 00

When collections have been made from owners of requisitioned

vessels for value of redelivery inventory accounts the amount dis

bursed and the amount collected will approximately balance In

ventory adjustments remaining unclosed are distributed as follows

60 on requisitioned vessels 14 on Dutch steamers and 11 foreign

Final adjustment has not been consummated on 21 Shipping Board

vessels that were delivered as substitute tonnage

Reviewing Section

The records of this section disclose that redelivery of all foreign

vessels with the exception of two Peruvian steamers which the Board

intends to purchase has been completed During the year 103 foreign

vessels of a total deadweight tonnage of 578 19 were delivered

The last of each class was redelivered by the Shipping Board to

owners as follows

Chinese March 15 1920 Norwegian February 13 1920

Cuban March 22 1920 Russian December 10 1919

Danish October 25 1919 Siamese January 13 1920

Dutch November 8 1910 Swedish November 20 1919

Approximately 137 wooden steamers have been delivered to manag

ing caretakers to be assembled and stored and a special agreement

to cover this service is in course of preparation

The new agency agreement for the management and operation of

steel cargo steamers was put into effect on March 1 1920 and the

signature of 155 managing agents secured to this agreement Up to

and inclusive of June 30 1920 789 steel cargo steamers had been
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delivered to managing agents It is estimated that it will be two

to three months before all remaining steel cargo vessels will have

been transferred from the old form of managing and operating

agreements to the managing agents agreement

The general comptroller is furnished with certified copies of all

charters contracts certificates of deliveries and redeliveries and evi

dence of our rights and obligations under all contracts and charters

upon which to initiate appropriate financial adjustments

General Service Section

The activities of this section have been the general handling of all

miscellaneous matters within the jurisdiction of the contract bureau

and not properly within the functions of the various sections Gen

erally speaking this section has jurisdiction over the chartering of

wooden steamers handling of surveys and lump sum settlements on

all vessels redelivered settlement of questions of claims under all

managing and operating agreements and arranging delivery on all

vessels sold also the handling of details incident to securing bands

from all managers and operators of Shipping Board vessels

a Dutch vessels Redelivery of all Dutch vessels has been con

cluded the last steamer being redelivered on November S 1919 but

this did not terminate our activities in this regard as there were

various claims from the different owners for wages of crews sent

across to take redelivery of their steamers also various claims for

transportation of such crews together with various claims for re

pairs etc during the term of charter

b Bonding of managers and operatorsAfter it was decided to

have all managers and operators file surety bonds to cover manage

ment and operation of Shipping Board vessels this section set up the

necessary machinery and issued appropriate instructions in order

that this requirement might be promptly fulfilled Bond in the

amount of 250 00 was required for the managing or operating of

1 to 5 vessels over 5 to 20 a bond of 500 0 and above 20 a bond

of1000

c Sale of ahipa This section of the contract bureau is an in

termediary between the Ship Sales Division and all other depart

ments of the Division of Operations being charged with all arrange

ments for delivery to purchasers of all vessels including tugs and

barges About 421 steamers tugs and barges with deadweight ton

nage of approximately204 70 tons were sold and delivered during

the past year It might be pointed out that a certain portion of such

deliveries is made up of vessels chartered with option of purchase

while the remainder constitutes delivery under outright sales

This section is also charged with the interpretation of managing

and operating agreements and the application of such interpretations

to specific disputes and claims presented for adjustment
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Seamen sClaim Section

In view of the fact that claims were from time to time received for

personal injury maintenance and cure wages and loss of effects

due to collision or other causes placing seamen in a destitute condi

tion the committee on operations of the board of trustees of the

Emergency Fleet Corporation on December 18 1918 authorized that

aid lle given to destitute seamen for the good of the service

The power to negotiate and settle claims of this character was con

ferred upon the Director of Operations and in turn delegated to the

contract bureau

Claims are received in two distinct ways the most common of

which is for the claimant to submit his losses in affidavit form

Where immediate action is imperative claims are presented to op

erators and paid immediately subject to the regulations of this sec

tion and applying only when crews are landed in destitute condi

tions

Since the establishment of this section 203 claims aggregating

34751 have been received Of this number 88 claims have been

approved involving a total of 10858 08 Of the remainder 00

claims were disapproved having been found unworthy of adjust

ment leaving 25 claims still under consideration

All crews are covered by protection and indemnity insurance and

consequently cases involving personal injury are referred to the In

surance Division and only in instances where insurance is not ap

plicable are cases considered by the seamen claim section where

personal injury is involved

Authority given to the director by the committee and subsequently

vested in the seamen claim section provides that the section pass

only on claims amounting to 2000 or less and that claims in excess

of this amount if investigated and found worthy be presented to

the Board for its consideration and action

In many instances especially in cases where the crews sign articles

on the Lakes to bring vessels to Atlantic ports there have been mis

understandings as to whether the crews were entitled to return trans

portation to original point at which articles were signed as provided

in all articles for the bringing of vessels out of the Lakes For a

time it appeared that the failures of our operators to furnish such

transportation would cause difficulty in obtaining competent crews

to bring such steamers from the Lakes but this section tools imme

diate steps to advise all operators as to our liability in this regard

The Board has established the necessary machinery to treat justly

any and all claims presented by members of the crews and has en

deavored to provide for the welfare of the men in the merchant

marine
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FINANCIAL OPERATIONS

The activities of this office are chiefly directed to the collection

and compilation of specific information pertaining to results ob

tained in operation of the United States Shipping Board vessels

By means of reports and statements from various sources having a

direct bearing on vessels operations an endeavor is made to ascertain

the earning capacity of vessels by classes and types trade routes

commodities handled etc This office endeavors also to determine

the various elements entering into the cost of vessels operation in

classified form with a view to effecting economies by which more

satisfactory results may be obtained and is responsible moreover

for the approval of vouchers covering disbursements made by the

Division of Operations

ORGANIZATION

During the calendar year 1919 many of the activities of the Divi

sion of Operations were discontinued in the effort to reduce the

organization to it peacetime basis At the close of the year a co

ordination of the various interests became essential and a complete

survey of the division was begun in December 1919 completed

in June 1920 The home office of the Division of Operations at

Vashington was given first attention followed by the district offices

in New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk and New

Orleans

The purpose of the survey was to establish a standard organization

and uniform methods and procedure The results were the combin

ing and centralization of like activities reduction in the number of

departments elimination of duplications and decrease in the per

sonnel The savings effected were in the release of 641 employees

with salaries aggregating 1013 371 and miscellaneous incidental

expense amounting to 153 53 a total of1226 901 In addition

other savings were accomplished in connection with divisions which

cooperate with the Division of Operations These amounted to

106 742 making a grand total of 1333 616 for the six months

period

All of this work was conducted without retarding the regular

activities and was conducted with the object of eliminating duplica

tion establishing uniformity of organization and procedure so that

the business of the Shipping Board will be conducted along the

same lines of efficiency and economy as in private business
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION

MISCELLANEOUS SECTION

Division of Supply and Sales

Construction Claims Board

Legal Division Emergency Fleet Corporation

Department of Investigation

Report of General Comptroller

Report of the Treasurer

PART IV

109
IV UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD E PI E R G E N C Y

FLEET CORPORATION MISCELLANEOUS SECTION

This section of the report includes the Division of Supply and

Sales Construction Claims Board Legal Division of the Corpora

tion Department of Investigation the reports of the General Comp

troller and treasurer These divisions and departments report di

rectly to the President of the Corporation

DIVISION OF SUPPLY AND SALES

The activities of the Division of Supply and Sales for the greater

part of the past fiscal year have been fivefold First the determi

nation of what shipbuilding materials purchased and contracted

for to meet the war program would not be required because of

the contraction of that program as represented second the ware

housing and field custody of vessel and plant construction mate

rials the property of the Corporation as they came under the juris

diction of the division third the purchase of materials which by

legal agreement with vessel construction Contractors the Corpora

tion was required to furnish fourth the inventory and appraisal

of all materials the property of the Corporation and the inventory

of property in which the Corporation has an investment interest

and fifth the sale of those materials when determined as surplus

or salvage In addition to the foregoing the division until Febru

ary 13 1920 effected the cancellation of contracts for the production

of ship and shipyard materials no longer required and also negoti

ated settlements of claims arising therefrom That activity how

ever on this date was taken over by the Construction Claims Board

On April 21 1920 the former supply section of the operating

department of the Division of Operations was united with the Supply

and Sales Division and since that time the division has carried on

all purchasing for the Corporation except purchases made by the

managing agents of the Corporation under their agreements and

over which purchases the division will exercise supervisory control

and excepting also the purchase of office materials and supplies

which function has been exercised by the office supply division at

tached to the Shipping Board In addition this transfer carried

with it the transfer to the Supply and Sales Division of the opera

tion of all bunkering stations of the Corporation and the mainte

nance of all stocks thereat

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Appraisals

From the beginning of the fiscal year and up to January 15 1020

all appraisal work was directed from the home office and consisted

of malting detailed itemized valuations of all classes of material

and equipment belonging to the United States Shipping Board

Emergency Fleet Corporation located in the 250 shipyards and store

houses on the four coasts of the United States In addition complete

appraisal reports were made of various manufacturing projects

scattered throughout the country where contracts for shipconstruc

tion equipment were partially completed at the time the armistice

was signed and canceled thereafter In January this work was de

centralized and carried on thereafter by the district offices The

home office however exercised a general supervision over the ap

praisals and reviewed them when completed making revisions

wherever necessary

In conjunction with the inventory department a catalogue of all

the material equipment and supplies which are available for sale

by the Corporation has been prepared Each item is shown with its

average cost percentage appraisal and valuation based on 100 per

cent condition This catalogue is not only of great value in assist

ing sales but it tends to standardize the value of all the property of

the Corporation

Inventories

Plant and propertyThe work of inventorying the property of

the Corporation as represented by the Plant and property account

is about completed These inventories include to a large extent the

reconciling of the contractors accounts with the Corporation svouch

ers covering expenditures at the various projects The inventory

of the Hog Island property including ship material left as a result

of cancellation of ship construction in conjunction with its ap

praisal is now in progress

Inventory of ship materialsThe inventory department has upon

request made various inventories of ship material in different

parts of the country although that is a function of the material

section

Mortgage propositionsIn March 1020 the inventory depart

ment was assigned the investigation of the assets behind the loans

made by the Corporation to contractors for plant extension pur

poses

Material Provision and Custody

Purchase production and inspectionUntil the union of the

supply section of the Division of Operations with the Supply and

Sales Division the purchasing branch of the material section func

tioned in making purchases for the division
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Material controlThe function of material control has been that

of determining what materials were necessary to fill requirements

and what surplus or salvage the latter when determined being

allocated as available for sale In addition to material purchased

by the division as supplies and in its warehouses material has been

turned over to the division from shipyards and other sources as

surplus and salvage property of the Corporation and available for

sale

Traffic Branch

It has been the function of this branch to notify the various de

partments of the Corporation in regard to rail rates routes and

general traffic information It has also handled all the freight

claims arising from shortages and damages

Purchasing

This department makes all the general purchases for supplies

required for the ships under operation by the Corporation in addi

tion exercises a general supervision over the purchases made by

others for its account While heretofore purchases for ships man

aged by private steamship companies for account of the Board have

been made by these companies because of the many advantages to

be derived from contracting in bulk for the total requirements of the

fleet covering more important items of supplies the Board has

adopted the policy of covering such requirements by contract

Adequate provision for bunkering American ships abroad is vital

to the supremacy of the American merchant marine and to this end

the plans of the Board contemplate the establishment of adequate

coal and oil bunker stations at strategic ports on the principal world

trade routes Fueloil stations have been established at St Thomas

Rio de Janeiro Brest Bermuda ShanOiai Manila Honolulu and

Bizerta and stations are arranged for at Iquiqui Arica Callao

Ilamburg Genoa and Savona at which points stocks of fuel oil

will shortly be available Plans are also made which contemplate

the establishment of additional stations at the Azores Cape Verde

Islands Durban Colombo Sydney Wellington Hongkong and

Singapore

CONSTRUCTION CLAIDIS BOARD

Organization

The Construction Claims Board was created on February 1 1920

to succeed the general cancellations claims and contracts board

The function of the former board was essentially that of a board

of review whereas the present board has full and complete jurisdic

tion over the negotiation and settlement of all claims submitted to it

The former organization for the settlement of claims and the condi
174 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

tions which lead to the establishment of the present Construction

Claims Board are briefly reviewed below

Under the procedure originally established for the settlement of

construction claims as distinguished from cancellation claims the

investigation and negotiation of such claims was conducted by the

organization of the Ship Construction Division and recommenda

tions for settlement were submitted by the manager of that division

to the vice president and general manager of the Corporation

The cancellation on a large scale of ship contracts immediately

preceding and following the signing of the armistice in 1918 created

a new series of claims and on November 20 1918 the vice president

and general manager was authorized by the board of trustees to

settle all claims which in his judgment should be acted upon at once

to effect the greatest economy The first step in this direction was

the establishment on December 5 1918 of a division known as the

division of cancellations adjustments and salvage for the purpose

of handling the investigation and negotiation of all claims arising

out of the suspension and cancellation of prime ship contracts The

negotiation of socalled construction claims by the Ship Construction

Division mentioned above was continued in accordance with the

procedure set forth in General Order No 9 as amended January 30

1919

The number of cancellation claims soon grew to such an extent that

it became advisable to establish a separate board for their considera

tion and settlement The cancellations claims and contracts board

was accordingly organized on March 22 1919 with authority

to effect settlement of all claims involving the payment of 50000

or less Its jurisdiction over claims however was limited to the re

view and approval of the settlement of claims arising out of the

suspension and cancellation of contracts and commitments admin

istered by the various divisions of the Corporation The board was

given similar jurisdiction over socalled contract or construction

claims and over recommendations for the award of contracts covering

the construction of vessels and hulls the installation of hull and

propelling machinery construction of dry clocks floating docks and

marine railways including supplemental contracts or agreements

involving an essential change in the relations between the contractor

and the Emergency Fleet Corporation

At the same time supervision over the negotiation of cancellation

and construction claims including supply contracts and commit

ments involving an original price of 50000 or more was trans

ferred from the division of cancellations adjustments and salvage

to the office of the assistant in charge of cancellations The latter

office was created in the office of the director general totake the

place of the former division of cancellations adjustments and
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 175

salvage abolished as of March 22 1919 The settlement negotia

tions on supply contracts and commitments involving an original

price of 50000 or less were being conducted by the manager of the

supply division subject to the approval of the final settlement by

the assistant in charge of cancellations and the cancellations claims

and contracts board

As originally organized the cancellations claims and contracts

board consisted of fire members all being active in the work of the

Corporation It soon became evident however that with the increas

ing number of claims a board whose membership was composed of

officials of the Fleet Corporation who had other duties to perform

could not satisfactorily dispose of the claims that were submitted to

it The board was accordingly reorganized on July 16 1919 to

consist of six members five of whom were to devote their entire time

to the work of the board

From time to time the personnel of the board was changed and its

jurisdiction enlarged to cover the sale of property certified to the

Emergency Fleet Corporation as surplus and to take charge of other

matters incident to the contractual relations of the Fleet Corporation

with contractors subcontractors and vendors

As the progress made by the board in the settlement of claims

was dependent in a measure upon the rapidity with which the

claims were being investigated and negotiated by the other agencies

established for this purpose the board soon came to feel that a

decentralization of that function was necessary if greater progress

was to be made in the settlement of claims A second reorganization

accordingly followed and on September 9 1919 the office of as

sistant in charge of cancellations was abolished and the work of

negotiation of claims was transferred to and placed under the control

of eight newly created district cancellations claims and contracts

boards Special authority was given to the district boards on the

Pacific coast to effect settlements of all claims of vendors and sub

contractors in that territory resulting from the suspension of cancella

tion of vessel contracts and contracts and purchase orders placed by

the Supply and Sales Division involving the payment of not more

than 10000

The membership of the district boards consisted of the district

manager district comptroller district plant engineer district supply

and sales manager and a secretary appointed by the chairman of the

district board and selected from the organization of the Corporation

The name of the cancellations claims and contracts board was

changed to general cancellations claims and contracts board In

other respects the jurisdiction and organization of the general board

remained practically the same
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This change in procedure designed to speed up cancellation settle

ments was clearly not successful due to the fact that the members

of the district boards were not directly responsible to nor under the

control of the general cancellations claims and contracts board

and further to the fact that its members in their capacity as direct

officials were already so overburdened with work that they could not

devote the necessary time to the work of consummating cancellation

adjustments During the period from October 1 1919 when the

district boards first began to function until February 1 1920 very

little constructive work was accomplished on the adjustment of prime

ship cancellations This together with the fact that a board of five

members was regarded too large for the expeditious settlement of

claims was no doubt the chief consideration that led to the abolish

ment on February 1 1920 of the general and district cancellations

claims and contract boards and the establishment of the present

Construction Claims Board The membership of the new board was

limited to three members

The jurisdiction of the new board over the settlement of claims

was made more complete than ever before lot only did the new

board continue to act as a board of review but the entire machinery

established for the investigation and negotiation of claims including

the cancellation section of the supply and sales division was

placed directly under the control of the Construction Claims Board

Five district adjusters were appointed to take over the organization

and duties of the former district cancellations claims and con

tracts board The work formerly carried on by the several cancella

tion sections of the Supply and Sales Division was also taken over

by the district adjusters so that their jurisdiction extends to claims

arising out of the suspension and cancellation of all purchase orders

and contracts of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and those of its

prime contractors The district adjusters were made responsible

solely to the construction claims board for the progress of all can

cellation work in their respective districts To still further concen

trate the line of authority the Construction Claims Board was re

moved from the jurisdiction of the vice president and ordered to

report direct to the President of the Emergency Fleet Corporation

The newly established districts of the construction claims board

were the same as those of the former district cancellations claims

and contracts boards with the exception of the eastern district

which comprised both the middle Atlantic and Delaware River dis

tricts of the former Construction Division as then organized

Of the 532 contracts awarded by the Corporation for the construc

tion of vessels of all kinds 188 contracts involving 906 vessels were

affected by cancellation The construction of 17 regl isitioned ves
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 177

sels under five private contracts was also suspended making a total

of 193 ship cancellation claims involving 923 vessels and hulls

On June 30 1920 complete and final settlement had been effected

in 83 of these claims Eightytwo of these settlements represented

Emergency Fleet Corporation ship contracts while the remaining

settlement covered a requisitioned hull leaving 110 ship cancellation

claims in the course of settlement at the close of the year

Of this latter number agreements have been concluded with 31

contractors 27 Emergency Fleet Corporation contractors and 4 re

quisitioned contracts for the settlement of the commitments in

volved in their claims The settlement of the commitments either

by the contractor or the Emergency Fleet Corporation in 22 of the

outstanding claims is governed by the provision of the original con

tracts

In addition to the 193 ship cancellation claims already mentioned

approximately 7000 claims of various kinds have so far resulted from

the cancellation of the original ship contracts A large proportion

of these claims are subcontractors claims which have arisen from

the obligations of the shipbuilders and other contractors that have

been assumed by the Emergency Fleet Corporation in connection

with the cancellation settlements Since claims of this character are

dependent upon the conclusion of an adjustment agreement with the

prime contractors it will readily be seen that the number of claims

remaining to be settled can not be definitely stated until adjustments

have been reached with all of the prime contractors governing the

settlement of their commitments

The total number of claims of all kinds as of Lune 30 1920 was

160 Of this number 3834 were settled and 1576 were withdrawn

and became void for various causes leaving 1740 claims unsettled

at the close of the fiscal year The status of the settled claims is

based upon the execution of an adjustment agreement and not upon

the action of the Construction Claims Board

The following is a summary of the number and general character

of the active and settled claims

xahvoL S It led ra n mice Total

Inid

APrime ship roottr 31 48 IT 313

In Em 1111 Iloet

trarts 15M 133 65 1f4

c S h0Mi tor 2174 1378 1341 483

D Vi

Total

aellaneau 31 17 t 50

3F 4 1 1750 7160

1l00312
178 PCETif ANNUM r1EPCRT UNITED STATLs s11IPPING noAnil

The claims shown above as withdrawn and void represent claims

that were entered on the records as claims and were subsequently

withdrawn by the claimant or cases which upon investigation

proved not to possess any basis for a claim This classification also

includes claims that were sent to other districts and divisions for

investigation and completion Settlement of the 3S3I claims shown

in the fore oingsummary was effected as follows

fauna ohottlement

Sumher u f

lain

Rilh rns t

Withontcnt 1329

Rintulnd Sea

la Mo ced 335

Tutl 3543

It will be observed from the foregoing statement that of the 3

settled claims 1622 iccre settled tiith cost These cure claims in

col a nlouctun consideration and represent those with which the

hoard has ben more directly concerned Socalled settlements with

out cost were effected by the district adjusters under rules p

scribed from time to time by the Construction Claims Board I

mac be stated by way cf explanation that the settlement of a claim

be reinstatement resulted from the withdrawal or annulment be

the Corporation of the cancellation order thus restoring or reinstat

iu the cculcelc l ardor 11tr cnutIact to its status prior to can

cotlation Such reinstatenuurts were only made hco elcr wLcil the

I lopletit nof n order for subserluent sale was more cromomical

tblil its cnccllation o where the material and equipment covered

be in order could he used by the Emergeney Fleet Corporation for

replacemeut purposes

Fvery effort is being made by the Construction Claims Board and

its district organizations to complete the settlement of all claims as

rapidly as is consistent with the best interests of the Government

LEGAL DIVISION EMERGENCY FLEET CORPOR ITION

The serciee rendered to the Emer eney Fleet Corpuratio 1L its

Legal Division during the year ending June 30 1930 may be did ided

Under two heads

1 Liquidating liabilities arising out of cancellation of con truc

tion activities and

2 Acting in an advisory capacity and negotiating contracts re

quired by the various departments

The close relationship between the legal division and the can

cellation board brou ht about the coordination of the work of the
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 179

general counsel and the chairman of the Board in December 1919

A number of attorneys were assigned to the construction claims

board for district work

Actual litigation at first comprised a small part of the work of

the Legal Division but with the increased number of cancellations

the volume of litigation has steadily increased In the handling of

these cases the attorneys of the Fleet Corporation act in conjunc

tion with the United 6tates district attorneys under the Executive

order of Alay 31 1918 which definitely charged the Attorney Gen

eral with the duty of conducting the litigation of the Emergency

Fleet Corporation The actual preparation of the cases and often

the trial itself depends upon the facts within the peculiar knowledge

of the Fleet Corporation attorneys and it has therefore been neces

sary to increase the personnel of the litigation section

It may be stated that the correct and carefull supervision of litiga

tion and full support and assistance of the construction claims

board represent the most important functions of the legal division

These problems are of paramount impoibince in the work of finally

disposing of the difeul ies which have arisan on account of the re

trenchment and cancellation of the construction activities which the

Fleet Corporation was created to promote

DEPAPTMENT OF INVESTIGATION

The plant protection section of the Emergency Fleet Corpora

tion was on January 13 1930 redesignated as the Department of

Investigation This report corers the activities of the plant pro

tection section from July 1 1919 to January 12 1920 from Janu

arl 13 to June 30 1930 the activities of the Department of In

yestigati m

Plant Guarding and Fire Protection Branch

The policy of the reduction of guard forces was in practice since

the signing of the armistice and at the time the plant protection

section was discontinued the guard organization had been reduced

from 700 to 3595 men Due to the eflicient surveillance of the

guard force no serious disturbances orrurred in the shipyards and

arrests were made for minor offenses only

During a period of eight months prior to the abolishment of the

fireprotection branch 65 fires were reported in the shipyards caus

ing a total loss of 3155 500

0n Cctol er 1 1919 the home cflice supervision of the fire pro

tection and guardin activities was discontinued and that supervi

sion trntusferre lto the Gees of the district mmuigers This action

confined the duties of the plantprotection section to the direction

of investigation and intelligence activities
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 181

6 Securing current estimated statements of vessel operations imme

diately after the completion of the voyages

7 Reorganization of financial control of housing division relative to opera

tion and sale of housing properties

A more detailed report on the activities of the comptroller sorgani

zation relating to the various divisions follows

Construction Division General Comptroller sDepartment

The financial and accounting control of this division was originally

organized under a separate and distinct department functioning

independent of the other divisions of the Corporation but during

the past fiscal year it has been brought under the general comp

troller sorganization

The chief problems of this division receiving attention at the

present time are

1 Continuation of accounts relating to construction work not yet completed

2 Audit or reaudit of contractors accounts before settlement can be made

3 Audit of contractors claims for wage reimbursement changes and

extras and claims due to cancellations

4 Audit of inventory accounts with phy steal inventories of current surplus

and salvage materials

5 Determination of construction costs as nearly as possible by hulls

Operating Division General Comptroller sDepartment

During the past fiscal year considerable progress has been made in

bringing the accounts up to date and securing current control over

the accounts of operators of Shipping Board vessels

Housing Division

Just prior to the close of the current fiscal year a reorganization

of the IIousing Division was effected whereby the construction of

the various projects was declared to be completed and the accounts

converted to an operating basis with the intent of showing the op

erating revenues disbursements and sales of each project separately

The necessity for careful financial control will be realized as there

are approximately 10000 dwellings houses hotels dormitories as

well as other plants and properties accessory to small municipalities

located at various points about the country some of which are being

rented others sold outright andor on a deferred payment plan

Financial Forecast

The expenditures of the Corporation heretofore have been paid out

of appropriations made to the United States Shipping Board andor

Emergency Fleet Corporation as follows

Permanent fund for Purchase of capital stock of Emergency

Fleet Corporation 50000

Emergency shipping fund 320 201 000

Salaries and expenses appropriations 1917 to 1920 2 212 024 33

Total appropriations 3255 413 024 33
182 FOURTH ANINUAI EEPOET UNITED STATES sfiippiNG DOABD

In addition to these appropriations there were allotments made

froln the national security and defense fund for 1915 and 1919 total

3

ing 29512 420 27 malting total appropriations and allotments of

281 925450 05

However under the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal

year ended June 30 1920 the unexpended balances of the emergence

shipping fund were reappropriated for construction or other pur

poses Also under the merchant marine act of June 5 1920 the

Board is instructed to return to the United States Trensury to the

credit of the Board to be reexpended for the construction requisi

tioning or purchasing of vessels the net proceeds derived by the

Board prior to July 1 1920 from any activities It will be noted

on the exhibits and schedules in the appendix of this report that the

available cash funds and appropriations are being rapidly exhau

This is clue largely to the fact that the present exchange situation

with foreign countries has resulted in a decided falling off of oper

ating revenues and a consequent decrease in the selling program and

in order to meet competition freight is being carried collect

NOTE4CCapats reccirable ruunvlidntcd balance sliret item 1 31Tl e

amount due from War Department see appendix Part IV schedule 2 ilrri U

amounting to 3750962 30kill be increased be the Other amounts disburscil

by the Fleet Corporation for the nceolurt of the war Department Cricny ui

marized the amounts due by the War Department but at the dnte of the state

ment not transferred to accounts receivable and which bring the ammunt flue

by the war Department up to S2oS 243J9o 72are as follows

Charter hire restricted period fiscal Sear 19189 SG3 904 S33 Ol

Charter hire prior and subsequent to fiscal year based on esti

mated rate 24 MG 017 02

Unaudited voyage accounts billed unbilled billed suspense and

miscellaneous 16 S9172 l0

Items appearing within schedule a and estimates in connection

therewith etc 60912 150 31

Items appearing as a reduction on schedule S 3 SGU is r 1 N

Other items 10 940 03

170 433 4432
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 183

REPORT OF THE TREASURER

During the past year the office of the treasurer has been divided

into

1 Home office

2 Field service

Home Office

The home office is composed of the following departments

1 Office of assistant treasurer

2 Treasury audit department

3 Collection bureau

4 Trust department

OJf ce of assistant treasurerThe assistant treasurer soffice pays

all accounts rendered against the Corporation upon duly authorized

and approved vouchers

Treasury audit departmentThe treasury audit department was

organized in September 1918 for the purpose of transmitting

monthly statements of money accounts to the United States Treasury

Department as required by the act of July 1 1918 and regulations

promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury under date of August

29 1918

Regulations are issued by this department relative to the prepara

tion of vouchers and rendering monthly statements of accounts to

bring them into conformity with the requirements of the regulations

issued by the Secretary of the Treasur

Collection bureauThe functions of the collection bureau are as

follows

First To secure prompt payment of all due invoices issued by

the home office

Second To follow up and check the collections effected by the

several district disbursing officers who will submit monthly reports

to the collection bureau in regard to collections received and due

accounts outstanding

Third To take whatever steps may be found necessary to secure

the liquidation of all unpaid accounts

Trust departmentThe trust department is charged with the

custody and safeguarding of all valuables and securities of the Cor

poration

Statements of receipts and disbursements are found in the appen

dix Part IV
APPENDIX

L UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Shipyards now building for the Corporation 199

Page

TABLE I a names and compensation of employees of the United States Ship

200

ping Board in service for some period within the year ending

Marine rail ay and drydock contracts

June M 1920 n ho have resigned prior to that date 188

b Names and compensation of employees of the United States Ship

204

ping Board in service on June 30 1920 190

II Laws from 1914 to date affecting the Shipping Board 193

III a Statement of accidents and estimated amounts and losses from

210

July 1 to December 1 1 919 196

b Statement of accidents and estimated amounts and losses from

VIII

January 1 to June 30 1920 197

IX Active program by type of ship

11 UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 1nERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION DI

X

VDUO4 OF CONSTRUCTION AND BEPAt RS

216

TABLE I Shipyards now building for the Corporation 199

IL Shipyards disposed of or transferred to supply and sales division 200

III Marine rail ay and drydock contracts 201

IV heels laid by months from beginning of program 204

V Ships launched by months from beginning of program 208

VI Ships delivered by months from beginning of program 210

VIL Ships delivered by districts 211

VIII Ships delivered by States 212

IX Active program by type of ship 216

X Active program by class of construction 216

XI Accumulated program of ship construction including construction in

foreign yards 217

NII Accumulated program of ship construction by geographical sections

of the United States 218

XIII Estimated deliveries by months to complete the program 219

XIV Shipyards which have completed contracts 220

XV Cancellations of ship contracts by type of ship and districts 222

XVI Cancellations of ship contracts by States 224

XVII Passenger ships status of contracts 227

XVIII Dormitories and cafeterias constructed or planned for theCorpora

t inn 228

XIX Schedule of housing projects and type of housing 228

XX Loans made to public utility companies 229

XXI Municipalities a hich have furnished facilities for housing 230

XXIL Total commitments housing program 230

XXIII Details of housing expenditures 231

XXIV Security held by the Corporation for expenditures on account of pas

senger transportation 235

XXV Contracts for transportation facilities 237

XXVI Data on exenemy vessels 239

180
186 FOURTH ANNUAL EEPDBT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

111 UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EAIERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION DLyI

SION OF OPERATIONS Page

TABLE I Vessels entering and clearing United States ports with cargo Jan

uary 1 1920 to June 30 1920 250

II United States Shipping Board steel cargo vessels employed in foreign

trade 232

III Employment of United States Shipping Board tonnage March 1919

to June 30 1920 233

IV Direct service lines to South and Central America 254

V Vessels operating in trades which do not have United States ports as

terminals 256

VI Assignment of United States Shipping Board tonnage 237

IV UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION MIS

CELLANEOUS SECTION

EXHIBIT A United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping Board

Emergency Fleet Corporation Consolidated balance sheet

as at June 30 1920 260

B United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping Board

Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement to show outceme of

all transa by classes of activities from inception to June

30 1920 as at June 30 1920 261

Schedule 1 United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of general

cash and cash funds as at June 30 1920 264

2 United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of ac

counts receivable as at June 30 1930 264

3 United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of invest

ments as at June 30 1930 263

4 United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of mate

rials supplies ship stores etc as at June 30 1920 265

5 United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of pur

chase construction and reconditioning expenditures on

owned vessels as at June 30 1020 267

6 United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of plants

property and equipment fueloil stations real estate and

buildings furniture and fixtures mechanical office equip

ment automobiles launches etc as at June 30 1920 266

7 United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of construc

tion of improvements to etc expenditures of housing

projects and transportation facilities as at June 30 1920 266

S United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of appro

priations allotments and unexpended balances thereon

less transfers therefrom to show net amount received from

appropriations and allotments as at June 30 1920 267
FOURTII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 187

EXHIBIT AContinued

Pave

Schedula 9 United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping

Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Statement of re

serves as at June 30 1920 267

EXHIBIT C Statement of receipts and withdrawals from appropriation and

allotment accounts in the United States Treasury for fiscal year

ended June 30 1920 269

D Cash receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ended June

30 1920 270

Schedule 10 Disbursing officer miscellaneous receipts July 1 1919 to

June 30 1920 272

11 Division of Construction miscellaneous cash receipts July 1

1919 to June 30 1920 272

12 Division of Operations summary of cash receipts July 1 1919

to June 30 1920 272

13 Disbursing officer miscellaneous disbursements July 1 1919

to June 30 1920 273

14 Division of Construction miscellaneous cash disbursements

July 1 1919 to June 30 1920 273

15 Division of Operations summary of cash disbursements July

1 1919 to June 30 1920 273
PART IUNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

TABLE I aflames and compensation of employees V the United States Shipping

Board in serf we for some period within the year ending June 30 190 uho hate

resigned prior to that date

Name Designation Lealresideare annume

r

Ldcin IIALbotL Assistantemnesel WashinFtoo D C

I

Sy 141

Ifzrald V Ami Special ee ert Illinois

C E Andre cs do I1eshin tonD C 3h0

N d1olm Jlnnmlale Clerk do 12e

Ilumn IN Banes TzFist iI10 1 2o

draid lRome Fleator of orator do 40

11e1eu Barn mlessenrer cirl do inl

It ih ItBl ooelezrd SPIcie l exFert Maryland 31

G B Bloomfield Cie k Indipna 12n

Donna P Bonner 1Raftman Nvcslimton 1 C 110

Charles W IBrett S eniarvIerk IINe 11annishire 21x

Charles S I3rark do iFlield 2141

Eleuuor L Brar Jlessenyer it i Washinrton 1C ad

eor T Brown Succolexpert COnneete ot 324x

Racnrond 11Bfo vn Stemrapl e Washinton D l I LMI

AuraBuIin Clerk Tenursea 111

J mes M Burnle v doVirrinia 121

Era A Cam Pl el Adnnraltp counsel Ne s yurk t

Edward Carter INtchman IN lien ton D C1

l

3fary Cant tstistical clerk kn a 1320

1 1 a t11Cn m1e la n Cl tk pi 3

L11d Chae Unkind lid orer Ne Yin k 110

tole h IL Claiel 9 i tan t exmomer Na Je e 1 10

Lincoln It Cbark Assistant tarnel M llmaL f ke

Mary M Cln k

I

clerk mtashinrton D C 1 121

F11 It Clarke tahstical ecial ec era N Nil York ri 1Ar1

James II Colli1c Examiner des Sio

IV in lium H Council SPe ialesrert Me huMts 21

James Conn team Yi1J1

N k 1 2411

I amCi Cohlin mm atlman Wo hinto 11C v

Edmond KCrittenden SFeciule Pert Calif nia tml 31x1

Adol el Crofitt Tykd Aashl IlC 1ap

blow ell I m is Sic2iaf expert1NevYork 31N 11

Ilelen D sri tenda ispheY 1niPl

Helen E Davis Clerk nth Dakota 141

M es M Dason w Special exam iner NeYork 3 rSn

Edmond E I ay pPecial expert Jlasaachusetts y 1x1

El W ton D C J1

F C Dol ester Slerlt Chim 32

Erroll Dunbar Draftsman AN ashincton D C 1 2x1

Cann S Done Npecial expect Illumiu 411

L It Edminter do 1do 240

At E Einland Clerk Womun ton D C 1320

D ora E act Spixmlexp artlasacimsctfi L6N

Vnia R Fadin Statistical clerk tC ashim ton 1G 1320

Mary W Ferebee do North Carolina 1320

V C Finch Special expert IN ieconsin 100

Reackah Fleecing Pennr typist Tennesee 1320

James IL Fletcher mlesenrer Vir mi 600

E A Fallen Statistical Statistical clerk Ioa 130

Mary Fort Typist Norath Carolina 1

E dgeg Fortier er Gerd 100lot

D FE Francis do

a

R aslna hn D C

1320

SoieJ Frazier Statistical clerk ml aryland d 1200

Adreon Futterer Special expert 2IX1

Mrs F G Garrett Statistical clerk Washinton D C 1320

Carrie B Ceise do NeLraxka I

M J1 Gillespie do Ohio 1320

Mary H Gleason Clerk Massachusetts 1900

Jay Goox do New fork I 510

Joeph A Granahan do Penrnyl tvla 1440

Eocene 9 G regg SpecialexpertTexas 4500

C E Griffin d Michiean 3600

Glenn F Griffin do Illinois 241

John W Griffin Admiralty attorney New York 720

188
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 189

TABLE I aNames and compensation of employees of the United States Shipping

Board in service for same period within the year ending June 80 MO who have

resigned prior to that dateContinued

Name I

Designation I Legal residence

Catherine Hannan Typewriter Washington D C

Jennie Hansen C crk South Dakota

William B Hardy Typist Washington D C

John Iarrham Unskilled laborer Louisiana

John D Harrison S eclat port Yennsyl mua

Bertha V Harry Charwoman Washington D C

Minnie

W V Hatton

A IIartigan

Cle

Typist

rk Alabama

do

H K Hernttz Special expert Illinois

Adele Hiester Statistical clerk Pennsylvania

L M Hildtlonad Stenographerr Marchand

Bonnie L Hockmenrith Clerk Kentucky

William

D J 11c

H

ard

Ault Special

do

expert Connecticut

do

William I Hummer Stenographer Pennss hahm

Edward N Hurley Chairman Illinoi

James E Hmlev Unskilled laborer Washington D C

Karl E Ilurlhurt ConfidentialclerkCom rctieut

Mark Hyman Generalcounsel New York

Florence Johns Schedule clerk Indiana

Porothv Johnson Typist 1 isconsin

Edna Johnehm Clerk Ohio

Isahclle M Jones Chief elephone operator NevrYork

Charles

Emilv E

L

Jones

Kanpuran

I

Special

tonorapher

es pert

Washington

Ohio

D C

Mary C King Examiner INashington lC

Amelia Korn tenoc rapher d o

Durant F Ladd

Kathleen Lawler Special Clerk toagent commissionerMassachusetts M ichiga n

Mildred Leary Stenographer Iowa

Clarence

Ruth E

A

Lee

Lee Unskilled

Clerk

taborer Washington

Florida

D C

Mary

Freak

F

B

Leach

Lord

Statisticalclerk Mashington D C

Special expert do

F

R

Effie

At

R

L

Luber

Lutz

McCausland

Typewriter

Special

Stenographer

expert

California

do

do

Ada F McKnight Clerk Michigan

H R IfeSaSle Maxem erTexas

Dlassacho C

Dish riot alf Columbia

New York

Marylerat Washington Waashington ssachu vD C

H

E

Charwoman Stenographer

Special expert

Statistical clerk

Mimeograph

Coder

Stenographeroperator

Statistical clerk

ng D C

ennsylvaa

Cashirgfon D C

Michigan

infton D C

in

tan D C

itsusett

oon

s

D C

exx clerk

Jon D C

rk

Rate annumper

11010 3mI320 44 200 x 100 03319 000 600 a0

Ioots1302500 1G11 219 4X 140 I32 2400 51SOM320 Ico20 1440 219 1q00 32 1200 1Mu 1W0t9 200F1wo 720 330 500 0 4 tWOIJI 5000o

31502400 151q 810RCM

3isto40

7500 1 xt 43 200 0

1740
190 FCL RTII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

TABLE I aVanes and compensation of employees of the United States Shipping

Board in sorice for some period iri hin the year ending June 80 IM echo have

resigned prior to that date Continued

Name Pesifnation Legal residence IRflte annumPer

Charlotte Ryan

J A Scannell

Gertrude 801crkenbach

B H Schackel

Morrie S Schwartz

Donald Scott

Rtd crtA Scott

Thomas A Scott

V V Scmggs

Isidor Shaffer

Jiro late E Shears

Olive I Shields

Anna 11 Sloane

Charles F Smith

Lam S

R C Stern

F II Sterns

Aubrey Suitt

houras R

E

Taylor

Itlna I hnma s

milton Vreeland

V loiter

Dayid IRatk ins

Helen V Watkins

tilliam T Vayson

Mat can E Weaver

licwia C Rrekley

A 11 Williams

G cnrgc D INilliams

Ealhrr ilson

Efine Vbsrslorfer

Aria 1 Call

Kai herine E Wood

Library assistant

Chief leek

StatfstiOd clerk

Seeial expert

Stenographer Assistant to aice chairman

Examiner

CO erniseicner

Special espert

Confidentialclerk

Senior stenographer

Clerk

Texas

Massachusetts

Minnesota Indiana North Carolina New York

New Jersey

Convert ieut

Mtv aLnuisfana nhusetts

California Nebraska

IN ashington D C

Virginia NewWashington YarkD C

Tlassachwetts

Seniort

SPeahitexper

Piet I

C ashiogtcn D C

8eniar stenographer Oklahmna

Chanaoman

A tternev

Msenger

Nashi tcnD C

Adolph A

Tyrist

do

27

Atton y

do

ash unaal Il 4

Mr ss rnav

Clerk lee

A

Mery land

iAgnt to a haorch

All arms

Albe Enrolls

Stati clerk

New ark

S400

Wishingn n D C

E a miner

Ldo

Prnnxeh mute

Clerk

S

Aaand

Vatfinnan

Nellie Rath ath

Stenographer

aslrinften D C

1320

Event hania

Char wonmo

INippa

FPCVialecpcat

4asheflen D C

I1

Elevator

ritess

operator Alashingion D C

050

Florida

SeniorAeiografilur Indiana

do

Ev ator

do

Washington D C

Josei hAev

Ohio 31210 5 44 1Sial No 42221 S40 cop

TABLE I b Compensation of employees oI United States Shipping Board serriee on

Tune d0 I90

Name Design sit m Legal res idence Rate per

annum

V R Alexander A tternev Missouri b4P00

Adolph A Srni clerk AlaL m 27

and llt Hil s tant to chairman ash unaal Il 4

4 560B

M I nnaa S ifPair Clerk lee mVaIv 1

All arms

Albe Enrolls

eLahar r

rn D C

S400

Edward

Enrolls B1

Barnes Assfstant

S

clerk

f

Ldo

issmuri 152m0o

Nellie Rath ath Senior eaf tvBiAtypfst 1320

1 B

Jere hens R ran Slenog Pher INippa

nph New 050

IV S son Chairman 0500

Elsie MItBlackman Ev ator Saw Jrseey 18 11 Josei hAev Elevator ofperatorrotor Cahin0 D

8341

Robert LL Bil Laborefin 441

Mrs M

i

R Rretzeretzer Stenographespher Mari load 1431

Breer u division Near crk 2

John Brooks lianas bofiles Laborrer D C S40 Fo Robert doI 921

Edit V Br wno typist fin 1640

Percy Brown Lcn do Fop

A is J lerkr fir 1320

Anne Callaghan bahenn Slarktenog rap CJgrm Chi 150

Mabel Clerk lfassachn s

12111 n otter Benjamin ijd doIbarer le Ddl 141 ter0 Sole Carte r

o 8W

1flltca lflrtenfinWatchmen do JW
FOURTH AUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 191

TABLE I bCompensation of eulployees of United Stotes S7dppinq Board in sen ieon

June J0 1910 Continued

Name Desl ittion LegalreVenen Rate nor

Barium

Walter B Castongltnv Feniorclerk Cenneclient 2010

Katherine A Ci 11 Senior typist Washington D C 1321 MildredE Coe do do 18kt

Frederic Cengct Attnrnev New York 3 Ono

Harry E an 1 II Johu

Mrs

E Cook

Clerk

FNolot erator Wh

do

ington li C

13202

Blanche

Albert

la

Nanna

D

M

Dos nrtmakr

Curry

G

d

CroCro ss

o

Cabbh

tenngraF

i

hcr dn

n

1st4

Vioo 1 ao0

Laura

Mrs Mary

M Da

Dac

i

is

I

i Char Ch areal

ranker

mn

WaMhiig on D C 140

Mrs twades S Dawson Clerk Nebraska 1410

o oleo A ran maser co r mse 1fa3 aarinl sells ln OW

T HenryDe File clerk lfars9and 14U

Ernest Dew forclerk 1dn 1 Sk0

avid E Pi g 0s Fltlm oer

Com n rr Newew 10in

George E Dowden Pile clerk Wa9 41 hii rmc 1 t

Ch arles Dutch lief ter D C p

Thomas A Fill saboLalor ash Sx10t

Dante

Ruth Fell eler r her

do

Lo liana 1

e Fanray 1o

Illar John IIaborc starer hinge n D

6It

J

Attnrnrv 3tnXl Flahrrty veertarn New York

Caroline Fainter Senior drrk Washingb n D 2 t0

Nredorick 1M plimt do Fw Jc

Frcd

Win ston

erir G ilinge Chiefof di ision Westtirsin 202 200 u

Oita FlovatCrnreratM l aPh ltl LteI 1 MII

Leen S Gibson S eat I clerk Mm DnJ 2 Inn

Martin J Gillan Srrcial e rtWi e nvin i J NI

Thomas Gedfrre Watchman Waabin oa1 f all

Morris Goldherz Clerk 3211

William 11 Groha m Lahnrer Indo 110

Charles B Cray Senior clerk 1ronsvl un lttvn

James Green Labor Marvlan I xnt

Mabel E lrclry Senior tcnisL Ohio 1200

You

F

e FBal n11 Tarot Clerk North ornlllm 1x0

dna Ilaoll k tenrgraphrr Ivashu lru 1 1 N

Rill

Lillian

L

I larri

Henke

rel nperate d lrn

loII son

Malcolm fay Chief Clerk ireinO i

3fn0

Mari n itof enmr tvnist Aavhin elan D

Neu is J l l inrl C

lL0

Stewtarrpos

Mrs I ir Hurter 1 a

I 4 oesnrth fat if no a

l10 ThcanasCMuillr t0sacnn n Iurvl x11

Ed Iloplins laborer htagCstn Charles e IL 111111 k arnt

2 Fn

Corral H llnnG it roc Chin

Gertru do 11m eat rutsrt r yl it

llhinot oi

m t

1310

ja0

c S Imes StenogR csraph t4tl li 10

James

JI

Jar irein vi

trmlreJaJamrs At

q

srcreIary ntrn Caliiorniu 320It Margaret Janos Sr evlant Seri are to nvi n 1ro

Har Jomnsnn r r n arch Jo 1hohann onla

Sr Nei

N

v 1 irk

D C 1211210

Mrv J Jones do do 4211

Olive V Ki rae Senior vPisGrin 1410

Carl o

Eyp rn h

2110

Mary t aer I 1siIehilooc

y

1 uu

EdwardoEne P as orc6un D C

x llnl Edward C Lawwen Watcl Ra tchmn dn u10

Lean

Robert Le

LC

Fevre

Bu

a hieC

irk

nmec Ohi 2i3O0 A Maeenger N i ton odh C i20 Frdenwk LLhtfoot IiI ba lo

Ronnie i

yl

Dlinn Libraryoa 1 Ion10

4 onto De Lm ej ny

ll a ab llC 144 Walt or clin ece Laborer Labnrrr Ido 411

Cara George Markey Man1let

C

fekrY Lahn1 rer F DQ aW

alvirt Attorney I elan df 35611 Mattder Karla C

Henry L Mangl1d n l Laarain rr reoOregon 11r Joins farms

4O9N

aal n ll C

10

JeeryCMao v Atdtrnr

James H lathiot

I

Chief drnfamun

y

ahoa lanunt i1x10Ho
192 FOURTII ANNUAL REPORT IINITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

TABLE I bCompensatiaa Of employees of United Slates Shippivg Board in service on

Jun 30 MOContinued

Same Designation Legal residence Rate per

annum

Albert

Allen E

AI

Afechern

fats Laborer Senior clerk falifornia

AAadungton DQI

10

Butte E Afontc AUarneyCcrmm G 3NO Roe It Merrill Clerk to enmmisatonerAfc hosett 3218 Roth G Nall Stenographer Alichigaft 1 5NA

AN R Satt Ingham As irantcame Washington D C 45W

harlesOConnell Printing clerk Kentucky 24110 Ocorge E Otterbaek Walehmmn 9aehmgton D C 900

Ired IL Pantnn I hoar do mo

Ilelon K Ieddinghmts benicr q pt Ohio 1 2220

Rilham

Lottie Yerm

C Pfridrr do

Maryland I

Rashington D C 1321

Allred

Alauri r

W

J

Pohlman

Pirree A

siaanl

coolant

lerk

Tenot e

24

Washington D C 1An Lea E Ran k Icek Prnrsyh aia 1320

tvilham Randall Laborer lahingten D C 840

Floyd O Randolph L Ievalor operator do 4a0

John

Ilarn

G

R

Reekert

Ranch tIrrk

do

Illinci 180

Washingtan D C t 81q

Al rs ne Renv Telephone opera nr do 1080 Jhph 11II Ithod reetek Clerk do 1300

Lloyd R Reherts unto elrrl Imva 2

Serena to on tharnroma Waahin Eton D C 160 4220

Conatsnceee Al Ryland ICrk M oryland 13220

Paola J Sc Map r Stenogpher ra AC isconsi 1680

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TABLE IILvovfrom 1914 to date affecting the Shipping Board

AmoN Poa DEXTILAn act relating to the maintenance of action fordeath on the

high seas and other navigable waters Public No 165 66th Cong 2d sess

Afar 30 1920

AMENDMENTS To REvis ED STATUTES Sec 336To amend section 336 of the Revised

Statutes of the United States relating to the annual report on the statistics of

commerce and navigation of the United States with foreign countries Public

No 250 65th Cong Jan 25 1919

REGISTRY OF FOREIGN BUILT VESSELS4n act to provide for the admission of

foreignbuilt vessels to American registry for the shipping trade and for other

purposes Public No 175 63d Cong Aug 18 1914

APPROPRIATIONS AND DEFICIENCIES An act making appropriations to supply defi

ciencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June W 1918 Public No

92 65th Cong June 30 1918

APPRoPRIATIONSDEFICIENCIESAppropriations to supply deficiencies in appro

priations for the fiscal year ending June 30 1913 and prior fiscal years on account

of war expenses and for other purposes Public No 191 65th Cong July 8

1918

APPROPIZIATIONsDEPICIENCIEsAnact making appropriations to supply the defi

ciencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30 1919 and prior fiscal

years and for other purposes Public No 5 66th Cong June 30 1919

ArrROrnreTION DEFICIENCIES An act making appropriations to supply deficien

ciesin appropriating for the fiscal year ending June 30 1919 and prior fiscal years

and for other purposes Public No275 65th Cong Feb 25 1919

APPIorRIATION SDEFICIENcres kppropriation out of any money in the Treasury

not othenise appropriated to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal

year ending June 30 1919 and prior fiscal years on account of war expenses and

for other purposes Iut lic No 233 65th Cong Nov 4 1918

ArrxOPIUATIONSDEl ILIENCIES1n act making appropriations to supply deficien

cies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 and prior fiscal

years and for other purposes Public So 73 65th ong Oct 6 1917

ATPROPIIIATIONSDFI1n act making appropriations to supply deficien

cies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 and prior fiscal

years and for other purposes Public No 155 66th Cong 2d sess Mar 6

1920

APPROPRIATIONS SUNDRY CICILAn act making appropriations for sundry civil ex

penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30 1918 Public No

21 65th Cong June 12 1917

APPROPRIATIONSSCSDRY CIVIL Anact making appropriations for sundry civil ex

penes of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30 1919 and for other

purposes Public No 181 65th Cong July 1 1918

ArFROPRLasTOCSSUNDRY CoalAn act making appropriations for suudry civil ex

penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 and for other

purposes Public No 21 66th Cong lst sess July 19 1919

APPROPRIATIONS SUNDRY CIVILkn act making appropriations for sundry civil ex

penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30 1920 and for other

purposes Public No 246 66th Cong 2d sess June 5 1920

APPROPRIATIONS URGENT DEFICIENcresAn act making appropriations to supply

urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30 1918 and

prior fiscal years on account of war expenses and for other purposes Public

No 100 65th Cong Mar 23 1918

APPROPRIATIONS URGENT DEFICIENCIES First billion dollar appropriation and

providing for the requisitioning of ships Public NO 23 65th Tong June 15

1917

APPROPRIATIONS URGENT DEFICIENCIES Second billiondollar appropriation law

Public No 64 65th Cong Oct 6 1917

AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER OF NAVIGATIoNAnact authorizing the Commissioner

of Navigation to change the names of vessels Public No 144 66th Cong 2d

sess Feb 191920

BILLS OF LADING Anact relating to bills of lading in interstate and foreign com

merce Public No 239 66th Cong Aug 291916

CHARTER AND FREIGHT RATES REQUISITIONED VESSELSConferring on the Presi

dent power to precribe charter rates and to requisition vessels and for other pur

poses Public No 202 65th Cong July 18 1918

CIVIL RIGHTS LAwProviding for the protection of the civil rights of soldiers and

Sailors during the war Public No 103 65th among 2d sese bar 8 1918

7 042013
194 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPING BOARD

COARTwISa TRADE Giving the United States Shipping Board power to suspend

present provisions of law and permit Vessels of foreign registry and foreign built

vessels admitted to American registry under the act of August 19 1914 to engage

in the coastwise trade durin7 the present war and for a period of 120 days thereafter

except the coastwise with Alaska Public No 73 65th Cong Oct 6 1917

COMPENSATION LABORERS IN CUSTOMS SERVICEAn act to authorize the Secretary

of the Treasury to fix compensation of certain laborers in the Customs Service

Public No 164 66th Con 2d sess Afar 24 1920

COMPENSATION LAwsExtending the compensation laws to admiralty jurisdiction

Public No R2 65th Cong 2d sess October 6 1917 CONFISCATION Or VESSELSJoint resolution authorizing the President to take over

for the United States the possession and title of any vessel within its jurisdiction

which at the time of coming within was owned in the whole or in part by any cor

poration citizen or subject of any nation with rhich the United States may be at

mar or was underregister of any such nation and for other purposes Public No

2 65th Cong fay 12 1917

CONTRACTS An act to provide relief in cases of contracts connected with the prosecu

tion of the war and for other purposes Public No 322 65th Cong Mar 2

DLSPOIITION 1919 OF PROPERTYAn act to provide for the promotion and maintenance

of the American merchant merino to repeal certain emergency legislation and

provide for the disposition regulation and use of Voperty acquired thereunder and for other purposes Puhlic No 2f11 GGth Cong 2d sess June 5 1920

Docu LENTIVG VESSELS Requiring numbering and recording of undocumented

vessels Public No 165 65th Con 2d sess June 7 1915

ESPIONAGE AcrTo punsh acts of interference with the foreign relations the neu

trality and the foreign commerce of the United States to punish espionage and

better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States and for other purposes

Public No 24 65th Cong June 15 1917

EYPORT TRADE LAw To promote export trade Public No 126 65th Cong 2d

sess Apr 10 1918

FEDERAL RESERVE ACTn net to amend the act approved December 23 1913

known as the Federal reserve act as amended to be further amended by adding

A new section known as Ban zfng corporations authorized to do foreign banking

business Public No 108 66th Cong 2d sess Dec 21 1919

FEDERAL I1F sFRYE ACT AMEND IFNTAn act amending Fectlon 25 of the act ap

proved December 23 1413 known as the Federal reserve act as amended lrthe

act approved September 7 1916 Public No 48 6601 Cong 1st sess Sept

17 1919

GERMAN PROPERTVAuthorizing the Alien Property Custodian to take over the

German port facilities in New York Oity Public No 109 GSth Cong 2d sess

Mar 24 1915

BousiNG IAwEmergency Fleet boin law Public No 102 Gth Cong 2d

sess Afar 1 1915

INSPECTORS Permittin appeals from the decisions of local steamboat inspectors

Public No Mr 6ith c ng 2d ees June 10 1914

INTERNED GER2IAY FnIPS Seizure Of German interned Ship Public No 37

65th Coug 1st seas Allq S 1917

LADING AND CNLADINO OF VlssgELC An act to amend an act entitled An avt to

Provide for the lading and unlading of vessels by night the preliminary entry of

vessels and for other purposes Public No 131 66th Cong 2d sess Feb 7

1920

MERCHANT MARINE AcrAn act to provide for the promotion and maintenance of

the American merchant marine to repeal certain emergency legislation and pro

vide for the disposition regulation and use of propertagafred thereunder and

Tor other purposes Public No 261 66th Cong 2d sess June 5 1920

NATURALIZATION IAwsPermitting seamen to serve on merchant vessels after three

years after taking out naturalization papers and giving him protection as American citizen after declating their intention of taking out papers Public

No 194 65th Cong 2d sess Afay 9 1918

OmAn act to promote the mining of coal phosphate oil oil shale as and sodium

on the public domain Public No 146 GBth Cong 2d sess Feb 25 1920

PANAMA CANAL ACT AMENDMENT An act to amend section 5 of An art to provide

for the opening maintenance Protection and operation of the Panama Canal

and the sanitation of the Canal Zone approved August 24 1912 Public No

113 63d Cong June 15 1941
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 195

RADIO STArtoKsA joint resolution to authorize the operations of Government

owned radio stations for the use of the general public and for other purposes

Public No 48 6th Cong 2d ems June 1920

SCREW TPIRAD Providing for the appointment of a eomm ssion to standardize

screw threads Public No 201 65th Cone July 1R 1918

SEAMEN Permitting seamen to hecitizens of the United States for the purpose

of serving on merchant marine vessel on their making application to become

citizens Public No 141 65th Con 2d seas May 9 1914

SEAMEN ACTAn act to promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant

marine of the United States to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for

desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto

and to promote safety at sea Public No 302 63d Cone June 12 1916

Snrrrmo BOARD CREATION orAn act to estabEsh a United States Shipping Board

for the purpose of encouraging developing and creating a naval auxiliary and a

naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce

of the United States with its Territories and pas eesions and with foreign countries

to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of

the United States and for other purposes Public No 260 64th Cong Sept

7 1916

Snterrxo BOARD ACT A MENDMExT Amending the act approved September 7 1916

entitled An art to establish a United States Shipping Board for the purpose of

encouraging developing and creating a naval auxiliary and naval reserve and a

merchant marine to meet the requirements Of the commerce of the United States

with its Territories and posyessions and fvith toreia countries to regulate carriers

by water in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States and for

other Purposes Puhlie No 199 fsth Cong July 15 1918

STEAM VESSELF REGULATION OPAn act extendin the provisions for the regula

tion of steam vessels owned or operated by the United States Shippin Board

and for other purposes Public No 65 66th Cong 1st seas Oct 14 1919

STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE Authorizing appeals from the decisions of local

steamboat inepertors Public No 1G6 65th Cong 2d seas June 10 1918

Stars rN AWIIRALTYAn art authorizing snits against the United States in admi

ralty suits for salvage services and providing for the release of merchant vessels

belonging to the United States from arrest and attachment in foreign jurisdiction

and for other purposes Public No 156 66th Yong 2d eess Afar 9 1920

SucroseAn act authorizing the President during the existing emergency to sell

supplies materials equipment or other propert heretofore or hereafter 7mr

Phased acquired or manufactured by the United Staten in connection with or

incidental to the prosecution of the war Public No 145 65th Cong 2d

ees Mav 10 1918

TRADING WfTu THe ENEMY LAWLaw defining rendating and punishing trading

with the enemyand creating the 11ar Trade hoard Public No 91 65th

Cong 2d sess Oct 6 1917

TRANsWnTATION STSTEMs AROUNl GIITIYARnsAuthorizing the Emergency Fleet

Corporation to take over the transportation systems around shipbuilding yards

Public No 13S 65th Cong 2d sess Apr 22 1918

WAR RISE 1N1VRANCE AcT AMENDMENTAn act to amend the warrisk insurance

act Public No 195 65th Cone July 11 1918
196 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

TABLE IIIaStatement of accidents and estimated amounts and losses from July 1 to

Dec 91 1919

Grounded Heavy weather Machinery Lost anchor Lostblades propeller

Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount her her br

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Steel 7 230X10 10 28500 W 9 27510 00 I 5 6 102 IU00

Van1 2 350W01 4500 00 2 S 5911 00

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ood 1 1019 5 t 1

Dan nber

cteeL R 46390 00 5 9500 00 3 3X10 00 3 10500 0 5 18 WO

2 105 000 3 5 R 25SO0 0U

Total197 53 00 I10 250 00 315 009 00 61 OIq W 243 5W00

Looking Torpedoed or

mmcd Fire Steering gear Collision

Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount bs her br b r her

JOY

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Pond 1 1000 UO R010N W

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steal 4 180000 1 180000

POOd 2 3 WO I 1 I2 iWMi 35I066WM

November

Steel 1 ioowm 4 0000 26 169 0000

Brood 2i 31NN1 p1 6 14500 00

embrr

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Wool I 510 00

Concrete L 10000

TotnL 33593 001055000 137 500W 27100 00 794 0200
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 197

TABLE III aStatement of accidents and estimated amounts and losses from July 1

to Dec 81 1919 Continued

TABLE IIIbStatement of accidents and estimated amounts and losseafrom Jan 1 to

June 80 1920

Miscellaneous

ber h dents num Amt bar amount Steel amount Wood Concrete amount Loams ttal Total accidents andlasses

July

Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Noun Amount

Steal 3 56OocW 94 51213 00000 jjjj Wood

January

Concrete

n 592 2W005742 000052047 250 00

S172 600 00

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48100 00 10 290000 15 176 30000

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October

16142607 74 8 25500 9 28500 00 12 600 00

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Aorember

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TABLE IIIbStatement of accidents and estimated amounts and losseafrom Jan 1 to

June 80 1920

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Grounded Heavy weather Machinery Lost anchor Lostblades propeller

Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Noun Amount ber her her bar her

January

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Wood

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Wood 4 20000 1 5000 2 850000 1 500 00

NarcA

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wood 1 10000 1 15 000 on

April

Steel 13 28500 00 14 59700 00 7 26300 00 1 I000 o0 S 18 DO

Wood 1 10000 3 230000 1 1500 00 1 50000concrete 1 50000

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198 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

TABL IIIbStatement of accidents and estimated amounts and lasses from Jan 1

to June 10 1920Continued

Grounded Heavy weather Machinery Lost anabor Last pprop aner bUdes

Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Num Amount Der bar ben ber ber

May

Steel

Wood

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Steel

Wood

24 192 500 00 9 30500 0 10 420000 2 3500 00 16 450000

1 500 00 2 11 1 50000

Total 3303 507 74 286 093 100 00 167700 419

Total July

919 to

3507 0 79396 400 00 100800 228 700 00 662 800 00

1aeking Torpedoed or

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Nunn INum Amount Amount Num Amount Num Amount Nam Amount

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January

Bteel

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uncrete I1 5 0000I

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July1164 920 878 00 1I 546 053 7

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TABLE III bStatement of accidents and estimated amounts and losses from Jan 1

to June 30 1920Continued

PART IIDIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION

TABLE IShipyards building vessels for Emergency Fleet Corporation June 50 1920

STEEL SHIPS

Atlantic Corporation Portsmouth N II Groton Iron Works Groton Conn

Newburgh Shipyards Inc Newburgh N Y

Providence Engineering Corporation Providence R I

Delaware River district

New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden N J

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Wilmington Del

Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation Chester Pa

Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation Bristol Pa

William Cramp Sons Philadelphia Pa

The Posey Jones Co Gloucester N J

The Pussy Jones Co Wilmington Del

American International Shipbuilding Corporation Hog Island Pa

Biddle Atlantic district

Baltimore Dry Dock Shipbuilding Co Baltimore Md

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Sparrows Point Md

Newport News Shipbuilding Dryy Dock Co Newport News Va

Geo A Fuller Co Wilmington 1Q C

Southern district

Oscar Daniels Co Tampa Fla

Pensacola Shipbuilding Co Pensacola Fla

Mobile Shipbuilding Co

Co

Ala

Doullut Williams New Orleans La

Nmhville Bridge Co Nashville Tenn

Miscellaneous A Total losses

dents Steel Wood Concrete Losses end

Nunn Atmount no amount m amount amount m total accidents ber ber

January

feel 16 527 0000 191 895 653 79

ete

Concranerete 6500 00 5 bi OWOO E2111 2W003471 853 79

FetruarY

13 200 3 00 1

494 799 4VOUd 1 22 494 27 99 6027

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trart4

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Wad

10 229 0500 96 1659 77 j

Concrete

2 25W00 14

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concretete 1 50000

Nay I I 6teel

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8 15 Mo 00 89 563 241 78

1 2 000 W 20

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1 1760 000 2374 516 78

Junea

Steel 7 14500 130 1 000 810iI Wood

Concrete

3 I7 00300 16

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141 80fW 810 000 1957 610 00 5000 ly

Total 4231500 916 5692 717 9430500 0 1332103 022i1275

Total Julv

1919 to

June 1920 741500 14581 98042181 349 4674380001 170830328 275 397 75

PART IIDIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION

TABLE IShipyards building vessels for Emergency Fleet Corporation June 50 1920

STEEL SHIPS

Atlantic Corporation Portsmouth N II Groton Iron Works Groton Conn

Newburgh Shipyards Inc Newburgh N Y

Providence Engineering Corporation Providence R I

Delaware River district

New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden N J

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Wilmington Del

Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation Chester Pa

Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation Bristol Pa

William Cramp Sons Philadelphia Pa

The Posey Jones Co Gloucester N J

The Pussy Jones Co Wilmington Del

American International Shipbuilding Corporation Hog Island Pa

Biddle Atlantic district

Baltimore Dry Dock Shipbuilding Co Baltimore Md

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Sparrows Point Md

Newport News Shipbuilding Dryy Dock Co Newport News Va

Geo A Fuller Co Wilmington 1Q C

Southern district

Oscar Daniels Co Tampa Fla

Pensacola Shipbuilding Co Pensacola Fla

Mobile Shipbuilding Co

Co

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Doullut Williams New Orleans La

Nmhville Bridge Co Nashville Tenn
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PacificBethlehem district Shipbuilding Corporation Alameda Calif

bfoure Shipbuilding Co Oakland Calif

Hanlon Dry Dock I Shipbuilding Co Oakland Calif

Long Beach Shipbuilding Co Long Beach Calif

Los Angeles Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co San Pedro Calif

Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Co Bay Point Calif

Union Construction Co Oakland Calif

Western Pipe 6teal Co San Francisco Calif

Todd Dry Dock Construction Corporation Tacoma Wash

Southwestern Shipbuilding Co San Pedro Calif

Great Lakes district

Saginaw Shipbuilding Co Saginaw Mich

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co Manitowoc Wis

WOOD AND CONCRETE VESSELS

North Atlantic district

A C Brown Sons Tottemille N Y Tugs

International Shipbuilding Dfarine Engine Corporation Nyack NY Tugs

J II Dfathis Co Camden N J Tug

Middle Atlantic district

Chance Marine Construction Co Annapolis Md Tugs

Southern district

Gibbs Gas Engine Co Jacksonville Fla Tugs

A Bentley Sons Jacksonville Fla

Pacific district

Pacific Marine ConAruction Co San Diego Calif

San Francisco Shipbuilding Co Oakland Calif

Great Lakes district

DachelCarter Boat Co Benton Harbor 1lfich Tugs

TABLE IILards in a major interest owned by the Emergency Fleet Cor oratfon

has been disposed of or transferred to the jurisdiction of the Supply and Sales Uirxisfon

June 30 1910

North Atlantic diArirt

L H Shatturk Inc Portsmouth N II

Cumberland Shipbuilding Co installation plant Portland Me

Housatonic Shipbuilding Co Stratford Conn

Traylor Shipbuilding Corporation Cornwells Pa

Foundation Co Kearny N J

Bayles Shipvard Port Jefferson Long Island N Y

Submarine Boat Corporation Newark Bay N J

Middle Atlantic district

Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation Wilminghm N C

Liberty

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Shipbuilding Co Wilmington N C

aryland Fhipbuilduig Co Sellers Point Md

Ali souri Valley Bridge Iron Co Quantiro Va

C 1I Tenney Co IIampton Va

Henry Smith Sons Co Baltimore Md

Iichmond Boiler Plant Richmond Va

Southern district

Terry Shipbuildin Corporation Savannah Ga

National Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co Savannah Ga

American Shipbuilding Co Brunswick Ga

MerrillStevens Shipbuildins Co Jacksonville Fla

Fred T Ley Co Mohile Ala

Jahncke Shipbuilding Co Madisonville La

J At Murdock Jacksonville Fla

Midland Bridge Co Houston Tex

Union Bridge Construction Co Morgan City La

Pacific district

Liberty Plant Alameda Calif

Grant SmithPorter Ship Co Aberdeen Wash

Sanderson Porter Raymond Wash

Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation Portland Oreg

OregonGrant Smith distriet Porter Ship Co St Johns Portland Ores
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TABLE IXActive program by type of ship

Type Numbar Deaadd tons

Type Nu

ber dDeag

tons

Cargoliequisitlon ed steel

Contract Steel

Contract

TOte Contract conerete mposi

120300

4

1 Y9739

7579 495

13 590

RefriRequisitioned gerator steel I It A0 200

Contract steel 8 75200

161 400 f

121 350

Coller

17M18 10707 054 uisitioned steep B 70350 l Finished dull cargo

Contract wood BargeContract steel 115 417 700 6 2200

417 700

Contract wood 25 71900

Tanker Requisitioned steel 53 519 030

Converted 58 206 00 I Contract steel 85 841 900 Tota 1 90 29900

Contract concrete 8 000

I Barge

Tua occan Tgharbor

Tanker

Contract wood 1 4700 Sailing vessel

Contract wood 10 34500

Total 147 1427 Ocean tag

Passenger and cargo

a Requisitioned steel

Contract steel 262 338 00092

Contract steel 46

Contract wood 13

Total 10

Total 28 347972 harbor tug

41

contract steeU 8

13g 197 500 71875

Transport

t Requisitioned steel

Contract steel

Contract wood 62

Total 70

Total 23 179 75 Grand total2315 13675 711

TABLE XActive program by class of construction

Class No Dead

her weight Class

tons

Requisitioned steel

s CarRO

1 TankW

Transport Refrigerator Collier Passenger and cargo

Total

Contract steel

Cargo Coiled States

Cargo JaPan

CarRO Chine

Tanker Navy

Transport

Barge

Passenger Refrigeratorand cargo

Tog orean Tug harhor

Tots

weight Dead tans

Contract

300 1929 73 Cargo wood 304 121 350

53 519 630 Cargo eompetute 18 63900

11 85260 Finished bull woodI 1ts 417 700

9 71975 saiLngvessel 16 3 500

9 70356 Barge eonverted Cm 20L 000

2 972 I Barge

Tua occan Tgharbor

Tanker 2862131

71666

4700

384 268765

1086 72960I

Total 667 1918 250

7314 7t3 Gb49000 Contract Crgoconerete 41 13500

12 131 990 Tanker 8 66990

3 67860 Total 12 73

268

1

314007200 Grand total 2315 13675 711

468 I

13121 8016695
FOURTH AN NUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPIG BOARD 217

TABLE TIAccumulated program of ship construction

Including construction in foreign yards

No tonnage given on tugs

Original Canceled Suspension suspension Total underor

Active

program canceled P ro6 ram

N3mt weight Dead Nunn ber weight Deed Deed

her tons tons bl2er wtons eight Num ber wow Dead togs Numher weight Dead tons

REQUIsTTLONED

r STEEL

Jargo 313 2000 239 13 70600 13 70600 300 1929 73

Cargo released 6 5784 8 57800 4444

Cargo to contract I 12 110 4U 12 IIONN 128 1105ZN4 900 444444

Tanks 60 58230 7 63500 7 63500 53 519 030

Tanker released 1 6980 1 6930 1 6980

Refrigerator I1 80200 1180 200

Transport 9 71 9 71 075

Coulee 9 7030 4 444 9 0

Passenger and carFO 9 1M 472 2 9000 2 9000 2 9 972

Ore carrier rdcased I6 63260 6 63260 6 6821@

Total 43l300079 47 347040 I 47 387 040 384 I

2 697 266

Less to contract 12 110 306900 12 110 9 I 12 110 90

Net total 919 296306 35 276 140 35 276 140 344 263766

CONTRACT STEFL

Cargo

Cargo United

Japan

States 1Ina

30

89780

243 2JO 4444

218 2 8100 200 1088 72

Cargo China 4 40000 309 290000

Cargo United States

experimental 32 254 800 32 254 800 32 254800

713 000 Tanker Navy Tan 102 9V6 600 29 263 600 29 263 600 7312 131000

Refrigerator Transport 12918 531 800 131 000 752110 78 4444

734 000 4444 78 724 000 138 107 80 752041

Passenger and

cargo 26 338 000 10 27000 4444 10 27 2

26 334

2 04 Cargo 16 49200 000 486

r

Tug ocean Tug harbor 1048 P58 1

4444

58 1

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Total1739 111 838 670 425 12913 875 2 814 427 292175 1312 8966 695

CONTRACT WOOD

Aaording to onginnl

destpn

Cargo 52l 1 939 Qi0 21 8Vi4 217 8171 304 121

Barge 141 368 54 113 297 00 113 2954 28 7104030

Tug Ocean 61 P 48 P 48 13 9

To harbor 100 38 Q 38 q 62 9

Subtotal 823 2307 550 416 115 200 416 1115 200 407 192

ACCOrdivy deslpnJ0 altered

Tankerr 1 4704 415 1 4700

Finished bull 1119 463 50 04 15550 4 15870 115 447 704

Sailing vessel1 10 345 4444 4444 4444

10 345

Bargeg converted 69 241 JW I 8 35900 56 206 00

Subtotal 194 744 550 12 51750J 12 1 51750 182 1 692 f4

Total1017 30 923 it 166 9A 928 i1 165 950 589 1455250

CONTR 4CT CONIPOSITE

Cargo 0 175 32 112 04 32 112 I 18 6304

CONTRACT CONCRETE

Cargo 7 32000 3 IR 14 3 14000 4 13700

Tanked 36 270 000 28 210 04 I 281 210 001 8 fi0 OW

Total 43 302011 31 229 I3l 223 4 12 M ZOO

Grandtntal 3268 19381 276 95114 697 4Cu 2i 8 i 953 4705 03 2315 13675 711

No tonnage given on tugs
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TABLE YIIAccumulated program of ship Construction by gengraphiee l sections of the

United States

Aecmmilated Total canroled L der Active

program Canceled and ender

Cni ed Ftaf es suspension snpen isinn Program

Section of country and

class ofeonstruction

r I Dead Dead Dead Dead Deed

SUm VIT hum tinm Num

ber weight

1

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ATLANTIC COAST I

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Contract sGrel

Contract wend

Contract composite tbnt acconcrete I

E7f0 5248 351 I 697 126 2511 28

364 1 853 6110 1 7

24 340611 1814

19 1 1 20110 13

211 360

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1 48fi 486

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4 8528500No

Total1359 90066 4R8 2 2Iq 98F L 463 X2206 985 890 5799 021

GULF COAST

Re uNition steel

Contract steCL

Contract wood

Contra tenvrposite

Contract concrete

2 7 WO

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2 7W0

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93 340 25

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2815 0000

Total 343 134 195 809 150 195 6119 150 153 714 250

FAQCtC COAST

Regoisitlen Steel

CGntractsteel I

Contract wood

Contract concrete

1011 9AB 4876 6425 9a0

378

18

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122 I 317050 556 A0

111 V

307

106

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209 11q

28811 OS8 480

4 30000

Total 9841 68050 225 1 573 906 225 11573 900 759

GREAT LAKES I

RequisiLien steel

Contract steel

Contract wood 346 10553 381 90 G

1 356 35

250 2 54250 ASO Y 8106 37226 54790 011 750 3993l 327 206

1215325110

Total 544 1740 53 63 107 430 2 81W 65 115 520 479 1625 000

ENTIRE C0C S

Requisition steel

Contractsteel

Contractxood

Contract composite

Contract concrete 1 419 705 0175043

2963 406 36

111 6115 38U 425

3 1152 506 438

175 IXq 32

302 CW 8l

711 140

2 U19S5

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61J0

12975 11128 S1q lifi 1sq 950

3R4 287 066

1 Z78 8683 115

589 I845 206

16 63 w

11 3500

Gran MW 3234 118 097 986 91 409765 2 8 1W 953 1405515 281 13392 421
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TABLE III Estimated deliveries by months all classes to complete the ship ron

struction program

Contract eonrrete Total

Month

Delivered to June 301920

July

1920

August

September October December November

Num

Contract steel Requisitioned steel

Num

Contract wood

Month

No m Dead Num Dead Nune Dend

6

bar weight her weight her weight

46

tons

7051 415 374

tans

2 59411rC 571 i

tons

Delivered to June 30 1920 101 1S872i0

low

Jul y

36 300 075 3 25800 7

August 82 246 475 8

Septem 32 275 010 2 27 4M 3

October

ctobee 24 x150N 4 39900

November 24 204

December 32 119 9509w

1921

January 7 73 los

February 10 156 500

March 5 56001

4

Mayy 0 6f451200

Junely 73 8270 31ro 100 L

Octob 1

December 13000 L

e

1 13000

Tfamh

May

Grand total active

19221

prngmm 1 1312

1

8966 695

1300110 L

38i

L

11 2i687 289 G6 5 1595 230

Contract eonrrete Total

Month

Delivered to June 301920

July

1920

August

September October December November

Num weight Dead No m

Dcad

co

Num weigh Deod bar

tons

bee tons

bar

tons

18 63000 6 29500 2070 Il6m361

46 32i YO 975 4i i

1 n1 28

309 90

4 411X6 44

12

24900

1 7500 25 211 9110 119 950

January February

April March

May June

July August

October December

1922

Marchy

Grand total active program

7 73900

10 105 550

5 56000

4 45eA10

7 649300210

3 321110

5

55700 1301

1 13000
220 EOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

TABLE IVSteed shipyards tehich have completed tship construction for Emergency

Fleet Corporation

Oceangoing tugs j Illarbor tugs

Program Canceled

Requisitioned I Contract Requisitioned Contract

Builder and location

Num bar weight Dead tons Num bee weight Dead tons Num der weight Dend Numbee weight Deed

1 tons I

tone

Pampa Sbipbuilding dr Engineering Co

Tampa Ile 2 7000

taton Island Shipbuilding Co Port I

Mina

Richmond

Fngmeerm

Portland

N Y

Machine Works

5 17500 I

1

Inc Orog 2 7900

kmerioan S hipbmldingCoTheBnQRIo 6 21800 i 13 48100

9 34400

k SP

g Co The Super Pe iorme Wis 9 12400 18 70300

l Shipbuildingng Co The Cleve

land Ohio 1 5 IS15 700 1I 25 97150 1 300

o shipbuilding Co Richmond

Bor oughorogh New York City 10 75 OW

Ikinner Eddy Corporation yard No I

1 Seattle Vash 8 70600 50 1 904 00 12 115 200

V hitney CO CO Superior Wis 10 p

lethlohOm Shiphaildin Corporation

Fore River ZuincyMays 9 97850 6 54600

I Wash Eddy Corporation Seag 5 40500 32 302 60 13 124 300

Sittig Northern Shipbuilding Shipe Co Seattle 10 94000 ipash fed M 13 120 30 5 93300

ol olum River Shipbuhipbuildi ng Corpora

Vonn PoPortland 88000 23 246 400 8 2 17600

ederal Shipbuildinng C Kearney N 7 30 288 OS8 000 5555 5555

root Lakes ng Works Ecorse

fish Engineering RI 84900 38 53650 1 13000

Shipbuilding Dry Dock ockCo

Soot L Wash 13 113 900 14 123 200 5555 2 17600

real Lakes Engineering Works Asshta

but Ohio 10 39400 18 64900

on Co Ches ChesterPa 18 379 600 12 124 800 2 2000 8 8960049 moricanShing Shipipbuilding Co The Lorain

Ohio Ohio 13 68380 92 167 300 4 38980

aipbuilding iIdingCCo TheeDDetroit annit Slick nfieb ShSh 12 39200 59 239 450

Torthwest EFnee Works Preen

Bay 1 i

2 M me rice Shipbu oTheChicago

III 4 12400 23 89700

sua Iron ro Works or Ltd The New

Orleyans

uDuluth

i

uluth Co

8300

F Duthie ash 9 28300 258 955 750 15526I

thiie C Seattle att Wash 12 105 60 15 132 000 L 3 26400

troll s Shipbuilding Corpora Jackson 5

lorahon Newar I 21 119 300 5555 17 95300

rine p ew5k YT 5555 5555 150 761 250 32 162 400

tandard Shilbtuldmg Corporation

Shooters Island N Y 13 9400 30

1 74330

lobe Shipbuilding Co Superior Wis 4 14000 16 61500

ethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation

Metre

Do

Elizabethport N J 3 11800 2 10200

5555 33 9 L

13 9

r1PAN5aE CONTRACTORS

cano Tsurumi Japan 2 2500

itsuhit Nagasaki JaPav 2 16720

okohama Yokohama Japan 3 18900

hikmvajima

chide

awasaki

Eanagawa

Fohe

Tokio

open

JaPav

IaPan

5

2

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sake OSaka la an 24 16 L1

Grand total 19S 1233 00 060 415370 19 171 030 114 655 50

Oceangoing tugs j Illarbor tugs
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TABLE XIVSteel shipyards which have completed ship construction for Emergency

Fleet Corporation Continued

2 Ocean goingtugs IBarbortngs

Delivered

Totaldelivered requisitioned

Requisitioned Contract and contract Date of final

Builder and location delivery

Num Dead Nam Dead Nut Dead i weight her her weight her weight

tons tans taus

Pampa Shipbuilding Engineering CO

i

Tampa Fla

Co Port

2 1 7000 2 7000 Star 31919

Itaten Island Shippbuilding

Richmond N Y 5 17500 5 I7500 June 17919

klbina Engineering Maehine Works

Inc Portland Oreg 6 21800 11 40700 17 62500 Aug 19919

lmedcan Shipbuilding Co The Buf

9 34900 9 34400 Sept 27 1919

lmerlcan falo n YShipbuildiugCo TheSuper

ior Vis 4 12400 18 7081 22 83200 Oct 17919

American Shipbuilding Co The Cleve

Iand Ohio 9 12400 25 97150 29 109 550 Nov 19919

Doavney Shipbuilding Co Richmond

Borough New or it 10 75000 30 75000 Nov 261919

skinner Ylddy Corporation yard No j

I Scottla Wash 8 1 70600 38 34S 800 46 41900 Dec 91919

nhbusy Bros Co Superior Wis I 30 0 10 q Dec 10919

Bethlehem Shippbuilding Corporation

Fore River gunity Ma

9 97850 6 54600 15 152 40 Dec 221919

ikinner Eddy Corporation Seattle

Wash 6 90500 19 177 800 24 218 300 Dec 291919

ieattle Northern Pacifie Shipbuilding

Co Seattle W ash 10 94000 10 94000 Dec 301919

retas Steamship Co BathMe B 17 000 8 77 Jan 192

7olmnbls River Shipbuilding Corpora

thin Portland Oreg 4 35200 26 Mg 800 30 264 000 Jan 5192

Federal Shipbuilding Co Kearney

N I 30 288 000 30 288 000 Jan 8 MC

3rest Lakes Engineering Works

EcorseMich 20 71900 38 153 60 58 225 550 Do

Ames Shippbuilding Dry Dock Co

SeattleVash 13 113 900 12 105 6001 25 219 500 Star 1592

3reat Lakes Engineering Works Ash

tabula Ohio 30 34400 16 64450 26 98850 Mar 16 192C

Sun Shipbuilding Co Chester Pa 14 159 400 4 4u 000 16 IW4W list 22192

American Shipbuilding Co The Lo

Tom Ohio 9 27900 42 167 300 51 195 200 Apr 15 192C

American Shipbuilding Co The De

troit Mich 12 39200 59 234 450 71 273 610 Apr 17920

Northwest Engineering Works Green

Bay

Do

Wis 2 2 Apr 22190

6 P 6 Do

American Shipbuilding Co The Chi

cago III 4 12400 23 89700 27 1020 Apr 301920

lahnson Iron Works Ltd The New

Orleans 6 6 May 1920 La

McDougall Duluth Co Duluth Minn 9 28300 25 95750 34 124 050 May 81920

1 F Duthie Co Seattle Wash 12 105 60 12 195 600 24 21100 May 241920

MerrillStevens Shipbuilding Corpora

tion Jacksonville Fla 1 6000 4 24000 5 30000 May 291920

submarine Boat Corporation Newark

118 598 850 118 594 850 June 11920 standard N J Shipbuildin Corporation Shooters Isla N Yg I 23 169 230 June 25 1920 lobe Sh ipbuilding Co Superior W is 134 9400 100 1510 57450 7433 19 71450 June 291920 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation

Moore Elizabethport N J 3 11800 2 10200 5 22000 Do

Do

I

20 0 N P Do

1AYANESE CONTRACTORS

Asano Tsumml Japan 2 2500 2 2500 Feb 19920

Mitsubishi Nagasaki Japan 2 16 520 2 15 i0 Mar 19 1Y0

Yokohama hsYokohama JspamJ 3 18900 3 18900 Apr 16920

Kaw 1mYKobe Japan I

5 460011 5 95 000 Apr 231920

Ishika TOkio Japan 2 10000 2 10910 May 190

Uchida Kanagaw a Japan i 2 16720 2 16720 May 14910

Osaka Osaka Japan 9 90000 9 40000 May 20 1920

Grand total 179 i1 111 950 646 35IXi 920 825 14615 870

2 Ocean goingtugs IBarbortngs
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TABLE XVSummary of cancellations by types by districts

Cn g01 111 1111 13 70CM 1 7400

REQIn91TIONED STEEL

Tanker 43 300 1111 1111 2i 20 2C0 1111 Passenger and

cargo 1111 1111 1111 2 9000 1111 Ore earner

756CA

Cargo

7I Tanker

48210 32 112 9

i

20 180 0001 7 6I 075 13

9 8400 8 73810

Oceanto I

1111 1111 1111

Total 43 49200 3Z 162 400 410W

1111 1182

Trans ort

1

h I5 145 97 21 182 900

CONTRACT WOOD II 1111

f

Carg 22 77000 iL 23 80 580

Barge 43 112 5COi n 22 5pp

Coal barge

Ocean to 3 1 q2i01 15 1111 harbor tug l3 z L 9 1111

Toal 90 200 750 I56 103 00

CONCRETE

ergo 1 3 SOD

PackerI L fi A500p

Grand tots 245

s No tonnage assigned to tugs

North Submarine Intereudiunal American Membsat Delaware Middle

Atlantic distnet Boat Shipbuilding Shipbuilding River Atlantic

Corporation Corporation Corporation district district

Num Dend NumI DcaA Num Dead Num De ber weight ber weight bee weight Num IDead Num IXII I

her Rht I

bet weight ber tons tons Loos tons tons ton

Cn g01 111 1111 13 70CM 1 7400

REQIn91TIONED STEEL

Tanker 43 300 1111 1111 2i 20 2C0 1111 Passenger and

cargo 1111 1111 1111 2 9000 1111 Ore earner

756CA

Cargo

7I Tanker

48210 32 112 9

i

20 180 0001 7 6I 075 13

9 8400 8 73810

Oceanto I

1111 1111 1111

Total 43 49200 3Z 162 400 410W

1111 1182

Trans ort

1

h I5 145 97 21 182 900

CONTRACT WOOD II 1111

f

Carg 22 77000 iL 23 80 580

Barge 43 112 5COi n 22 5pp

Coal barge

Ocean to 3 1 q2i01 15 1111 harbor tug l3 z L 9 1111

Toal 90 200 750 I56 103 00

CONCRETE

ergo 1 3 SOD

PackerI L fi A500p

Grand tots 245

s No tonnage assigned to tugs
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TABLE XV Summary of cancellations by types by districtsContinued

South North Southern Pacific Pacific Oregon Great Lakes Total district district district district district

Dead Dead Dead Dead Dead Dead

Num weight Num weight Num weight Num weight Num weight Num weight bx tons tons ber tour bar tons ber tons ber tans

REQuosir oNen

59 4105001 32 6 200 i1

1

1 3 5260 2 60 1 9275

anke

Trans 1015000 3 30000 i

mEE4

26893fAa

20 260 02 78 724 000

g 0 02 000 1

argo 5 5132 G 592

22

6 51200 31 239 381

tanker

35 5650 925 2913 87

CONTRACT WOOn

38144 000

1 6980 A 70 4480

Passenger Essenger end

217 817 700 Ilarge

I

113 291 52

11 5150

car

Coal barge 5 24650 81

Si 12 48

2 920 re ea

1701

6 6822

Total 5 5732 G 52S00L 7 58160 147 X387060

CONCRETE

59 4105001 32 6 200 i1

1

1 3 5260 2 60 1 9275

anke

Trans 1015000 3 30000 i

29 26893fAa

20 260 02 78 724 000

g 0 02 000 1

11 825001

Ome

10 27 0410 Ocean 41 s i 22 9 pA

Total i9 52100 55 526511 67422 1 35 5650 925 2913 87

CONTRACT WOOn

38144 000 fig 110 83

Car o

97 379 12 10 35 too 27 38144 000 217 817 700 Ilarge

59 155 500 7000 113 291 52

11 5150 450

Coal barge 5 24650 81 3fi 15900

Dabo tu Si

b

12 48

1 10 P 38

Total 1701 546 150 17 35000 35 139 050 38144 000 22 1 428 166 950

COLP09TE i

Cargo 321 112I

I

32 112 000

CONCRETE

GarFO I 500 3 16 500 Tanker 11 82500 11 825001 I 28 210 f100

Total

Grand

12 902 12 9002

i

31 228 500

total 293 269 6W 891754 90 108 775 050 38144 000 fig 110 83 196314808 365

112 of these vessels having a dead weight tonnage of 110 90 were changed from requisitioned to contract

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TABLE XVIIIDormitories and cafeterias constructed or planned for the Emergency

Freet Corporation

TABLE XIXSchedule of housing projects including charter of housing and number of

men housed

Shipyard

Hrambe housed Arco be fedto equipment Cmt of

flogs

Ess ington

Nand 2W

Clio

2W 5204 729 97

St Ilelena

1 3475097

Chcslcr boarding e

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114

1 Bis Ba869 2

Cheater hotol a nd erfcofeteria 315 2

144

Oro 4830

11223 O

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Crotnrten N only Sfi67 35

Ptsor ma tMethh H 4W 411 2400

Bath Me 148 148 1942 49

TABLE XIXSchedule of housing projects including charter of housing and number of

men housed

Shipyard Location Individual houses Apartments Dormitories Hotels Total num ber menof Men Alen Alen

Num accom Kum arrow ct Num accom Nam accom aee her dated con ber dated am I her ran ber me dated re dated dated

American International Hog Island 4989 3975 rbc 2042 6020

Shipbuilding Corpora Philadel

th 4 pnerets

Newport News 421 1367

Ne vsVaCOlFfje Dr Dab

N roll Camden N 1 15781 3156 159 118 1 35 312 jShipbuildin C

Sparrows Point Aid x296 1846

St Helem 529 178

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Sparrows

Corporation Point Md 2918

Dundalk Sparrows e2 42

Point Md

Atlantic Corporation Portsmouth 276 Sifi 9 409 965

Sun Shipbuilding Co 2 Chester Pa 712 14J 56 112 1554

Chester Shipbuilding CO do 274 mi 106 IfiS 10 1 292 168

tsl a a2

American P ghi 23 461 8 16 480 Testis Stevmshi l1 CN Bathh AID 100 2IR 4 72 rm

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Ayilm ington 503 1033 7 4 1020

Co and ole r DoL

Merchants Shipbuilding Brauni Pa 3 0 Got 35

ry

521 2600

l 950 3778

Pusr polic 1 k Janes a

Jon eElertr Olou es

471 l 696

h

Mallectsjturbig Co 2

4111 21211

11 12

1031

I I I I l

s

Sold

certified

to individuals

to supply

balance

and sales

an masse

division

to

and

syniie e

sold

ek of reaty company taken over by Emervicy Fleet Corporation Feb 20 1020

It the apartments are 6 stores on Coahogs Road and 3 in Morgan Village

astock wholeof realty company taken over by Emergency Fleet Corporation Jan 15 1920 and entire

Emergency Fleet Corporation May 25 1920

Emergency Fleet Corporation June 17 1929

lg company in re transfer of capital stock of realty corn

company in re transfer of capital stack of realty eom
FOURTII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 229

TABLE XIXSchedule of housing projects including charter of housing and number of

men housed Continued

conjunction with sale of Bayles Shipyard Inc to New York harbor @ Dry Dock

n Capital stock of realty company taken over by Emergency Fleet Corporation Iran 17 1020

x 1 old house included

Project sold as a whole to shipbuilding June 19 1920

Capital stork of realty Company taken over by Emergency Fleet Corporation Sept 13 1919

u 1fthe 92 houses 42 were cntmcted by the Emergency Fleet Corporation and 50 houses and 2 bearding

mses were under construction by the Groton Iron Works 12 of which and l be uding house were comppleted

r the Emergency Fleet Corporation the balance having been completed by the Groton Iron Erks

here are also I cufetenu and i boiler muse

v Neeothduons began with officials of shipbuilding company re purchase

aFles of houses to individual purchasers now m Progress

x Entire projee sold as a whole to United States twine Corps in conjunction with sale of shipyard by

Total number of persons in above projects Houses 4359 apartments 4245 dormitories 6174

hotels 1430 total number 55308

TABLE XXLoans made by the Emergency Fleet Corporation to utility companies in

counecluln uiM leasing projects

Wilmincton

Gas 307879

Electricity 18507 7

Gloucester

Gas 49520 00

Electricity 36846 45

Camden

Gas 159 205

Electricity 81202 06

Lorain electricity 15829 23

St Helena Gas and electric installation 25 580 07

Water and sen erfacilities includinn Dundalk 150 OCO 00

Dundalk gas electricity 71329 56

Milton Village

Water 67130 00

Electricity 23434 36

Individual houses Apartments Dormitories Hotels ber Total numof

Shipyard Men Mon Men Mon Location men

Sum acme Sue accom Nomaccom Sumse me accom

ber coo ber too her coo her coo dated dated dated dated dated

Merrill Stevens Ship Jacksonville 156 316 316

building Co Fla

Bayles Shipyard IneJ Port Jefferson n 19 1 2W 224

Long

G Stondi cr Con Vancouver ver ur 20 40 1 500 510

s t uc Nash Terryy ShihipPbuildivR Co Savannah Ga

Traylor Shipbuilding Co Cornwell Tents 300 I 300

Sleights Pa

Detroit Shipbulldin6 Co s Wyandotte x79 158 158

Manitowoc 5

Mwitow

C 100 200 1 300 500

1

Croton Ire Works 92

x127

184

RO Py 433Newburgh Shibuildmg ars n N to b u r l 245 0g

Pacific Coast Sh7pLuild Clyde CalU 103 2176 1 150 356

Co x

Malley Bridge Quantum Va 812 21 24

Ironra Co

Total hous ing 844 18962 1359 04 5 1430 2S064T o t a l boarding boa 6 210

houses L L

conjunction with sale of Bayles Shipyard Inc to New York harbor @ Dry Dock

n Capital stock of realty company taken over by Emergency Fleet Corporation Iran 17 1020

x 1 old house included

Project sold as a whole to shipbuilding June 19 1920

Capital stork of realty Company taken over by Emergency Fleet Corporation Sept 13 1919

u 1fthe 92 houses 42 were cntmcted by the Emergency Fleet Corporation and 50 houses and 2 bearding

mses were under construction by the Groton Iron Works 12 of which and l be uding house were comppleted

r the Emergency Fleet Corporation the balance having been completed by the Groton Iron Erks

here are also I cufetenu and i boiler muse

v Neeothduons began with officials of shipbuilding company re purchase

aFles of houses to individual purchasers now m Progress

x Entire projee sold as a whole to United States twine Corps in conjunction with sale of shipyard by

Total number of persons in above projects Houses 4359 apartments 4245 dormitories 6174

hotels 1430 total number 55308

TABLE XXLoans made by the Emergency Fleet Corporation to utility companies in

counecluln uiM leasing projects

Wilmincton

Gas 307879

Electricity 18507 7

Gloucester

Gas 49520 00

Electricity 36846 45

Camden

Gas 159 205

Electricity 81202 06

Lorain electricity 15829 23

St Helena Gas and electric installation 25 580 07

Water and sen erfacilities includinn Dundalk 150 OCO 00

Dundalk gas electricity 71329 56

Milton Village

Water 67130 00

Electricity 23434 36
230 FOURTII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Portsmouth electricity 17837 69

Chester Ras 9900 24

Jacksonville gas 261131

Manitowoc cast 10000

Essington water 150000

TABLE XXIDist of municipalities which have furnished facilities in connection with

housing projects of the Emergency Fleet Corporation with their approximate com

mitments

Wilmington Del 160 000

2 029 97j

Gloucester N J 200 00

4 v0 500

Camden N J 27350 00

9525 000

Lorain Ohio 72848 5

302

Bath Me including 25000 for school 125 0000

4800 0

Portsmouth N 11 121 700 00

4 53493

Chester Pa 128 863 72

1 I0ow

Manitowoc Wis 471233

3074 796

Wyandotte Mich 19879 52

592 70

South Jacksonville hla 100 00

louu0t9

Duval County Fla for road construction 15 031 49

3560 00

Dorou h of Groton Conn including 2000 for School site 27 0000

Town of Groton Conn 25 0000

30ft oco

Warwick County Va school at IIilton Village 40 0000

1638 500

TABLE XXIIStatemtnt of total commitments of housing developments up to Aug 1

1919

Company I Location I Amount

A tlantic Corporation Portsmouth N M 2 029 97j

Newport Ne Shipbulld ing Dry Dock Co Newport News Va 2 projects 4 v0 500

Now York Shipbuilding Co Camden N J4projects 9525 000

Posey Jones Gloucester N 7302

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co

Posey Jones NllmingtonDe1 4800 0

Bethlehem Shlobuilding Corporation Sparrows Point Md 2projects 4 53493 Texas Steamship Go Rath is 1 I0ow Chester Sldpb Biding Co Chester Pa 2 projects 3074 796

Merchants Shipbuilding Corpomtl litPa 592 70

Anterloan International ShipbuildingCo Philadelphia Pa If projects louu0t9 Sun Shipbuilding Co Chester Pa 2 projects 3560 00 G M Ftdifer m Construction Co VancouverNash 41X1 001

Bayles Shipyard Tue Port Jefferson Long Island 30ft oco American SGlphullding Co LorainOhio 1638 500 Merrill

Nestinglmn e

yievens

Electrle

Shipbuilding

Mauufacturing

Co

Co

Jacksonville

IAdr tnq In

Fla

2 projects 19413 876 s88

Terry

T

ShI buiI l jog Cn SovannahCa 21740

Travlor

etmit Sldphoilding

Shlpbuibiing

Co

Co Cornwell

Wyandotte

Heights

lkh

pa

442 20

8W

Manitowoc

F

SldPhn idog Co TfanitowecNis 623 20

rllm Coast Sh iphullding CO ChdeCalii 7511 00

Groton Iron Works GrotonConn she 00

Newburgh Shipyards Newburgh NY 199 541

Missouri Valley Bridge Iron Co tuanticu e 30000

Total commitments 61 gill289

15 Per cent reserve for contingency 910142

Reserve for admlulstmtion expenses compensation in requisition and guaranty o rentals 1500 o1

71933 21

STATEMENT OF RESERVE

15 per cent rteorve for contingendre as a bove 919642

Less commitment to New York Shipbuilding Co 1315 00

Lass commltlneut to American Internatlonal Shipbuilding Co

IS P6er Cent reserve for contingencyy

13511 0

207 1588 325

Balance in reserve 7598 620

Projects approved 38

Projects on which prelle inar plans have been submitted 34

Projects on which final plans have been approved 34

Projects on which construction has begua 34
FOURTH ANNUAT REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 231

TABLE KIIIDetails of louring contracts and expenditures

Submitted In comnlianre with an art of Con s entitled An act to authorize and empower the United

States Shipping Board Fmer ey pleot Corporation to purchase lease requisitinn or othe calse acquire

and to sell or otherwise di rse of improved or unimproved land houses buildings and for other pur

poses approved Mar 1 1913

LIST OF PERSONS OR CORPORATIONS WrrH WHOM UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION HAS MADE CONTRACTS FOR HOUSING PROJECTS

WITH PARTICULARS As TO EXPENDITURES ETC

HOG ISLAND

Dormitories Ninetyfourth and Tinicum Streets

American International Shipbuilding Co

Land 103 897 55

William Crawford construction contract fee 30000

W G Cornell Co heating do 10 0000

Owen Brainard architect and engineerdo 120000

Albert Pick Co furnishings lump sum 82 600 00

953 houses Sixtyfirst and Sixty seventh Streets and Elmwood Avenue

Philadelphia Pa

414 houses

Land

II P Schneider

153 941 43

II P Schneider construction contract lump sum 167 780 33

539 houses Moss Taylor Crawford

Land 176 813 34

Moss Taylor Crawford construction contractlump sum 1 256 287 18

600 houses Seventieth Street and Elmwood Avenue Philadelphia PA

Iand 267 149 26

II P Schneider construction contmet lumpsum 1 885 0000

Public utilities for all the above projects 388 983 45

This amount has been loaned to the city of Philadelphia

HILTON VILLAGE

Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co Newport News Va land

purchased by realty company

MellonStuart Co construction contract fee 4894 60

Blumenthal Kahn Electrical Co electric wiring and futures

lump sum 15930 00

Field Barker Underwood paling etc unit prices 11221 00

Loan to the Newport News Light Water Co for water etc 67130 00

Loan to the Newport News Hampton Railway Gas Electric Co

electric service 23434 36

CAMDEN N X

Yorkship First Ilaller Morgan Village Fairview extension

New York Shipbuilding Co land purchased by realty company

Tidewater Building Co construction contract fee 112 0000

MilesTighe Co engineering contract Yorkshipdo 42 500 00

F 1abin Co heating lumpsum 232 126 30

C A Kuehule painting do 176 0300

S N Knight Co plumbing ranges etc do 620 634 30

Schneider Sheet Sletal Works metal and sheetmetalwork do 178 0630

L K Comstock electric wiring and fixturesdo 99 470 00

E D Litchfield architect fee 270000

I llicks Son planting lumpsum 50 0000

Hugh Nawn Contracting Co street improvements do 478 S17 86

Lockwood Greene Co eagineers Fairview fee 13 0000

Mark Buller construction contract First Buller lump sum 284 402 50

Mark Haller construction contract Morgan Village do 304 540 00

Fieser Pencz Co stair work do 52 410 75

Robert Graves Co decorating do 40241 75

Loans to city of Camden and to privately owned gas and electric com

panies for all public utilities for the above four projects total 516 151 31

1 These contracts were made to complete work originally included In general construction contracts but

subsequently eliminated therefrom
232 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

SPARROWS POINT MD

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co near Baltimore Md

St Ilelena Land 33750 88

Consolidated Engineering Co construction contract fee 32726 00

Riggs Distler Stringer plumbing heating and electricity

fee 10000

Dundalk

Land purchased by realty company

Consolidated Eunneering Co eonstruetion contract fee 45774 00

H E Crook Co plumbing heating Wiring ranges etc do 17 500 00

Gladfelter Chambers construction store building lump

sum I7321 25

J W DeWitt papering and painting 1lump sum 1 19 228 00

Loans to the Consolidated Gas Electric Light Poker Co for gas and

electricity includes St Ilelena 96 919 63

Loans to the Dundalk Co for sewers and Water includes St Helena 149 833 78

PORTSMOUTn N Ir

Atlantic Corporation land purchased by realty company

National Engineering Corporation construction contract fee 40 500 00

Eilbam IIopkins architects do 10000

Pastern Pov HeatingCo plumbing heating etc lump sum 208 608 45

Loan

etc

to city of Portsmouth for public utilities paving water sewerage

121 700 00

Loan to privately owned electric company 17 837 69

NEWPORT NEWS VA

Newport News Sbipbuilding Dry Dock Co apartments land pur

chased by realty company

James Fte art Co construction contract fee 320000

United 1 lectric Construction Co airing lump sum 25 9126

John Laura Co roofing do 10500 0

Wells Architectural Iron Co ironworkdo 61 353 00

Reliance Fireproof Door Co fireproof doorsdo 10 892 00

Morris L Ackers painting do 39

U W Binks plastering do 10265 0

henry Struble Cut Stone Co cut stone do 15550 00

CHESTER PA

Sun Shipbuilding Cc

Sun Village and Sun IIill land purchased by realty company

Price Johnston construction contract fee 82200 00

Rhodes Bros plumbing and ranges unitprices 1S6 992 20

Raney R7rfte Co millwork and stair material do 35 755 12

Sabine Co beating do132 266 00

Nicholson Electric Co electric ringdo 25 560 66

1 forn Brennan light fixtures do 149565

StIn art Iron Works Co fences do 220000

S C Trego plastering and stucco work do 5547 00

American Pacing Co street paying do 140 005 48

Chester Shipbuilding Co

Buckman Village land purchased by realty company

McArthur Bros construction contract fee 580000

Brumbaugh Simon Bassett architects including Chester

hotel fee 10000

Walter Perks Mellon plumbing heating and ranges

including Chester hotel laboronly 110000

O It Bauer interior decorating and calcimining including

Chester hotel lumpsum 28 277 00

I These contracts were made to complete work originally included In general construction contracts hat

subsequently eliminated therefrom
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 233

Chester Shipbuilding CoContinued

Chester IIotel

LlcArthur Bros Construction contract fee 18 0000

J S Thorn Co skylight and vents lump sum 10 895 00

William A Wafer marbleworkdo 1100 00

Levering Garrigues structural steel etc do 36 855 00

Chester Shipbuilding Co excavations etc do 10 827 40

Chester Shipbuilding Co boilers 10000

Chester Shipbuilding Co installation of steam pipe line

30 7879

lumpsum 162743

Loan to city of Chester for public utilities as per agreement 128 863 72

Loan to privately owned gas Company 9900 24

LORAIN OHIO

American Shipbuilding Co land purchased by realty Company

Moreno Burkham Construction contract fee 350000

Iioblitz Plumbing Heating Co plumbing and heating

lump Sum 95550 14

A S Meeker Co street improvement lump sum 52 980 00

TI Miller planting and seeding do 18500 00

Loan to city of Lorain for public utilities and street improvements 72 848 52

Loan to Lorain County Electric Co electric installation 15 829 23

BATH DIE

Texas Steamship Co

L P Soule Son Co Construction contract fee 230000

Litchfield Prest outfall sever unitprices 26 755 53

Small Ingalls street improvements do 51 906 50

F A Rumery Co Construction Contract school do 26 613 30

Loan to city of Path for public utilities and street improvements 125 0000

UNION PARK GARDENS WILMINGTON DEL

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co and Pussy Jones land purchased by

realty company

Lynch Construction Co construction contract fee 80000

Ballinger Pet rott architects and engineersdo 10000

B D Wright painting and decorating unitprices 29 234 00

Shapiro Aronson light fixtures do 136100

Union Paving Co street improvements do234 427 76

Loan to Wilmington Philadelphia Traction Co electricinstallation 18 807 78

Loan to 11 ilmingtnn Gas Co gas installation 30 7879

Loan to city of N ilmington for public utilities 160 0000

BRISTOL PA

Merchant

Land

Shipbuilding Co

192 278 07

Stewart A Jellett Co heating lumpsum 179 0210

Wells Newton plumbing do 47 700 00

Gent Construction Co electric wiring and fixtures do 21 363 00

Fred T Ley general contractor fee 106 247 87

William Gordon mechanical contractordo 35 4592

GLOUCESTER N S

Pussy Jones land purchased by realty company

McArthur Bros construction contract fee 80 0000

Bissell Sinklerarchitects do 10000

W A Guenther decorating lumpsum 16 830 00

Stewart Iron Works Co fences unit prices 22 0000

Arthur McMullen Co street improvements I 139 358 20

Loan to city of Gloucester for public utilities and street improvements 200 0000

Loan to Public Service Gas Co Gas installation 49 520 00

Loan to Public Service Electric Co electric installation 36 846 45

These contracts were made to complete work orfglnally Included In general construction contracts but

subsequently eliminated therefrom
234 rOURTI1 ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

ESSINGTON PA

Bayles Shipyyard Inc land purchased by Bayles Shipyard Inc

Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co

Mark Tredennick Co construction contract fee

Dormitories land purchased by realty company

Public utilities and improvements will be home by the appropria

tion for the Electric installation be furnished by the

William Crawford construction contract fee 20000

Houses land purchased by realty company

WYANDOTTE MICH

William Crawford construction contract fee 30825 0

D A MacGregor Bro decorating lump sum 12 550 00

Loan to S ringfeld Water Co for Water supply and distribution 15 0000

This loan includes both projects

MANITOWOC WIS

JACKSONVILLE FLA

MerrillStevens Shipbuilding Co land purchased by realty company

W P Richardson Co construction contract fee 250000

II L Lee electric wiring and light fixtures lump sum 11 987 80

Hooker Lightbody plumbing do 48964 70

Loan to city of South Jacksonville for public utilities street improve

ments etc 100 00

Loan through South Jacksonville Realty Co to gas company for gas

extension 261131

Loan to Duval County Fla for road construction 15 031 49

PORT JEFFERSON LONG ISLAND

Bayles Shipyyard Inc land purchased by Bayles Shipyard Inc

Mark Tredennick Co construction contract fee 120000

Public utilities and improvements will be home by the appropria

tion for the project Electric installation will be furnished by the

electric company at no cost to the project

WYANDOTTE MICH

Detroit Shipbuilding Co land purchased by realty company

Loan

etc

to city of Wyandotte for public utilities street improvements

19879 53

MANITOWOC WIS

Sanitowoc Shipbuilding Co land purchased by realty company

Walter W Oeflein Inc construction contract fee 18 128 57

Manger McGucken street ileprovements Unit price 45 514 45

Gray Robinson Construction Co utilities do 17 854 64

Loan to city of Manitowoc for public utilities street improvements etc

including electric extension 471283

Loan to Manitowoc Gas Co for gas installation 10 0000

GROTON CONN

Groton Iron Works land purchased by realty company

National Engineering Co construction contract fee 22 500 00

G A Wells street improvements lumpsum 12 277 40

Loan to borough of Groton for public utilities street improvements

including electric extension 250000

Loan to town of Groton for public utilities street improvements includ

ing electric extension 250000

NEWBURGH N Y

Newburgh Shipyards land purchased by realty company

T C Desmond Co construction contract fee 12 0000

Harper Guilfoil street and house walks unit price 11 600 00

I These contracts were made to complete work originally included in generalconstruction contracts but

subsequently eliminated therefrom
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SIIIPPING BOARD 235

TABLE XXIVSecurity held by Emergenny Fleet Corporation for payment of sums ex

pended on account of eontraetsfor provision of transportation facilities

319 634

mortri e bonds of Wilmincten

Revised

ladelphm Traction Co at 75 per

111 722

Contmetdrawn with Date estimated Security Amount

100P02

to power equipment at estimated

amountmount

cost of

to power apparatus at estimated

1918

cost of

9675

to traekase atestimat dfirst cost of 218 495

to street can at estimated first 332 510

Title to all new material purchased at 342 829

Lewiston Augusta Water villa Street Ry Bath Me July IS 358 9741 First estimatedcostof movies refunding 5 per cent 60000

to track construction at estimated 240 00

bonds of par value

to street can at contract rest of 822

Arises consents etc and title to

Title to all new material purchased at 49152

Receiver Ray State Street June 26 67000 I estimated fir cost of

201 535

By Roston Mass 11 1

eertiGeates of face value of Receivers amount advanced

Richmond I lght R R Co Aug 28 57044 Title to all new material purchased at 522 045

Now BrLhtea Staten Island estimated first cost of s lien onraii

Public Service By Newark

N J workat Keamc NJ

Southern Pennsvlvania True

Hon Co Philodelphia Pa

Delaware

Do

County Electrle Co

Philadelphia Pa

Public Service Be Newark

N J workatCamden NJ

Public Service Be Newark

N J Yo ladilp Village

track

United Railways Electric

Co Baltimore Md

Newport News Hampton

Ry C Electric Co

Hampton a

iglycpt 311234

26153

319 834 83913

1 00156333312

k at estimatedfirst cost of U o 26 IR9

Tidewater Power Co Wil

mington N6

Charles Swank et el Beau

mont Tem

Duluth Street Ry Duluth

Mum

City ofTacomm Tacoma

Portland Ry Light Power

Co Portland Oreg

San Francisco Oakland Ter

minal Co

Apr 18 140 78

July 11 240 00

July 10 9582

May 21 319 000

hAug 28

Sept 13

Aug 27

Sept 11

July 13

Aug 18

to street cars of coat rant cast 319 634

mortri e bonds of Wilmincten 89919

ladelphm Traction Co at 75 per

111 722

t of their par value to the net

10676

cunt of

14587

itle to track ofestimated cast of100P02

to power equipment at estimated 56333

cost of

to power apparatus at estimated 569 785

cost of

9675

to traekase atestimat dfirst cost of 218 495

to street can at estimated first 332 510

of

30100

bond executed by public service

orstion guurantec ig performance

atraet

to track construction at estimated 240 00

L Cost Of

to street can at contract rest of 822

Arises consents etc and title to 136 472

k at estimated first casst of

to street ears at contract cost of 114 465

rhbes consents etc and title to 201 535

rk at estimated first cat of

title to power apparstus ourhosed at 200 0

estimated first cwt of hanchL escon

sents etc

First mortago 6 per cent bands at par 150 00

value of amount of M per cent of

378 500 amount advanced for track and over head and at estimated first cost of

Alin on the powercompany searnues

3230 1 Title to

81058 Titlesonarto Title to

Bonds 1

232 398 All Title Titleguamt constr byvalue richtothit

150 329 ABmagh

can to

I Coto isf

98751I Co Oatlu

vd title to 9 second 28500

contract cotaL 3250

dew and electrical 81058

act cost of

act met of 111 722

l other facilities pro 10676

fiat cost of

14587

191 street car line 232 400

s to pnncipol and interest

of Tacoma to the face

tehises etc necessary to

and operation

cars of contract cost of 14587

see provided at an esti 5142

04 of

1eh4 etc nesary to e

enricy Transportation ran 9675

tic the edx by the s to mi of the na Emergency as to principal Trans 30100

Co of par value
236 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

TABLE XXIVSecurity held by Emergency Fleet Corporation for payment of sums ex

pended on account of contractsfor provision of transportation facilities Continued

Contract drawn with Date estfmated amount Rovind Security Amount

1916

San Diego Electric Re Co Sept 10 S46 883 Title to trackage and property 16884

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Mac 0 2161 6x5 Tilletotrollevears track Bud overhead 2161 655

Co Philadelphia Pa and additional power equipment pro

tided at estimated first cost of

P eiphia Rys Co Phila 974 8At do 97883 dclp Pa

Public S endce Ry Co New Mar 7 631 995 Title rs to trolley can and track and over 887 995

ark e N 7

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head prov ided at estimated first coot of
FOURTH ANNUAL REPOR tUNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 237

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TABLE YVIExenemy vessels

AEOLUS FORMERLY GROSSER KURFURST NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Length Between perpendiculars 562 feet

Over all 580 feet 10 inches

Breadth 62 feet

Draft

Draft

Mean

Aft30

28 feet 71 inches

feet

Displacement 20000tons

Depth of hold 35 feet 101 inches

Tonnage

Tonnage

Gross Net

Speed knots

Bunker

Bunker capacity 5625

Capacity tone

Reserve 1713 tons

Number of propellers2

Engines vertical 4expansion

Engines vertical 4expansion

Cylinders 2741 59 and 831 inches

Stroke 53s inches

Boilers 5 double end 2 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 097square feet

Heating surface 25835 square feet

Indicated horsepower 9000

Electric generator sets

1 35kw 110v C C General Electric

3 35kw 110v IP Union Works Berlin

Built F Schichau Danzig Ger

many

Tons daily fuel consumption at 15 knots 130

Fuel coa now equipped for burning oil

Steaming radius

AGAMEMNON

Days

Knots

FORMERLY

4

KAISER WILHELM IP NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Length Between perpendiculars 684 feet 3 inches

Over all feet 6 inches

Breadth 72 feet 3 inches

DraftAft 31 feet 6 inches

Dlean 29feet 10 inches

Displacement 2tons

Depth of hold 40 feet 2i inches

Tonnage

Speed

Gross

Net6352

35knots

Bunker

Fuel

capacity 5625

Coal

tons

Number of propellers 2

Engines vertical 4expansion 2 engines on each

Cylinders 375 9974 and 1126 inches

Stroke 71 inches

Boilers 12 double end 7 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 3square feet

Beating surface 107 644square feet

Indicated horsepower 45000total maximum

Electric generator sets 5 85kw 110 v Shuntwound

Union Works Berlin

Built Akt Gee Vulkan

Stettin
240 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UKITED STATES s1I1rrm BOARD

AMERICA FORMERLY AMERI HAMBURG AMERICAN

Length

KOLN

Between perpendiculars 669 feet

Over all 687 feet

Breadth 74 feet 3inches

Draft

54 feet 3 inches

Mean 39 feet 51 inches

Aft 39 feet 5j inches

Displacement 40700tans

Depth of hold 47 feet 9inches

Tonnage Gross 22622

4665

Net 13637

8970

Speed 175knots

B nker capacity 550tons

Number of propellers 2

Engines vertical 4expansion

tons

Cylinders 3449 71 and 100 inches

Stroke 63 inches

Boilers 8 doubleend Scotch

2

Grate sface 994square feet

Ilea ing srface 39614square feet

Indicated horsepower 15600

inches

Electric

Total

generator

maximum

sets

17500

1 30 kw 100v 5 75kw 100

Heating surface 10657

v W IL Allen

Built 1905Harland 3 Wolf Belfast

Built 1899 7

Ireland

AMPHION FORMERLY KOLN

Length

Between perpendiculars 428 feet 9 inches

Ocr all

Breadth molded 54 feet 3 inches

Depth molded 39 feet 4 inches

Draftloaded 33 feet 3 inches

Displacement 45 tons per inch loaded

Tonnage

Gross

Net

7409

4665

Summer dead weight tons 8970

Speed 11 knots

Bunker

Capacity 978tons

Fuel

Reserve 980

Coal

tons

Daily consumption 62 tons

Number of propellers 2

Engines vertical 4expansion

Cylinders 22 33 and 62 inches

Stroke 43inches

Boilers 2 dmbleend 2 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 349square feet

Heating surface 10657square feet

Indicated

Built

horsepower 300

1899 7C Tecklenborg Gear

rounds

Total

Total

Total bale

grain

water

cubic

ballast

cubic 484 329

44755

1234tons

Six holds 6 hatches largest hatch 2G by 1G feet 17

booms 10 winches 5 tons lift
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ANTIGONE FORMERLY NECKER NORTII GERMAN LLOYD

Length

Ntween perpendiculars 493 feet 3 inches

Over all 518feet 1 inch

Breadth 58feet I inch

Draft mean 27 feet

Displacement 17024tons

Depth of hold 37 feet

Tonnage

8413

Grose 9835

Net1 6199

knots

Speed 14 knots

Bunker capacity 1502tone

Reserve 2115tons

Number of propellers 2

Engines vertical 4expansion

2

Cylinder 24 34 4871inches

Stroke 51 inches

Boilers 2 double end 3 singleend Scotch

48 inches

Grate surface 419square feet

Heating surface 16717square feet

Indicated horsepower 500

5000

Total maximum 5600

Harland Wolff Belfast

Electric generator sets Three 27kw 100v 6pole

Total grain cubic 7807

shunt Union Electric Works

Built 1900 J C Geesetmunde Ger

Double bottom 1530

many

ARTEMIa FORMERLY BOHEMIA

Length between perpendiculars 500 feet 5 inches

Breadth molded 58feet 3 inches

Depth molded 34 feet

Draft loaded 30 feet 21 inches

Summer

Tonnage

dead weight tonnage 11925

Net

Gross

5247

8413

Speed121knots

Steaming radius 6300

Fuel Coal

Bunker capacity 1605tons

Daily consumption 79 tons

Number of propellers 2

Engines vertical 3 expansion

Cylinder 231 39 66 inches

Stroke 48 inches

Boilers 2 doubleend 2 singleend

Scotch

Indicated horsepower 56005000

Buil t 1902 Harland Wolff Belfast

Total

Total grain

bale cubic

cubic 7807

699 906

WaterDouble balastbottom 1530 tons

10 holds

Peaks

Deep

10

tank

hatches largest

257

2963

hatch 15 feet 3 inches by 28 feet 1 inch 20 booms 17

winches 5 tone lift

BLACK ARROw FORMERLY BLACK HAWK E RHAETIA

Length between perpendiculars 408 feet

Breadth mol ded 52 feet 6 inches

Depth molded 30feet 9 inches

Draft loaded 25feet Ili inches

175052016
242 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Tonnage

Net

Gross6599

4141

feet 2 inches

Summer dead weight tonnage 7050

Speed 11 knots

Bunker capacity total1590tons

Daily consumption 46tons

Number of propellers 1

Steaming radius 8784

Engines vertical 4expansion

feet Iinch

Cylinder 2435 51 72 inches

Stroke 54 inches

Boilers 4 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 210square feet

Indicated horsepower 3200

Coal

Built 1904 Bremer Vulcan Works

Reserve 1900

Veeesack

Total

Total

Total

bale

grain

water

cubic

ballast

cubic

144

330

356 229

tons

6 holds 6 hatches largest hatch 29 by 17 feet 18 booms 12 winches 5 tons lift

11DE IALB FORMERLY PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Length

feet 2 inches

Between perpendiculars 488 feet 3 inches

Overall 506 feet 6 inches

Breadth 55 feet 7inches

Draft mean 26feet

Displacement 1430 tone

Depth of hold 32feet Iinch

Tonnage

Gross

Net

8797

4812

12 knots

Speed

Fuel

165kn

Coal

Bunker capacity 1774tone

Reserve 1900 touo

Engines

Number

Cylinder

vertical

of propellers

2expansion

2

2536 52 inchc

Stroke 55 inches

Boilers Double end 2 single end

Scotch

Grate surface 434 square feet

Heating surface 16792square feet

Twin 4000 indicated horsepower each8000

Electric generator sets2100kw 100v buntwound

German

Built 1901 Akt Ges Vulkan Stet

tin Germany

ETEN FORMERLY RHAKOTI9

Length between perpendiculars 435feet 7inches

Breadth molded 53feet 2 inches

Depth molded 28 feet 2inches

DraftDfean 22feet 11 inches

Forward 22 feet

Aft 23feet 10 inches

Tonnage

Gross

Net4

6982

475

Dead weight tons 8500

Speed 12 knots

Steaming radius 11000knots

Fuel Coal
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Bunker capacity 1620 tons

Daily fuel consumption 60 tons

Engines 2 tripleexpansion Germany 1907

Starboard 2235A 61A 42 inches

Port 22E35h 61jL 42 inches

Boilers 3GumanScotch 1 American

Scotch

Number

Indicated

of

horsepower

decks 2

3162

Largest hatch 29 by 16 feet

Passenger accommodations80first class

Built B Cohn Voss Hamburg 1907

Rebuilt at Balboa Spain 1919

FREEDOM FORMERLY WITTEKINW NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Length between perpendiculars 383feet 5 inches 383 feet

Breadth 46feet 4 inches 46 feet

Depth molded 27feet 27 feet

Draft mean 24 feet 10 inches 24 feet 10

inches

Summer 6440dead weight tons

Displacement 9674tons

Depth of hold 27 feet 2 inches

Tonnage

Gross

Net

5640

3607

Speed 118knots

Bunker capacity 1402tons

Reserve 835tons

Engines

Number

linder

vertical

of propellers

2expansion

2

22335 and 60 inches

Stroke 42inches

Boilers 2 doubleend 2 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 274square feet

heating surface 8206square feet

Indicated horsepower 2700

Electric generator setsTwo217kw 100 v d c Kin

non IIalske

Total

Total

Water

cargo

cargo

ballast

bale

grain

310 29

343 505

Double

Peaks

bottom 637

104

Deep tank 85

Built 1894Blohm Voss hamburg

5 holds 5 hatches largest hatch l0 booms 5

cinches 5lift

HURON FORMERT YFRIEDRICH DER GROSFE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Length Between perpendiculars 525 feet 3 inches

Over all 54feet 6 inches

Breadth60feet

DraftMean 2Sfeet

Aft 29feet 61 inches

Displacement 11080tons

Depth of hold 34feet 91 inches

Tonnage

Gross

Net6854

10771

Speed 155knots

Fuel Originally coal now oil

B unkercapacity28en tons
244 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Number of propellers2

feet

Ennes vertical 4expansion

feet

C1linder 2538 521 and 757 inches

Stroke 5iinches

Total capacity

tons

Oil 3000tons

Daily

Cubic

consumption

eet 38per

at 15

ton

knots

113 972

104 tons

Dav steaming radius 29

Steaming radius 10440knots

DAwASRA FORMERLY KOENIG 1IIHELM II IIAMHURGAMERICAN LINE

Length Between perpendiculars490feet 4 inches

Over all 508feet

Breadth 55feet 3 inches

Draft

square feet

Aft

fears 27feet 5 inches

34 feet

Displacement full load 15010tons

Depth of hold 31 feet 2 inches

Tonnage

Busel 3 Co Port Glas

Gross9410

gow Scotland

Net 155764knots BSpeed unker capacitv 3800tons

Engines

Number

Cvlinder

vertical

of propellers

4expansion

25

2

36 52 and 75 inches

Stroke 55inches

Boilers 3 doubleend 1 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 404square feet

Ileat surface 2072square feet

Indicated horsepower7800total maximum

Electric generator sets Four40 kw 110 v d c Siem

ens R Schuckalt

Built 1907Akt Ges Vulkan Stettin

MARTHA WASHINGTON FORMERLY UNIONE AUHTR of NAYIn AIieTRIAN

LenBetween perpendiculars460feet

Over all 470feet

Breadth 56 feet

Draft mean 24 feet 9 inches

Displacement 12700tons

Tonnage

Gross

Net

8312

5379

Speed172knots

Bunker capacity 1551tons

Number

En

C Minder

vertical

of propellers

3expansion

2

2745 and 75 inches

Stroke 5linches

Boilers 6 single end Scotch 1 auxiliarv

Grate surface 427square feet

Heat surface 16757square feet

Indicated horsepower 7213 total maximum

Electric generator setsTwo60 kw 110 vdc m p

Bennet 3 Lutherford

Built 1903Busel 3 Co Port Glas

gow Scotland
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 245

MERCURY FORMERLY BARBAROSSA INORTn GERM kv Ia OYn

Length On waterline 527feet inches

Over all 54feet

Breadth 60 feet

DraftMean feet

Aft feet 5 inches

Displacement 1714 tone

Depth of hold 34feet 71 inches

Tonm

Gross

Net

1

6

Speed 14knots

Bunkercapacity3500 tons

Number

Eno

C

nes

lnder

vertical

propellers

4expansion

2

37 54y 771 inches

Stroke 5inches

Boilers 5 doubleend 2 Eingleend Scotch

Grate surface 565square feet

Heating surface 18620 square feet

Indicated horsepower

Electric generator sets 3720025kw 110v Siemens

Halske

Built Blohm Voss IIamburg

Mou NT VERNON FORMERLY KRONPRINZEESEN GECILIE NORTn GERMAN

LLOYD

Length

Between perpendiculars 6S5 feet 4 inches

Uvcz all 706 feet 6 inches

Breadth 72feet 2 inches

DraftYean 31feet 6 inches

Aft 33 feet 1 inch

Displacement full load 29650tons

Depth of hold 40feet 51 inches

Tonnage Gross 19503

Net 6584

Speed 24 knots

Iunker capacity 5452tons

Number propellers 2

Engines vertical 4expansion

C Minder 37j 491 74a 112 inches

Stroke mches

Boilers 12 doubleend 7 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 31square feet

bleating surface 10743 square feet

Indicated horsepower 45000 total maximum

Electric generator seta 5110 kw 110v M P General Electric

Built Akt Ges Vulkan Stettin

NANSEMOND FORMERLY PENNBYLVANIA IIAMBDRGAMERICAN LINE

Iae hbetween perpendiculars 559feet 5 inches

Irealh 62feet 2 inches

Draftmean 32 feet 8 inches

Diacement 25000 tons

Depth of hold 40 feet 8 inches

Tema

Fcl

Gram

Net

es 13332

8

coal
246 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Bunker capacity 2821tons

Number propellers 2

Engines vertical 2expansion

Draft loaded

Cylinder 23 33 48 69 inches

Stroke 54inches

Boilers 3doubleend 2 singleend

26 feet

Scotch

Indicated horsepower 500

Speed

Total maximum 6000

Electric generator sets3110v Allen IGeler

Built 1896Harland Wolff Belfast

OTSEGO FORMERLY Pmvz EITEL FRIEDRICH

Length between perpendiculars 370 feet

Breadth molded 45 feet

Draft loaded 25 feet 4 inches

Depth molded 29 feet 6 inches

Tonnage

Gross4650

26 feet

Net2920

28 feet 6inches

Speed 11 knots

Steam radius 11000knots

Bunker capacity 637tons

Reserve 840tons

Number

Engines

propellers

vertical 4expansion

1

31 46 661 incbes

Cylinder 221321 47 68 inches

Stroke 471inches

Boilers 2doubleend Scotch

Indicated horsepower 2400

square feet

Built 1901 Rheinhersta Shipbuilding

Built 1898

Co Hamburg

PRILLIPINES FORMERLY HERCULES Ex BULGARIA

Length between perpendiculars 501 feet 4 inches

Breadth molded 62 feet 2 inches

Depth molded 40feet 6 inches

Draft loaded 30feet 10 inches

Tonnage

Gross 11440

26 feet

Net 7305

28 feet 6inches

Speed 10

FuelCoal

knots

Bunker capacity 138tons

Reserve 475 tons

Number propellers 2

Engines vertical 4expansion

Cylinder 2131 46 661 incbes

Stroke 48inches

Boilers 2 doubleend Scotch

Grate surface 354square feet

Heating surface 11680square feet

Built

Indicated horsepower

1898

4000

Blohm Voss Hamburg

POCAHONTAS FORMERLY PRINCESS IRENE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

LengthBetween perpendiculars523feet 6 inches

Over all 564feet

Breadth 60 feet 2 inches

DraftMean 26 feet

T1a

Aft 28 feet 6inches

IQ I bm
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Tonnage

499 feet 3 inches

Gross 10893

60 feet 2 inches

Net 6443

Speed 160knots

Bunker Capacity 1787 tone

Reserve 1585tons

Number propellers2

6420

Engines vert cal 4expansion

15 knots

Cylinder 2740 57k 821 inches

Stroke 55 inches

Boilers 3 doubleend 3 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 527square feet

Dearing surface 19764 square feet

Indicated horsepower 8000

Electric generator sets340kw 100vshunt

Built 1900Akt Gee Vulken Stettin

PORTO RICO FORMERLY MOCCASIN ExPRINZ JOACHIM

Length 370 feet 9inches

Breadth molded 45 feet 2inches

Depth molded 29feet 6 inches

Draft 24feet

Gross tons 4301

Nettons

Dead weight tons

2396

5400

Engines

Stroke

231333 491 72 inches

48 inches

Boilers 3singleend Scotch

Speed 12 knots

Indicated horsepower 3000

Steaming radius 010630 knots

Fuel Formerlycoal now oil

Passengers 2 in room

First cla s 120

Third class 50

POwHATAN FORMERLY IIAMBCRO DAMBBRGAMERICAN LINE

Length between perpendiculars 499 feet 3 inches

Breadth 60 feet 2 inches

Draftmean 29feet 8 inches

Diplacement 18026 tons

Tonnage

Gross

Net

10532

6420

Speed 15 knots

Bunker capacity 3500

Number

tons

Engines

Cylinders

vertical

propellers

4expansion

2

27j 40 571j 821 inches

Stroke 55 inches

Boilers 3 doubleend 3 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 529 square feet

Heating surface 19829square feet

Electric

Indicated

generator

horsepower

sets

8000

340kw 100vshunt Drivel

Kiel

Built 1899Alit Gee Vulkan Stettin

PRESIDENT GRANT SAME NAME IN HAMBURG AMERICAN LINE

Lenofh Niween perpendiculars 599 feet

Overall 615 feet

Breadth 68 feet 2 inches

Draft

Mean

Aft

34feet

38 feet
248 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Displacement full load 35200tons

Tonnage

Gross

Net1112

18072

Speed 145knots

Bunker capacity tons

Reserve 1585tons

Number

Engines

Cylinder

vertical

propellers

4expansion

2

25 36 52 75 inches

Stroke 54 inch es

Boilers 4 double end 1 singleend Scotch 1 W T

Grate surface 592 square feet

Heating surface 22928 square feet

Indicated

Electric

Total

generator

maximum

horsepower

sets

7500

7650

4 48 kw 100v D C 1 1S

kw 100v D C XV 11

Allen Son

Built 1907Harland Wolf Belfast

PEINCEsa 11IATOIEA FORMERLY PRINCEss ALICE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Length On water line 522feet 8 inches

Between perpendiculars 523 feet 5 inches

Over all 544feet 11 inches

Breadth 60 feet 1 inch

Depth 34 feet 7 inches

Draft mean 29 feet 6 inches

Displacement 20500 tons

Summer dead weight tons 10500

Depth of hold 10492

Tonnage

Net

Gross 10981

6068

629

Total water ballast 4501tons

Speed 16 knots 147 knots

Bunker capacity 1787tons

Reserve 2060tons

Daily consumption 120tons

Number of propellers 2

Engines vertical 4expansion

Cylinders 28 40 571 and S3t inches

Aft 541inches

Boilers 3 doubleend 3 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 520square feet

IIeating surface 20440 square feet

Indicated horsepower 8000

Total maximum 9000

Electric generator sets 3 40kw 100v Siemens

llalske

Built 1900 Akt Gas vulkan Stettin

Classed

7 holds

with

8 batches

Lloyd s

largest hatch 22 feet 4 inches by 15 feet 19 booms 11 winches

heaviest lift 17 tons

SUSQUEHANNA FORMERLY RHEIN NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Length Between perpendiculars501feet

Over all 520 feet

Breadth 58 feet Iinch

Draft mean 28 feet

Displacement 17857tons

Depth of bold 36 feet 8 inches
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Tonnage

feet 5 incbes

Gross10058

feet

Net 6398

Speed

FuelCoal

14 knots

Bunker capacity 1358tons

Reserve 2127tons

Number propellers 2

Engines vertical 4expansion

Cylinders 23134 4811 and 691 inches

Stroke 511inches

Boilers 2 doubleend 2 singleend

1

Grate surface 349square feet

Heating surface 14348square feet

Indicated horsepower 5300total maximum

Electric generator sets 3 32kw 100v 6pole shunt

Built 1913

Siemens IIalske

Built 1899Blohm Voss Hamburg

SUWANEE FORMERLY MARK

Length between perpendiculars 472feet 5 incbes

Breadth molded59feet

Depth molded 39 feet 2j inches

Draft loaded 26 feet 4 inches

Tonnage

Gross

Net

6493

3993

Fuel

Speed 121

Coal

knots

Dunker capacity 1397 tons

1 eserve 1778tons

Number propellers 1

Engines vertical 3expansion

Cy Stroke finders 321 52 and 86 inches

Boilers

55

4 singleend Scotch

Indicated horsepower 3800

Built 1913 Bremer Vulcan Works

Vegesack

VON STEUEEN FORMERLY ERONPRINZ WILHELM NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Length

Between perpendiculars635feet

Over all 663 feet

Breadth 66 feet

Draft mean 30 feet

Displacement 23500tons

Depth of hold 39feet 31 inches

Tonnage

Gross

Net

14908

5162

Speed

FuelCoal

23 knots

Bunker

Number

capacity 4973tons

Engines vertical

propellers

4expansion

2

2 11 P cylinders 2

L P cylinders

Cylinders 34 69 9S1 and 102E inches

Stroke 71 inches

Boilers 12 doubleend 4 singleend Scotch

Grate surface 2703 square feet

Heating surface 93S62 square feet

Indicated horsepower 35000total maximum

Electric generator sets4821kw 100v 11 P Union

Works Berlin
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TABLE VYessels operating in trades which do not have United States ports as terminals

STEEL

Calm Schoodic Nest Saginaw

WOOD

Mnsketo Ahala x1amola Firth Clilfe

Assieippi Neese Take Gilts

Mojave

Aspenlell

Ka9otl

Osatama

Lake Gratis

Brampton Opelika Moraine Bllox

53571a2

5875 7B4050DOD8a

3875 United KingdomScondinavis

3575 Nova Scotian ports United kingdom

3683 Do

822 CalcuttaSlneapore tomake 2consecuth etrips

6890

5259 River

Kotka

PlatelBaOM na

Dunkirk

4155 SwanseaDenmark

3688 Soran calCopenhaCen

3565 Svan5eaAlexandria

3870 SwauseaMarseille

3568 SLisbon

4165 FrederikmamnUnited Kingdom

5075 Porsgmnd Nor vay inited Kingdom 3688 CardiffMalta

3W Nalcspfalta

3 KO I Tyne EnglandlCopenhagen

i

Dead

Vessel weight Service allocated

tons

STEEL

Egremont 9500 CalcuttalOran

Dska va 9400 HavrelHamburg Plate

Gaimba 9400 Do

Yamhfll 630U Do

Monnss 5409 Do

Puget Sound 7500 PlateDurnburg

Lake Fabyan 4155 Singapore Calcutta

Western Star 8698 MontreallAntwerp

Aledo 7300 Do

Western Maid 8594 Do

Oakland 9330 Do

Western Plotas 8594 Do

Afel 785 Do

West Chatala 8438 Calcutta Italy

Ounston Bad 9400 Buenos AiresDunkirk

Houma 10000 TampicoBrest

Louisville Bridge 5075 Progresso United Kingdomlllavre

astletcv n 5000 Nest IndleslMexicen partsEuropean continental ports

Dade County 5075 Do

hlekamauga 6000 Palo AltoCuha Lauskrona Sweden

adaretta 3694 Oriental Feeder Senice

3lyment 3701 Do

Lake Farrar 4050 Do

Lake Onmra 4500 Do

Doylestown 3 ShanghaiHongkongCalcutta

Daddopeak 310 Do

make Faulk 4050 Do

ake Farmingdale 4050 Do

ake OitanoI4050 Do

aka Fildmg 4UW Do

ake Gilpen 4050 Do

ac ox 36

Do

eke Gebhart 4050 Arica ChileHonolulu

athlamet 800 SydneyustrallalEUrope

Zuinni piac 800 Buenos lrtesM estcoast Italy

Nest Maximus 800 CadiaSt James Newfoundland

doravia Bridge 5075 UleshemOstend

4antahala 800 River PlateBarcelona

ontia 5075 PongrundHull

mericenPess 7825 Port Talbot alesAleeandria

7iiglnia Bridge 5075 IluclveHamburg

Minn 800 Saigon ChinaCube

Calm Schoodic Nest Saginaw

WOOD

Mnsketo Ahala x1amola Firth Clilfe

Assieippi Neese Take Gilts

Mojave

Aspenlell

Ka9otl

Osatama

Lake Gratis

Brampton Opelika Moraine Bllox

53571a2

5875 7B4050DOD8a

3875 United KingdomScondinavis

3575 Nova Scotian ports United kingdom

3683 Do

822 CalcuttaSlneapore tomake 2consecuth etrips

6890

5259 River

Kotka

PlatelBaOM na

Dunkirk

4155 SwanseaDenmark

3688 Soran calCopenhaCen

3565 Svan5eaAlexandria

3870 SwauseaMarseille

3568 SLisbon

4165 FrederikmamnUnited Kingdom

5075 Porsgmnd Nor vay inited Kingdom 3688 CardiffMalta

3W Nalcspfalta

3 KO I Tyne EnglandlCopenhagen

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TABLE Vessels operating in trades which do not have United States ports as tersn ituds

Continued

STEELConDna d

Dead

Vessels weight Service allocated

loos

W000Continued

Almell 3416 Blythe EnclandlAarhus Denmark

Canine 3575 Rona AlgerialCork or Dull

Canbou 4 N15 Port fmira AleerialNmccastle or Tyne

Donlan 3 35 Cartagena pain Garston

Midgett 660 Philippine interisland

Grand total 8 vessels 461 695

TABLE VIrlfanagers and or operators by classes

STEEL TONNAGE

Class and managers andor operators

Class No I5n fn1 deadwdvht tons and over

Class No 2 500 0011 to 3g099 deadweight tons

Dorber Steamship 1 roes

Class So 3 f2anfMl to 2u9 9U dead weight tons

Steele J II IV Co

Class No 4 00W0 to 219 99 dead weight tans

Amelican Lin

lfurrt n Fteams dpLine

New York Cuba Mail Steamship Co

Total

Class Na 5 1flMa to 199 00 deadweight tons

Bull A 11 Co

Cosmopolitan Ship Co

Frame Canada Steamship Corporation

Livermore Dearborn Co

1fo0re IrCornia kInc

Iaifc rail Pteamship Co

1aei0c teamsl ipCo

Strarhan Shipping Co

stoubers Iizom

Williams Dimond Co

Total

Class Ne f 101100 to 119 99 dead wight tons

Green Star Steamship Co

Ilarri sIacill Cc

International Freighting Corporation

Kerr steamship Corporaion

Lykes Pros

Oriental Navigation Co

red Star Lie e

United States Australia Steamship Co

United

Total

States Transport Co

Claw No 7 Afqto 991 deadweight tons

American Shipping orpomtion

Atlantic Transport Co

Baltimore ticeauis Steamship Co

Muni steamship Co

P1v k Phi mood steamship Co

Blake W A Co

Columbia Isei0e Ship Co

Dollar Rohert Co

Falwell J R4 Co

Emery J S o

General Steamship Co

Luekenbseh Steamship Co

111110171 C D Co

1f15441ppiShjppirlg Co

National Shipping Corporation

175032017

Dead passen

weiFht tons gers

344 197

X993

im 516 370110

146 422 33 9S0

216 504 7050

566 442 78030

58133

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Iii541fi 354 1546R SS6 i91

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111 2117 1585211M1 I

121 913h15 119 424g 9 f0fl
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TABLE VIManagers andor operators by classesContinued

Dead Passen Class and managers andjor operators weight tans gers

davdwalht tons Continued

Steamship Co

JCorporation

Terminal CO

q

West India StenmshiP Co

Williamson Itau ers

Winchester JHCc

Total

ss No 8 25000 to 49999 deadweight tons

Atlantic Chartering Co

Atlantic Unit Pide Steamship Corporation 01 Baltimore

Atlantic Paci5c Steamship Co

cimship

Atkinson

Co

Co

e Transportation

Thurlow

Co

u A D Co

Williams Wsllie a Wigmore

R

Vo Cc Co Co

C

Waterman Steamship Co

Wessel Duval Cc

Windward Island Line

Total

Class No 9 0 to 24999 deadwof httons

American Metal Transport Co

Baltimore Carolina Steamship CO

Blue Star Navigation Co

Campbell A R Co

Caribbean Steamship Co

Elder Steil Steamship Co

Gilmartine Co

Gmaddeld W JSon

Gulf Export Transportation Co

Gulf Southern Steamship Co

International Maritime Corporation

Intemoast Steamship Co

Jacksonville Shipping Corporation

Jorkes Steamship Co

1967 335761216 525297764019 536592126 91744559210 51372925 5049MM5 465

37422919769011IN

311 290995 139 M5 427 PA

3921372 100

3975020 279577 521744717 5325

8990352143591 259

35214 414

29625 311 560 31495 1

264W25

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25495157 2101 3241515 37

510 491322rA 41793314

13751 364

7146925

I1O25 571

4075 5

4020 75

249125

7565 8565
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TAELE VPessela operating in trades which do not have United States ports as terminals

Continued

STEEL Continual

Dend

Vessels weight San ice allocated

Loos

WOOD Continued

Aiol dl 3I Blvthe EnglandAarhns Denmark

Capines 3575 Bona AI eria Cork or hull

Carihon 4 NIS Port breho klreriaNev eastic or Tyne

Cartagena Dordsnia Midget 35f00 painGamton

Philippine interisland

Grand tat al 78 vessels 461 695

TABLE VIManagers and or operators by classes

STEEL TONNAGE

Dead Passers Class and managers andor operators weight asse

Class No 1 P5n f00 dear weight tons and over

Class No 2 00 IOI to 349 59 dead weight tons

Barber Steamship Lines

Class No 3 GL4 OM to 2999 dead weight tons

Steele I 11 N Co

Class No 4 20000 to 249 99 deadweight tons

Ameriean Line

Munson Steamship Fine

New fork Cuba flail Steamship Co

Total

Class No 5 0000 to 199 go dead weight tons

Bull A IL Cc

Cosmopolitan Ship Co

Fran e Canada Steamship Corporation

Lis ermore Deathom Co

Moore M Corma kO ne

Pari0c llnil Steamship Cc

Paeific Steamship Co

Strarhan

Struthers

Willlems

chipping

Dimond

Dixon

Co

Cc

Total

CIasS No 6 100 094 to 149 99 dead weight tons

Green Star Steamship Co

Ilarriss 4aillC

International Freiehting Corporation

Herr Steamship Corporation

Lykes B

Oriental Navigation Co

Led Star Line

United states Australia Steamship Cc

United States Transport Co

Total

Class No 7 W000 to 9999 lead weight tons

Ameriean Shipping Corporation

4tLintle Transport Co

Baltimore Oceanis Steamship Co

Balrimore Steamship Cc

Illank Diamond Steamship Cc

0 Itohert Co

Al J RC Cc

rrv J 5 Cc

oral steamship Cc

cenbach Steamship Co

orv C D Co

icippi Shipping Cc

anal Shipping Corporation

176052017

344 197

263 99

163 510 1 370110

1811 422 3950

216 504 7050

see 442 78030

19ao 5933 15f51W421 11478 219 4i64f41

i54167550 Sa 1Nfi LId1

1649 843
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TABLE VIManagers and or operators by classesContinued

Class and managers andtor operators weight Dead Passaic gets ar

Class No 9 0 to 24999 dead weight tons Cntinued

Lind Navigation Cc 954

Lowrance h Cc

Merchants Dliners Transportation Cc

Mobile Liners Inc 1050

New England Fuel Transportation Co 19975

New Orleans South American Steamship Co 15025

North Atlantic Western Steamship Co 16433

Northern Steamship Co Inc 19821

Norton Lilly Cc 18262

Oceanic Navigation Co Inc 4000

Oceanic Steamship 800

Paragon Shipping orpora 8100

Pe GrahamA Cco 9500

Pendleton Bros 12 020

PBros 11000

Pioneer Steamshim3bip o 8 800

Port Arthur Texas AtlanticLLine 5075

Rogers Co 15 150

Webbbe Gulf 13575Seaboard Steamship Co 23973

Smith Terry Inc 5075

Stare F o 8422

States Marine Co of Baltimore

r

Steeamship Co

Terminal mina Shi 24939

tem 16208

United ansperft ngeCCc 9248Van ynigan an Brokerage Brokerage Coo 16950

We llsWestel George Co 9600

Western ern Steamship Co 636

Whitney JJ F 1804

6lest IN R A Ccc 10

11

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temaship CO 10 075 54yman Steamship Co I1

Total 570891

Class No 30 Gage and barges

Togs 27 barges 2

Class No 11 steel tonnage under charter

Tonn wecharter

Atl antic Fruit Cc

United Fruit Cc 2l 375

Total 24

BareAirlines boat ferchant Mariners Inc 5075

Baltimore Carolina Steamshlp Co 2875

Bull

F

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oment Steamship Co 4050

Fee

F

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rench American Line 20

Italian

International

Star Steamship

Bureau of

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Supplies

7825

19

International Maritime Corporation 4 0

Pi

Lnckenbach Steamship Cc 10076

oneer

S

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tandard

Wy

Steamship Cc 7453

Steamship Cc 5206

United States Mail Steamship Cc 20300

Total 193 03

Steed tankers managed and oroperated 600 437
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SCHEDULE 1Statement of general cash and cash fonds as at June 4O 1920

General cash

I Billed Unbilled 1

a In United State3 Treasury 56244 906 53

Accounts receivable

b In banks 710 0741

Fore gn Governments

c In transit 1O 42O 817 05

748 605 33 316 74 80 630 000

Total general cash

French SiSgh Commission

67375 797 Gl

Cash funds

230 17554725 4754 Rnssia Italy 2601

d Imprest 15311 536 26

Commission for Czeeho

Slovaks 1383 72 22

e Insurance 7 003 772 37

5354 93 6599 13

Workin g 681 90 47

Sia 49002

qn Recruiting service 741 628 53

Boilnd

h Treasurer srevolving 878 242 04

Sweden

ti In escrow for restrictions against vessels 639 1772

Denmark

j Trust for ship construction 333 783 30

Great Britai 892 047 2

k Special 3 581 979 00

Total accounts remly

Total cash funds I 29 172 154 09

Total general cash and cash funds to

10630 95 33 4717 231 31 6 1505366 64

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SCHEDULE 2Statement of accounts receivable as at June 80 1920

em I Billed Unbilled 1 Otheritems Total

A Accounts receivable

Fore gn Governments

France 748 605 33 316 74 80 630 000 371552 18

French SiSgh Commission 236 541 75309 516 88 2390 59 230 17554725 4754 Rnssia Italy 2601 2g90 83 250659

Commission for Czeeho

Slovaks 1383 72 22 5612 78 1440 295 00

Sia

Switzerland 5354 93 6599 13 71 od06

49002 9 3 I 14326 92

Boilnd 1712 23 I1712 28

Sweden 12456 99 1245699

Denmark 1052 9 1052 97

Great Britai 892 047 2 4020 49t2 6a2 14

Total accounts remly

able foreign Govern

ments 10630 95 33 4717 231 31 6 1505366 64

13 War StatesvaUGovernment and other depart United

ments A ar 19514294 1156326 17 633969 3719

Navy 119 179 0 18157028 20395 5 2277 13

Barlroad Admmisn tion 1 H8 23 W 400 99 1W5172

Philippine Islands 732 87 35515 1 36269 02

state 1i61083 1049 24755 31

F employees CO

508 46 13519

Treasnry pensa tion 542 228W 228 00

United States customs

Now York I 62a 00 625 00

Total accounts revel

ahle War Navy and

other United States

Government depart

meats 2096 701 35 3525 273 8706119 4051800 27

C Otaer accounts receivable

1 Panama Railroad Co 92079 17 92079 17

21 metican lied CcoSS 184 29 49 157 997 8T 312 267 36

3 Itclion relict 296 179 28 196 7046 492 974 74

11 Frerghtcloim 74011 69 4001 69

57 Cash advances to e

phoyces 15490 3 15496 3

61 In suspense ships

undermarter hve 413933 53 41395 953

D

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shipste LI619S 742 69 8199 742 69
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SCHEDULE 1Statement of general cash and cash funds as at June 30 1920

General cash

a In United States Treasury 56244 906 58

b In banks 0000 710 0741

c In transit 10420 817 05

Total general cash 67375 797 64

Cwh funds

d Imprest 15311 586 26

e Insurance 7 003 772 37

Working Recruiting 741 628 5331 980 47

h

service

Treasurer srevolving 878 242 04

i In escrow for restrictions against vessels 639 1772

j Trust for ship construction 333 753 30

k Special 3581 979 00

Total cash funds 29 17254 09

Total

E

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SCHEDULE 2Statement of accounts receivable as at June 30 1920

Billed I Unbillcd I Otheritems I Total

A Accounts receivable

Fore gnGovernments

France 17748 605 38 316 74 80 7630 0000 18745 302

Fronch 11iBh commission 2 MI 75 296 5175

Italy 3119 516 88 23308 59 U7 72147

Rossi 2601 24 990 88 25016 89

Commission for Czecbo

Slovaks 1333 78122 5612 78 1440 295 00

Switzerland 53193 6599 13 710146

Siam 4 NO 9366 00L 14320 92

Iloll and 000 0000 1712 23L

1712 23

Swe den 12456 93 1245693

5 1 072 97 GreaBritain 892 1724 4 4912 63 14

Total accounts reeciv

able foreign Govern

ments 03 935 83 4747 231 31 690 000 1505466 64

B War Navy and other United States Government depart

ments War 19551 4294 1150326 17 6403969 37800 4230

Navy 718 179 05 1816 702 58 2035 2511 713

Railroad Admimstration 14623 99 41 b98 100 547 12

Philippine Islands 7287 30514 36268 02

State 14650 83 1004 48 24755 31

Federal emplayees earn

pensation 542 93 808 96 13519

Treury as 243 W 0000 I 22tl 00

United States customs

NewYork 62500 625 00

Total accounts receiv

able War Navy and other Umted tates

Government depart

ments 2086 71313525 28 73j 6 4051861 27

C Otuer accounts receivable

1 Panama Railroad Co 92079 17 92079 17

2 merican RedCross 289 49 1i 342776

3 nel ianrelief 296 298 179 96714 011 6 492 971 74

U Freight claims 74 6419 74 041 69

5 Cash advances to em

ployces L

15496 3 15 498 35

81 In suspensperrye ships

under c rhire

c

413053S 53 9139559 53

7

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in suspe nse ships re oncevN at cost i 8199 4120 6B 6199 7a69
FOURTII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 265

SCHEDULE 2Statement of accounts receirable as at June 30 1920 Contd

item Billed Unbilled Other items Total

Inventories current property etc

Accounts receivahlccontiaued

1 Inventories

O theca recants rcceivable

2 Current property

continued

04

3 Lumber storage yards

8 Interest purchased

Total inventories current property etc

on Liberty loan bonds 43334 58 3 334 58

Stationery supplies etc

9 huerestreceiable 125 476 58 125 476 58

Stocks

10 llperaLocal accounts 362 998 736 34

179 302 02

62908 786 34

Otter gear

11 Sundrydebtors 11 321 561 14748191 122 68150 125 4779 20

Inventories

Total other accounts

371 765 20

receivable 1802 02998 6491790 33 170 491 165 237

Total accounts rerely

1 Under construction 4965 078 54

able to ExhibitA 32719666 60 83192 3077 177 880 584 11 1 293 72 5814

Item SCHEDULE 3Statement of investments as at June 30 1920

A Mortgages

Notes due on mortgage 5 625 0000

Mortgage loans 11 408 728 00

Other mortgages receivable 575 744 27

B United

Total

States

mortgages

Liberty bonds

17609 472 27

1 132 057 50

C Loans to contractors building dry docks and marine railways 11 289 0939

D Other investments 886 960 00

Total investments to Exhibit A 30 917 587 86

SCHEDULE 4Statement of materials supplies ship stores etc as at June 30 1920

Item

A Inventories current property etc

2

1

Current

Inventories

property

11902 8555

13 787 372 04

3 Lumber storage yards 1524 495 27

B Stationery

Total

supplies

inventories

etc

current property etc 134 41 723 16

Stocks 179 302 02

C Otter gear

Inventories 371 765 20

D Machinery construction

1 Under construction 4965 078 54

2 Machinery 617 1961

3 Requisitioned turbines 8232 758 68

Total machinery construction 13 815 033 33

E Vessel slop chest 43348 18

P Coal and fuel nil 1 221 770 54

G Surplus and salva ge

Property appraisal suspense 26 8G1 202 78

II Supply sales

Property 2 115 861 66

I Not otherwise classified

Property 3 600 000 00

Total materials etc 1S2 623 006 87

1 Lees suspense

1 Certifier materials 335519067

2 Cancellation 671 128 55

Total suspense 39222 709 22

Net materials supplies ship stores etc to ExhibitA 143 400 297 65
266 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

SCHEDULE 5Statement of purchase construction and reconditioning expenditures on

owned vessels as at June 80 1920

Item

A Purchased vessels

American vessels 1447 088 51

Austrian vessels 10 397 510 91

Japanese vessels 30 625 982 00

Total purchased vessels 4270 581

B Requisitioned lake and other vessels afloat 31 502 787 19

C Requisitioned on ways and completed by Emergency Fleet

Corporation 462 528 360 60

D Contracted for by Emergency Fleet Corporation

1

2 Wood

Steel vessels

and composite vessels

1791 92 26 70

274 130 346 89

3 Concrete vessels 16 807 476 90

4 Tugs and barnes 44 532 525 43

Total contracted for by Emergency Fleet Corporation 2127 391 575 92

Not allocated to specific class of vessels 6 719 450 68

Total purchase construction and reconditioning expendi

tures on owned vessels to Exhibit A 2 670 612 755 81

SCHEDULE 6Statement of plants property and eq9uipment fueloil stations real estate

and buildings furniture fixtures mechanical of ice equipment automobiles launches

etc as at June 30 1920

Item

A Plants property and equipment

Property includes real estate buildings railroad and float

ing equipment shipways and equipment includes office

furnihHe and fixtures automobile trucks etc launches

restaurant and equipment 154 579 15 05

B Fueloil stations 283 460 56

C Real estate and buildings

Land and buildings includes building lo

Gated at 45 Broadway New York 20000

Station buildings of the Sea Training Bureau

at Camp Stuart Fan Francisco and Seattle 40 273 64

Total real estate and building 2 040 273 64

D Furniture fixtures mechanical office equipment

automobiles launches etc

1 Furnihure fixtures mechanical office

equipment etc 1 833 074 44

2 Automobiles and launches 159 2W 30

Total furniture fixtures mechanical office equipment

automobiles launches etc 1992 334 74

Total plants propertv and equipment fueloil stations

real estate and buildings furmhve fixtures mechan

ical office equipment automobiles launches etc to

Exhibit A 153 895 243 Wi

SCHEDULE 7Statement of construction of improvements to etc expenditures on

housing projects and transportatiV fatalities as at June S0 1970

Item

A Housing Projects

Ieelud 0s mwkage contracts income from operations no

claimed waxes sale of houses itiventorv accounts receiv

able interest and revenue furniture etc 6682 230 43

B Transportation facilities 2 922 747 40

Total construction of improvements to etc expendi

titres on hmtsing projects and transportation facilities 69 604 977 83
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 267

SCHEDULE 8Statement of appropriations allotments and unexpended balances thereof

less transfers therefrom to show net amount receivedfrom appropriations and allotments

as at June 30 1920

Item Appropriated appropriation Lnespendcd balances Net received

A Appropriations

1 permanent foods

2 Emergence shipping fund

3 Increase of compensation

4 Salaries and expenses 1917

5 Salaries and expenses1918

6 Salaries and expenses lug

7 Salaries and expenses 1920

50000 Got 00

3 2031000 W

51700 0074404 67633 71

002 772 916 00W00

6272 419 19

152 494 11

R 598 75

337 693 89

50000

3 140 328 9b01

365 00 893391 2543574404 67633 712J2 11

Appropriation total 3255 413 024 33 63371 235 94 3192 041 758 44

Lnexpended

knotted amolmts allotment Net received

balances

B Allotments

1 v aticon security and defense 1919 2 National security and defense 1919 27011 6429 2500 743 43 3911171 32535 9 23070 5112196

Allotment totals

3YW

29512 426 271 477 1135 25035 313 12

C Less

Appropriation and allotment totals 925450 65 67849 3 09 3217

Transfers to War Department under Ex

ecutive order of Mar 12 1939 300100

Total receipts from appropriations and

allotments less transfe rs 32137 101 56

SCHEDULE 9Statement of reserves as at June 80 1920

Item

Reserved for

A Depreciation

1 Vessels 196 847 309 83

2 Plants property and equipment 586 0112

3 Furniture fixtures mechanical

office equipmentetc 492 088 65

4 Automobiles and launches 46 256 53

Total reserve for depreciation 197 972 296 03

BC

Maintenance 17703 490 67

Reconditioning steamship Saranac and steamship Quinne

bau7 863 941 04

D Stipulations 340637 69

E Insurance

1

2 Other

Marine

insurance

etc 75836 04 46

18751 94757

F Vessels

Total

sold

reserve for insurance 9458794 03

1 Owned 336 349 279 42

2 Seized 4110 777 00

Total resume for vessels sold 340 460 056 42

G Vessels lost

1 Owned 48219 7254

2 Seized 538 492 68

Total reserve for vessels lost 48 758 218 42

I This Item represents premiums written less unexpired premiums and hourerice losses and ex

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268 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

H Other reserves

1 Awards to former owners and requisi

2 Other

tioned

accidents

and other ships owned 14860 677 04

15727 269 94

3 Contract payments 973 270 11

4 Otter gear 140 668 05

5 Miscellaneous freight claims etc 159 097 42

Total other reserves 31860 982 56

Total reserves to Exhibit A 735 618 36 86
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SCHEDULE 10Disbursing officer miscellaneous receipts July 1 1919 to June 30 1920

Salaries and wages

Traveling expense

Telegraph telephone and cable charges

Stationery and printing

Office supplies

Furniture and fixtures

General office expense

Rentals

Mechanical and office equipment

Repairs to seized German vessels

Expenses Dutch vessel

From Insurance Division for vessel lost

Prom War Department for vessels requisitioned

Tiscellaneous Purchased vessels

Sale of Government property

Recoveries from French Government for vessels lost

Recoveries from Philippine Government for vessels lost

Sale of cargoes Dutch vessels

Sale of vessels

Cale of aweless equipment

Sale of scrap and miscellaneous material

S5 280 31

61 947 56

46 917 28

75 276 3I

11 716 19

2316S7 047524

14647 78136 74

82 033 811943

103 883 33

278 0000

15 071 64

273 92

1946 09

1 370 445 92793 570 00

3 367 0708

51 570 955 55

103 030 68

17 902 47

Total 55945 789 57

SCHEDULE 11Division of Construction miscellaneous cash receipts July 1 1919 to

June 9019b

Sale of material

Interest received

Saleof ships

Housing sales and revenue

Deposits on sales

Insurance losses recovered

Rentals of machinery etc

Sale of shipyards

Penalties account failure to launch hulls

Commissary receipts

Reduction of loans and mortgages

Repairs

Miscellaneous receipts

Material rebilled

Returns and refunds

Claim cancel lation

Inquest funds returned

Insurance premiums

Discountstaken

27

1

46599 73

220 688

9 852 551 89

782 629 19

311 250 00

52S

812 546 91

61036041 790060

21 440 06

22784 968 76

6

227 796 92

323 46

547 160

8180 391 71753 111 79

41 862 902 12

7 605874 79622 24

Total 129 617 72

SCHEDULE 12 Division of Operations summary of rash receipts July 1 1919 to June

30 1920

Refunds

Remittances

Accounts

on

receivable

voyage

from operators

expenses

coll ections

246 907 OS6 98

101 763 127 77

072092

Refunds on general expenses 17980

Refunds from supercargoes 7662 50

Refunds from masters 29250 77

Unclaimed wages deposited 51116 77

Alien income tax deposited 57013

Reduction of cashier sfunds 88490 7

Storeroom

Interest on

sales

bank bal ances 32S i26 01

953 85

Reduction of paymaster sfunds 22 964 12

Discounts 119 622 04
FOURTH ASNUAL RETORT UNITED STATES 311IPPISG BOAED 273

STo chest sales S1026 74 Refunds on furniture and fixtures 707 00

Allotments deposited 315 00

24

Refund on vessel repairs 8495 59 iiscellaneous revenues 8364 60

SO

Address commission 119 323 57

37

Refund of traveling advances 41522

Recoveries on New Sock and Norfolk bulkhead operations 75 510 81

Fuel oil sales 28

Refunds on vessel equipment 2701 39

Refunds on special appropriation disbursements 72291

Refunds on transportation expense 4150 60

Total 353 22665 41

SCHEDULE 13DisbureCng gf cer miscellanrous disborsencoits Jule 1 1919 to June 30

Mo

Salaries and wages 367 5115 49

Traveling expense 5112 08

Subsistence 110 40

Postage 200

Telegraph telephone and cable charges 42824 96

Stationery

Rentals

and printing 128075

50580

Office supplies 2045 79

Furniture and fixtures 16405 51

Mechanical office equipment 114596

General office expense 16651 28

Expense and repairs seized German vessels 168495

Expense Dutch vessels 199 551 67

Disbursements account of vessels purchased 105 52 69

Disbursements account of requisitioned lake and other vessels for con

struction and repairs etc 1 333 512 43

Com ensation paid owners of N essels recoverable

From War and Navy Departments 6284 91 62

From French Government 680 009

Total 9177 221 03

SCHEDULE 14Dizieion of f anstructton misedlaneons cash dlsburstonents July 1 1919

to June 30 1920

Philadelphia office 478 704 36

Washington office 110 474 72

audited vouchers

Construction 79342 406 84

Expense 23564 43 76

1Cegnisitioned

Lumber

ships 2673 969 75

854 45

ILousing 1 187 053 66

Miwellaneuus disbursements 6891 550 70

Insurance losses etc 1279 415 52

Total 829 18 893 76

SCHEDULE 15Division of Operations snmnary of cash di sbarseinreIs July 1 1619 to

Jome 30 1920

General

Furniture

expenses

and fixtures

1425642 80

P

361 82 94

ecocerable disbursements 23 707 3624

Ces elrepairs 5061 9 536

Charter hire 43 506 177 SO

Voyage expenses 27461 228 37

Vessel equipment 210 962 87

Disbursements account of Division of Insuranee 7 293 510 65

Transportation expense 557 30

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274 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

Insurance premium 1434 226 47

Expenditures from special appropriations 132 024 31

Consul advances 1604 262 13

Masters advances and expenses 567 6235

Supercargoes advances expenses and salaries 1 447 487 28

Foreign exchange 162 758 51

Coal and fuelnil purchases 772 431 59

Construction disbursements Manila 340000

Construction disbursements Honolulu 126 0000

Rental and installation fees submarine signaling apparatus 414 8844

Rental radio equipment 861 937 54

Purchase 45 Broadway New York 2 000 0000

Payments to operators 34 401 478 61

Tugs and lighters expense 376 405 81

Unclaimed wage payments 48986 56

Slop chest purchases 35967 07

Alien income tax payments 58 676 92

Storeroom inventory purchases 449 071 20

War tax payments 606 97

Wharf rental 7420 00

Allotment

Discount refunds

payments 48575 9

5844

Working funds established 190 235

Management fees 946 502 94

Automobiles 1995 00

Recruiting senace 29033 13

Total 223 346 658 30
INDEX

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Acceptance of vessels work of Construction and Repair Depaitneut 1182

Accidents to vessels

Statement from July 1 1919 to June 30 1920 Appendix Part I

Table III

Accounts

Cash receipts and disbursements statement of Appendix Part IC

Exhibit D

Receipts and withdrawals from in United States Treasury statement

of Appendix fart IC Exhibit C

Receivable statement of Appendix fart Iv Schedule 2

Ackerson J L vice president in charge of construction resignation 77

Adntinistrathe prolflems allIke by Law Uepartmeut a

Admiralty division

Uutics 1520

Off hire legal decisions 101

Admiralty shits

Act of lar 9 1020 i

Mortgages foreclosure in district courts 2

Aeolus formciycalled Crosser Imfurst steamer reconditioning ete 1627

Agamemnon formerly called Kaiser Wilhelm 2d steamer recondition

ing etc 127

Agency cards

American International Shiphttilding Corporation 103

Merchants Shipbuilding Co 104

Submarine Boat Corporation 105

Agents managing See Managers and operators

Alameda Calif Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation sale of Fleet Cor

poration interest SS

Allen registry Sce Transfer of registry

Aliens transfer of registry supervision duty of Board 14

ANocation and assignment of vessels

Ex eneniy vessels 12131

Save Department 30

Tonnage Appendix Part III Table VI

R Department 3U

Work of allocation and a6Jigmmaent section 14I147

Allocation mad aigssnment section history functions etc 14G413

Allocation section Sce Allocation and assignment section

America steamship history 127

American Bureau of Shipping

All vessels to be classi ied by 90

Authority granted 23

American International Shipbuilding Corporation ships coustructed by 103

American ylnrine Insurance Syndicates creatimn and duties437

275
INDEX

275

Pace

Acceptance of vessels work of Construction and Repair Departlneut 11S20

Accidents to vessels

Statement frmn July 1 1919 to June 30 190 Appendtx Part I

Table III

Accounts

Cash receipts and disbursements statement of Appendix Part IC

Exhibit D

Receipts and witbdrayvals from in United States Treasury statement

of Appendix Part 11 Exhibit C

Receivable statement of Appendix Part IV Schedule 2

Ac ercon

A

J L vice president in charge of construction resienatiun 77

Inirstrithe prohlems iidvite by Law Department 25

Adnll ratty division

Dutira 256

off 11ire legal decisions 163

Adndr uty suits

Net of Mar 9 190

21

Mortgages foreclosure in distrirt courts 28

Aydu forulel yralled Grucscl Knifuist steamer recunditiouing etc 12612i

gawvnemo foemeiiy called kaiser Wilhelm 3d steamer recondition

in etc 137

AgencyAnmrieau yards International Shipbuilding Corporation 103

Ilerehaats Qldpbnildiug Co 104

Submarine Loat Corporation 103

Agents managing Sce 1lauageis and operators

Alameda Calif Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation sale of Fleet Cor

poration interest Si

Aiieu registry Sce Tennfer of registry

A11v11s transfer of registry snperrisicn duty of Board 13

AIxation and assignment of vessels

Exenemy vessels 1231

aye Department 30

Tonnage Appendix Part III Table CI

Wa rIlepartment 30

Nnk of allaeation and assection 141 1f7

Allocation and 1signmeat section history functions etc 146148

Allocution section Rte Allocation and assignment section

America Fteaiasllip hlstul y

12

American Bureau of Shipping

All vessels to be clashied by 99

Anthority granted 23

American International Shipbuilding Corporation ships cuustructed by 103

A1eiican Marine Insurance Svudieates creation and duties 437

275
276 INDEX

Statement Appendix Part IV Schedules 8 and 9

Pge

American Society for Testing Matcials report 23

American Steamship Owners lllutual Protection and Indemnity Associa

tion cargo claims settlement authority granted 20148

Anierleans perSmmel of creyrs sba 1be when possible 103153

Amphion formerly called Bohn steamer reconditioning etc 127

Antigone formerly called Aackar steamer history 127

Appraisals function of division of supply and sales 173

Appropriations

27

Authorizations and construction division table 109

Expenditures and Fleet Corporation 181 182

Statement Appendix Part IV Schedules 8 and 9

Artemis formerly called Bohemia steamer repairs 127

Articles of crews expiration while vessels are in European waters 18

Assignment of vessels Fee Allocation and assignment of vessels

Assignment section See Allocation and assignment section

Assistant treasurer office of duties 183

Attorney General

Duty to conduct the litigation of Fleet Corporation 179

Vessels of United States arrested in foreign ports 27

Austria

ExAustrian vessel

Data on Appendix Part II Table SSV

Disposal 3132

1lartha Washington 129

Settlement of questions problem of admiralty dh ision 23

Status table 3233

Balance sheets of United States Shipping Board and United States

Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Appendix Part IV Ex

hibit A

Barbarossa steamer Fee Mercury formerly called Barlorossa

steamer

Barges operation 1 40

Bayles shipyard Port Jefferson sale 83

Benson W S

Chairman of Board mentioned 13

President of Fleet Corporation mentioned 77

Bentley A S Son Jacksonville Fla yard transfer to city of Jackson

yille 87

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation

Alameda Calif ways etc sale of Corporation sinterest 83

Sparrows Point lid plant sale 83

Billborougb A Co cargo claims settlement 20

Bills of lading standardization of form 79

Black Arrow formerly called Ithaetin steamer recon itioning 128

Board of Engineers for Elvers and IIarbors War Drpartmant port

facilities convulsion merged with Gel

Pohemiia steamer See Artemis lfoynu rl called Bohemia ste niel

Bonds managers and operators lOS

Bristol Pa

Merchants Shipbuilding Co status of Ship program 104

Submarine Boat Corporation yard disposal of 83

Brookdalc wooden training ship operation 37

Bulgaria steamer Fee Philippines formerly called Bulgaria steamer
INDEX 277

Page

Bunker section operating department duties etc 15436

Bunkering of vessels

Banker section duties 154 136

Cost of bunkers reduction 14

Fuel situation 16456

Operating department European organization Ivor of 15

Schedules 153456

Stations

Establishment list of places 17

Operation trausfer to supply and sales division 171

Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice coordination with de

partment of investigation 1M

Cafetarias construction of Appendix Part II Table XVIII

Calloa formerly called Sierra Cordova Steamer

Not Set returned to Peru 32

7lecnnrlitioning etc L5

Camp Stuart Va training station 37

Cancellation of contracts See Construction of vessels

Cancellation section Supply and Saves Division placed under Construc

tion Claims BoafQ 176

Cancellations claims and eootrac ty board Sec Construction claims

hoard

Cargo IBssol

llog Ixiand type satisfactory 14S

Steel employment of in foreign trade Appendix Part III Table II

Cargoes

Berths 140 141

Cargo services

tlombinati olfreight and passenger 144

Routes established 545

Claims settlement 146

Movements work of traffic department 17

Vessels entering and clearing United States ports with Appendix

Part III Table I

Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation Wilmington A C sale S3

Carriers conferences and contracts 62

Celestial Chinese vessel rleliveiv 101

Central America lines to 143

Chairman of Shipping Board

Appointment

Arethod of 13

Of W S Benson mentioned 13

Itesignation of John Barton Payne mentioned 13

Charter purchase plan lice Sale of vessels

Chartering of vessels

Charters

Alterations to charter parties governing Mediterranean ore 17

Coalform 164

Standardization of charter parties 23

Time form requisition 1C23 164

Supervision duty of Shipping Board 14

China ship contracts with United States 100
278 INDEX

Claims

Cancellatlon work of construction claims board

ExGernnm vessels

ceunn s

Claims division

Legal departmentFurolwan organization

Timeform requisition charter savings

Claims division traffic department

Classification and rating of vessels

Jlaintennnce by United States Bureau of Survey

Report of committee on

Status

Coal

Bunkering supply

Page

174175

3132

166

146

20

163164

140

23

9D

Work of operating department European organization 15

Work of operating department in America 1511G2

Coal form charter 164

Trade type of vessels used 151

Coastwise laws extension of 66

Coastwise trade wooden vessels 11

Coastwise vessels Railroad Administration 23

Colby Bainbridge resignation as emac isinner mentioned 13

Collection Bureau Treasurer sDepartment 12

Collisions claims settlement 4o

Colombia Rher Shipbuilding Gnnoratimt Portland Oreg yard sale of

salvagenble portion 85

Comu andeering of vessels 3cc RegoNtion of vessels

Commerce Department Secretary to refuse entry into a United States

port if deferred rebates are granted GO

Cmamercial documents standardization of fovt 20

Cotuurissinnrt sof Shipping Board

Appointment

List 13

Method 13

umber increased to 7 10

Committee on classification and rating of vessels recommendations o

Commodities cost of operation of vessels in given trade with given coo

modities 102

Common law division law dgoitnleut 24

Communications department European organization workof 21

Compensation

Employees of Shipping Board Appendix Part I Trade 1

Salvage s

30

Vessels requisitioned or commandeered law department to advise 2426

Comptroller General Fee General Comptroller

Conditions on board Shipping Board vessels 1512 13

Construction aid repair Department Fee Repair department formerly

called Construction and Repair Department

Construction and Repair Department European organization

Functions 17

Ports where representatives are located list 17

Repairs sayings effected 1719

Construction and Repairs Division of Fce Division of Construction and

ReDairs
INDEX 279

Construction Claims Board Page

Claims settled and pending number 177173

Histuy fuurtions etc 173173

Same changed from general cancellations claims and coAraets

board i9

Removal to the jurisdiction of the chairman 79113

Construction department Division of Construction and Lepaus a tivitie

fiscal year 1921 79 115

Construction Division

Consolidation with the Construction and Repair Depa rhr olrt 1713

Departments removed from its jurisdictimr

Gmstructiun Claims Board 79113

Financial section 79

General cancellations claims and contracts board 79

Legal Division 79

Supply and Sales Division 71 113

Investigation work 1311

Personnel reduction St

Cunstrnction Division General Comptroiler sDepartment report 151

Construction of cafeterias Appendix Part II Table XVIII

Construction of dormitories Appendix Part II Table SAIL

Construction of housing projects Schedule Appendix Part II Table XIS

Construction of dry docks

Claims settlement work of construction claims board 1703

Status S9

Cousiructiun of marine railways status 33

Cous ruetion of vessels

Coneelhttion of coutraes

By States Appendix Part II Table SII

By type of ship and districts Appendix Part II Table SV

9

Construction claims board 173175

Legal division wort of liquidating linhilitirs i7R

Polley of Shipping Board

9

Shipyard materials

92

Dosign NNork of repair department

Expenditures summary of Appendix Part Il Sehwlule 5

14

171

99

tli115

Function of Division of Construction and Repairs 14

Japanese and Chinese contracts 1110

heels laying of Appendix Part II Table IC

Lauuchiug of Appendix fart II Table V

Prodretion

eth tics for fiscal year 190 9

Cancellations 9 97

Deliveries by district 07

Deliveries contemplated to complete the program 9

Deliveries per month table 92

Growth 1315 to 1520 chart SO

Percentage of completion 94

Record i742

Reduction in program 05

Shipbuilding in United States since 1900 table 92

Yards which have completed contracts 91

Wooden ships program 95
280 INDEX

Construetion

I

of ve Contiunrd Page

rngrnm

Accumulated by geographical seetbms of the United States Ap

pendix Part II Table SII

Accumulated inohlrling construction in foreign yards Appen

dix Part II Table XI

Active by class of construction Appendix Part II Table X

Active by type of ship Appendix Part II Table IS

Py class table 93

By type table 91

Deliveries Apwmiix Pat II Tables VI VII VIII

Disbursements fiscal year 1929 R3

5tattr SS

Safe joint commission should be established to deal with 23

Shipyards having completed contracts Appendix Part 11 Table AI1

Status of contracts for passenger vessels Appendix Poit 11 Tnda

SVII

Consular Service See Diplomatic and Consular Scri lee

Contract bureau functions et

Contract

CancellationR

By States Appendix Cart II Table XVI

By type of ship and distric sAppendix Part II Table NV

Dry dock Appendix Part II Table III

For transportation facilities Appendix Part II Table ASP

Formal contracts 121

Lump sum contracts 121

Marine railway Appendix Part II Table III

Shipyards completed contracts Appendix Part II Table YIV

Time and material 1 21

Conversion of vessels oiltank installation 122

Cornwells Pa Traylor Shipbuilding Corporation sale of yard SG

Crews

AIPl 1C1115I11I Whell poslible l31i4

Behavior in foreign ports investigation by operating department 16

Claims for Personal injury etc 1CA

Treatment 1i2154

Daily Bulletin vessel distress section 160

Daily Shipping Bulletin Navy Department 161

Danish vessels tire Denmark

Deferred payment plan See Sale of vessels

De Kalb forluerly called Prinz Eitel Frederich steamer recondition

ing etc1 24

Deliveries of vessels

Estimated to complete program Appendix Part II Table CIII

For the years 1917 1914 and 1919 78

Statistical summary Appendix Part II Tables VI VII VIII

Demurrage

Adjustment 1W

Claims work of traffic department 17

Off hire and savings section functionsetc163164

Denmark vessels requisitioned settlement function of law department

to advise Board 25
INr EX 281

Page

Department of Investigation formerly called li ant protection section

hunctions etc 1791S0

Removal to the jurisdiction of the chairman 113

Department of Justice litigation for the Shipping Pnard 256

Diesel engines

installation in cargo vessel William Penn 101

Operation training of men for 37

Diplomatic and Consular Service assistance rendered to Shipping Board 16

Disbursing department European Organization 22

Disbursing officers

615

Miscellaneous disbursenients Appendix Part IV Seheilule 13

13

Miscellaneous receipt Appendix Pnet IF Schedule 10

61

Discipline of crews laxness policy of operating department to investigate 16

District boards cancellation clafm ssettlement of 17713

Division of Construction and Repairs

171 173

Functions eM 57134

Miscellaneous cash disbursements Appendix Part IC Schedule 14

Functions

11keellaneous cash receipts statement of Appendix Part IC Sched

ule 11

Organization chart flu

Division of Industrial Relations

Functions etc 68

Renun to the jurisdiction of the Chairman 113

Ship Construction and Repair labor problems 70

Division of Insurance

Cooperation with vessel distress section 160

Functions etc 4o

Seamen sclaims referred to 1011

Sur of injured ships 119

Division of Operations

Cash disbursements summary of Appendix Part IC Schedule 15

Cash receipts summary of Appendix Part IP Schedule 12

Financial operations s 167

Investigation work ISO

Organization reduction to peacetime basis 167

Rate functions 61

Report for fiscal year 137 167

Division of Inssenger Transportation and Housing See Division of

Transportation and Housing Operations formerly culled Division of

Passenger Transportation and Housing

Division of Regulation

Carriers conference and contracts 62

Deferred rebates 63

Formal docket 63

History 615

Informal docket 13

Rate functions 61

Tariffs 61

Division of Supply and Sales

Activities 171 173

Establishment as separate division 70

Functions 83
282 I1VDEx

Division of Supply and Stiles Continued Pave

Plant disposal section transferred to 84

Removal lothe jurisdiction of the chairman 113

Supply section operating department unitevl with 171

Division of Transportation and IIousing Operations formerly called

32

Division of Pnssonger Transportation and housing

R@suntc of work 100

Transportation facilities work 100

Documents Fee Commercial documents

Donald John A

Commissioner of Board mentioned 13

Vice president and trustee of Fleet Corporation mentioned 77

Dormitories construction of Appendix Part II Table VIII

Dry docks

Contracts

181182

Caims settlement construction claims board 174

Gtatement of Appendix Part II Table III

104

Floating

23

Construction status S9

Contracts claims settlement 174

Graving Norfolk Navy Yard 90

Status

Ilumiging a cuts responsibility 125

81

Daub vessels Sc Holland

Eastern Sword vcssol last Japanese ship under construction 100

Ecfipse stauuship installation of eleen4edriven eupne

Pnpluyees cmnpens r16ni of hipping Board employees Appendix Part I

Tah eI

111emy N sscls fce Austriacermanv

Engineoring

Ofhew shcease sfur 101 152

Srhuols fur 5152

Engineers for Rivers awl IIarhors Board of See Board of Engineers for

Rivers mud Ilarbor s

Engines Fce Diesel engines

Eten formerly called Rhakotis steamer

Historyy 128

Not yet returnad to Peru 32

European organization Fce United States Shipping Board

FAush iaa vessels Fcc iustria

lxFdwmy vessels Per AustriaGenaimy

ExGerman vessels Fee Germany

Iixponditures Fleet Corporation

Housing projects details if Appendix Part II Table SSIII

Pas eager trmspurmtion security held for Appendix Part II

Table SSIV

Statement Appendix Part IV Schedule o

fable 181182

Exports trade table 139

Fabricated vessels utility of 104

Fees method of charging by the various registers 23

Finance activities Division of Operations 167
INDEX 283

Finance division Construction Division Page

Removal to Washngton 1So

Transferrer to general comptroller soffice 79109

Fireprotection branch department of investigation 179

Floating docks

34

Contracts claims settlement ronst uctbou claims board 174

Dry docks construction status 89

Foreign agencies

Establishment

Duty of Shipping Board 14

RBsumd and functions 5759

Special service Section 162

Tables showing 162

List 559

Foreign trade Sec Trade

Formal contracts See Contracts

Frederick der Grosse steamer See Huron formerly called Frederick

der Grosse steamer

Freeboard flying Ames lean Bureau of Shipping 23

Freedom nnerly called Wittekind steamer repairs 128

Freight rates deferred rebates 63

Freight services See Cargoes

Fuel section division of supply and sales cooperation with bunker see

non 15

Fuel situation Lit 15fi

Funds cash and general funds statement of Appendix Part IY Sched

ule I

General caneellation

claims board

General Comptroller

Duties

Claims and contract board See Construction

European organization functions

Report

General service section contract bureau duties

George Washington steamer reconditioniug

Germany

EcGer n in vessels

Claims of other than enemy citizens

Data on Appendix Part 11 Table YS4I

Dispo alof

ISO

21 22

1ti0S1

105

129

31 32

3134

Navy Department those under control of 33

Reconditioning

Repair work done in New York City 134

Sale table 3334

Settlement of questions problem of admiralty division 35

Status table 33 33

Sunk table 34

Gillen Martin J trustee of Fleet Corporation mentioned 77

Goliath tug assistance to disabled vessels 17

Graving docks See Dry docks

Great Lakes transportation for crews to original point at which articles

were signed 166
284 INDEX

Investigation Bureau of See Bureau of Investigation Department of

Justice

Investigation Department of See Department of Investigation

Investigations conducted by Shipping Board

Section 12 of the shipping act

Classification and rating of vessels 2224

Marine insurance 29

Navigation laws 24

Investments statement of Appendix Part IV Schedule 3

Iris training ship 37

Jacksonville Fla Bentley A Son yard transfer to 87

Japan ship contracts with United States 100

Just compensation See Compensation

Justice Department of See Department of Justice

Kaiser Wilhelm 2d steamer See Agamemnon formerly called Kaiser

Wilbelm 2d steamer

Page

Grosser Kurfurst steamer See Aeolus formerly called Grosser Iiur

furst steamer

Hogue R L appointment as director of the Division of Construction and

Repairs 77

hamburg steamer Soo New Rochelle exPowhatan exHamburg

steamer

IIampton Va Teary C II f Co yard sale SG

Hampton Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co purchase of Teeny yard 86

IIo and

Status of shiplmilding program 103

Ship ard disposal of 84

IloPand redelivery of Dutch vessels 16j

Hollywood training ship use 37

lionsirg Division General Canptrol ens Department function 181

Housing projects

Commitments stabement of total Appendix Part H Table SSII

Expenditures

Details of Appendix Part II Table CIII

Statement of Appendix Part IV Schedule 7

Facilities furnished by municipalities Appendix Part II Table SSI

Loans for Appendix Part II Table SS

Men mused Appendix Part II Table IS

Present status 81

Schedule Appendix Part II Table XIS

Work of division of transportation and housing operations 106

Huebner S S marine insurance 24

Hurley Edward Q chairman of Shipping Board resignation 13

Huron formerly called Frederick der Grosse steamer reconditioning 129

Imports trade table 139

Industrial relations division of See Division of Industrial Relations

Inspection of vessels

Procedure 119

Work of Construction and Repair Department 11 120

Insurance See Marine insurance

Insurance Division Ree Division of Insurance

Intelligence department European organization work 20

Inventory section contract bureau functions 164

Investigation Bureau of See Bureau of Investigation Department of

Justice

Investigation Department of See Department of Investigation

Investigations conducted by Shipping Board

Section 12 of the shipping act

Classification and rating of vessels 2224

Marine insurance 29

Navigation laws 24

Investments statement of Appendix Part IV Schedule 3

Iris training ship 37

Jacksonville Fla Bentley A Son yard transfer to 87

Japan ship contracts with United States 100

Just compensation See Compensation

Justice Department of See Department of Justice

Kaiser Wilhelm 2d steamer See Agamemnon formerly called Kaiser

Wilbelm 2d steamer
INDEX 285

Inge

Koenig Wilhelm 2d steamer See Madawaska formerly called Koeni

Wilhelm steamer

holm steamer See Amphion formerly called Kohn steamer

Kron Prinz Wilhelm steamer See Von Steuben formerly Kron Prinz

Wilhelm steamer

Krnn Prinzessin Cecilie steamer See Mount Vernon formerly called

Kron Prinzessin Cecilie steamer

Labor problems

Longshore 7fn

farine GB

Policy of Shipping Board G9 71

Ship construction and repair 70

Work of Division of Industrial Relations 6S70

Lading bills of See Bills of hoofing

Lake Monroe steamer libel ease decision of the Supreme Court 27

Lakes See Great Lakes

Launching of vessels Appendix fart 1I Table V

Loa department Shipping Board

functions 24

Sale of ships legal problems 73N

Leetsdale Ira steel fabricating plant McClinticMarshall Cu sale 95

Legal Department European organization divisions 20

Legal Division Emergency Fleet Corporation

Cancellation of contract liquidating liabilities 190

Transferred to the office of general counsel Washington 70

Legislation

Affecting the Shipping Board Appendix Part I Table II

Proposed advice given by law department 24

Leviathan formerly called Vaterland steamer reconditioning etc 120

Ley Fred T C Co Inc Mobile Ala concrete yard sale 97

Liberty lo steamship standard parts for 105

Liberty Shipbuilding Co Wilmington N C concrete card sale SG

Licenses navigation and engineering officers 151 152

Liens See Mortgages

Liner services

Assignments of suitable vessels 1440

Steel vessels in berth liner service Table I1 47501

Litigation

Board given authority to employ attorneys to represent it in court 2G

Fleet Corporation attorneys to act in conjunction with United States

district attorneys 17

Lloyds Register of Shipping classification of American vessels status 09

Lon ling of vessels

Load lines fixing American Bureau of Shipping I

VCork of supervisors department 150

Loans

By fleet Corporation housing projects Appendix Part II Table SN

Mortgage loans on vessel property investigation 24

Lougshore labor conditions fiscal year GB

Losses of Shipping Board vessels table 41

Lumpsou contracts See Contracts

McClintleMarshall Co steel fabricating plants sale 95

Macy board See Shipbuilding labor adjustment board
2G INDEX

Page

Madawaska finwerlc culled Poenig Wilhehu d steamer history 120

Managers and operators

Accounts work of general comptroller sdepartment 1511

Bonding of 165

Repairs of vessels responsibility for 10

Managing and operating agreements

Interpretation function of general service section 1G

New form

Number of steel steamers delivered 104165

Repairs to vessels 12

Marine and dock industrial relations division of See Division of In

dustrial Relations

il3arine department cooperation with supervisors section 159

M1101 elllsurnioe

largo 1lalllls 147

1h 4

Report r8unl6 413

Legisl iive 1kabiati e 4G 47

Lossrs 1 f Shipping Board lhlble 41

1ratPS 411

Itatlm 40

Syndieatt sA B No lC 4317

sold nilplltialpaylllPilt plan 40

wine labor camli ions Itr CS

Iaine raihvays

Col tlaets App 1nutII Table III

Contracts Oamis rettlement construction chdms boal d174

Stain 81Ss

Maritiale ar Se Slorfgagt x

Mark steamer Ste Sumaaw frrueily called Mark steamer

Mal tha aNhhlg tea eSAns Han steamer

Disposition of 31

Recondition ing etc 120

bIary iand Shipbuilding Co Sollers Point Md woouleuship card sale S6

3faterhi N Cc Supplies

Merchant marine ehures in United States seagoing merchant marine

Table I 478

Merchants marine act 1020

Section 3

Attorneys to represent Board in court 0

Membership of Shipping Board 10

Reorganization of the Board 10

Section 7

Foreign trade 51

Section 8

Ports promotion and development 67

Section 1S

Transfer of registry 34

Section 10

Regulatory powers conferred outline 63

Section 30

Deferred rebates G3
INDEX 287

Merchants marine act 1020 Contintied Page

Section 25

Classification and rating of vessels 24

Section 30

Mortgages changes in law 27

Recommendations embodied 24

Merchants Shipbuilding Co Bristol Pa status of ship program 104

Mercury formerly called Barbarossa steamer history 120

Metals testing those used in ship constriction 23

Military Intelligence Section coordination with department of investi

gation 18u

Mobile Ala Ley Fred T Co concrete yard sale 87

Moccasin steamer See Porto Rico esMoccasin esPrinz Joachim

steamer

Mortgages

Loans on vesselproperty investigation 21

Ship mortgage act 1020 27

Diount Vernon formerly called Iiron Prinzessin Ceeilie steamer

history 130

Municipalities list of furnishing housing facilities Appendix Part II

Table XXI

Nackar steamer See Antigone formerly called Nackar steamer

Nansemond formerly called Pennsylvania steamer recomlitiuuing etc 130

National adjustment commission longshure labor OD

National Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co Savannah Ga NG

Naval Intelligence Office of See Office of Naval Intelligeuc

Navigation

Officers llcense4

Schools 35 15

Navigation laws

Codification 2I2ti

Report I

Navigation laws revision committee

Codification of navigation laws 20

Report 24

Navy Department

iiiGerman vessels table showing those tinder emurol if o

IIog Island ships fur 103

Quantico Shipyard transfer Sri

Radio work for Shippieg Board 1505

Requisitioned vessels allocated to 3l1

San Diego concrete yard transferred to 67

Use by Shipping Poard of navy yards for repairs 122123

Navy yards use for repairs of vessels 122 123

New Rochelle es Iowhatan exHamburg steamer reconditioning etc 130

Newark N J Submarine Boat Corporation yard disposal of S1

Norfolk Navy Tail gra ing docks 00

Norway vessels requisitionedsettlement function of law deparaueut

to advise Board 2

Off hire collection etc 1C3

Office of Naval Intelligence coordination with dep iitnxnt of iuvestiga

tion Iso
288 INDEX

Officers Page

Engineering licenses 1511a2

Navigation licenses 151152

Oil

Fuel

llunkering stations operation 171

Deeptank installation 122

Supple abroad N 1545

Supply for vessels lo4 153

Operating department functions etc 151 luG

Operating department European organization functions 15

Operating division General Comptroller sDepartment duties etc 191

Operation of vessels

Cost etc determination 167

Expenses revenues front 3ppemli vPart IV Exhibit B

Function of division of Operations 11

IIfsum6 of year swork 10

Operations division of See Division of Operation

Operators See Managers and operators

Otsego formerly called Prinz Filet Prederich steamer reconditioning

etc 130

Partialpayment plan See Sale of vessels

Passenger services

Comhination freight and passenger 111

Estublishment 567

Passenger Transportation and Ilousing Division of See Division of

Transportation and Housing

Passenger vessels

Accommodations etc 101

Status of contracts Appendix Part II Table XVII

Payne John Barton

Chairman of Shipping Bond resignation

Trustee of Fleet Corporation mentioned 77

Pennsylvania steamer Sce Sansemond formerly called Pennsylvania

steamer

Personal injury claims of seamen 1GG

Peru

Board to purchase two Peruvian stemner 164

Enemy tonnage secured from 32

Philippines formerly called Bulgaria steamer reconditioning etc 130

Pis osteamer subcharter to British then to French 32

Plant disposal section tnmsferred to the division of supply and sales S4

Plant guarding branch department of investigation history 170

Plant inyentorie 172

Plantprotection section See Department of investigation formerly

called plant protection section

Plants See Shipyard plants

Pocahontas formerly called Princess Irene steamer history 30

Policies of Shipping Board

Labor problem 672

Letter of transmittal 0

Ship supplies purchase 173

Transfer of registry 34
INDEX 289

Port facilities

Development Page

Duty of Shipping Board 14

Investigation by port facilities commission 66

Port facilities commission activities of 66

Port Jefferson N T Bayles shipyard sale i

Portland Oreg Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation removal of

salvage SJ

Porto Rico exMoccasin exPrinz Joachim steamer reconditioning etc 130

Ports promotion and development 67

Pottstown Pa steel fabricating plant McClintic Marshall Co 85

Powhatan steamer Sre New Rochelle exPowhatan exIIambnrg

steamer

Portsmouth N II Shattuck L H Inc sale of yard SG

Practice See Rules of practice

Premiums on insurance marine and warrisk rates 40

President Grant steamer history 131

President of Fleet Corporation

Railroad Administration coastwise vessels taken overby

Benson W S mentioned 77

Divisions reporting directly to

Rates

Construction claims board 171

Department of investigation 171

General comptroller 171

Legal division 171

Supply and sales division 171

Treasurer 171

Princess Vice steamer See Princess Matoika formerly called Princess

Alice steamer

Princess Irene steamer See Pocahontas formerly called Princess

Irene steamer

Princess lllatoika formerly called Princess Alice steamer history 131

Prinz Eltel Fredericb steamer See De Kalb formerly called Prinz Eltel

Frederich steamer

Prinz Eltel Fredericb steamer Sce Otsego formerly called Prinz Eitel

Frederick steamer

Prinz Joachim steamer Sre Porto Rico ealdoccasin exPrinz Joachim

steamer

Public utility companies loans to by Fleet Corporation Appendix Part

II Table NY

Quantico shipyard Quantico Va transferred to Navy Department 86

Radio equipment

Information furnished by communications department 21

Radio section 156158

Radio section formerly radio department establishment 156158

Railroad Administration coastwise vessels taken overby 2S

Railways marine See Marine railways

Rates

Division of Regulation

Functions of distinguished from Division of Operations 61

Workof 61

Freight deferred rebates 63

Insurance 40

Preferential rail rates G6

Work of rates division 145146

t z n90in
290 INDEX

Page

Rates division functions etc 145

Rating of vessels See Classification and rating of vessels

Rebates

Deferred

Divisiou of Regulation

Merchant marine act 1920 c20

Reconditioning of vessels

Ex enemy vessels

List 12G131

Status 122G

Ja 1001

Recruiting of ollicers and men duty of Shipping Board 14

Recruiting Servhe functions etc 35

Redelivery of vessels to on Fee Requisition of vessels

Registry transfer of See Transfer of registry

Regulation Division of See Division of Regulation

Remensurement of vessels work of construction and repair department 131132

Repair department formerly called construction and repair department

Cooperation with vessel distress section 160

Functions

Organization

Retne mut ement If vessels

Reorganization

Repair of vessels

Competition

Contracts forms of

Cost redaction work of European organization

Expenditures control by repair department

Facilities

Dry clocks construction

Marine railways

Function of Division of Instruction and Repair

Increase inwork

Managing and operating agreement

Navy yards use of

Procedure

Repair department

Savings effected abroad

Surveys

United States Bureau of Survey

Contract with

Dry docks

Steel vessels

Wooden vessels

Requisition of vessels

Allocation by Shipping Board

Navy Department

War Department

133134

131132

114 113

121

120

14

132133

89

88

14

9

123

122123

1201

114134

1T18

119

Assignment to owners for operation

Just compensation law department to determine

Redelivery

Accounts settlement

Table showing

12112i

125

123

125

30

30

148

2425

164

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INDEX

Requisition of vessels Continued

Time form requisition charter

Use and redelivery to owners adjustment problem of admiralty

division

Vessels under construction

Nationality of former owners table

Status

Reviewing suction contract bureau functions etc

Rhaella steamer 6cc Back grow formerly called Rlmetia steamer

Rhakotds steamer Sc Eten form rly called Rhakotis steamer

Rhein steamier ice Susquehanna formerly called Ithein steamer

Richmond better plant Richmond Va sale

Robinson Henry Al resignation as commissioner mentioned

Rules of practice adoption

Sailors Sec Crews

St Johns River shipyard South Jacksonville Fla sale

Salaverry steamer subeharter to British then to French

Sale of surplus materials activities of division of supply and sales

Sale of vessels

IsAustrian vessels

EsGerman vessels

Expenses revenues from Appendix fart IV Exhibit B

General service section contract bureau

Law Department to advise Board

Legal problems

1lans

Charter purchase plan

Deferred payment plan

Partial payment plan insurance

Policy determined by Shipping Board

Ship sales as of June 30 1920 table

Ship Sales Division

Salvage material See Surplus material

Salvage of vessels

Settlements for services

Rork of the ol erating department European organization

San Diego Concrete Shipbuilding Co San Diego Calif yard transferred

to Navy Department

Sm Francisco Calif training station

Savannah Go Terry Shipbuilding Corporation yard transferred to con

tractor

Schooners preponderance of disability

Scott T A resignation as commissioner

Sea service bureau

Placements during fiscal year table

Rork of

Sea training bureau number of men trained table

Seamen sclaims section

Seattle Wash

Skinner Eddy Corporation plant No 2 sale

Training station

Secretarial department European organization

Securities of the Corporation custody of trust department

Shattuck L II Inc Portsmouth N It yard sale

291

Page

25

97

97

1G4

85

13

61

86

33

171

31

31

1

5

7374

72

72

40

14

73

72

30

1G

S7

37

85

161

13

3S39

37

37

163

85

37

21

1S3

SG
292 INDEX

Pace

Ship nmrtgage act 10211 27

Ship purchase mid ship mortgage forms law department to advise

Board 25

Ship sales See Sale of vessels

Ships Sales Division

Cooperation of contract bureau 165

Functionsetc 72

Shipbuilding labor adjustment board award of October 1 1918 70

Shipping regulation duty of ShippingBoard 13

Shipping act of September 7 1916

Section 12 investigations

Classification and rating of vessels 2223

Marine insurance 24

Navigation laws 24

Section 22

Division of Regulation work 616

Shipping Board Sec United States Shipping Board

Ships See Vessels

Shipyard plants

Contracts completed Appendix Part II Table YIP

Disposal of Appendix Part II Table II

Now building for the Corporation Appendix Part II Table I

Transferred to supply and sales division appendix Part II

Table II

Shipyard plants division activities 82

Shipyards See Shipyard plantsYards

Sierra Cordova steamer See Callon formerly called Sierra Cordova

steamer

Skinner Eddy Corporation Seattle Wash plant So 2 sale 85

South America lines to 143

South Jacksonville Fla St Johns River shipyard sale 86

Sparrows Point lid Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation sale of im

provements 85

Special commissioner in Europe appointment 14

Special service section 162

State Department Secretary authority over United States vessels

arrested in foreign ports 27

Statistical studies

Changes in United States seagoing merchant marine Table I478

Recapitulation of ships controlled by Shipping Board as of June 30

1919 Table II 4789

Steel vsels in berth lima Servii e Table I 4T501

Steamboat Inspe ction Service Department of Commerce

Licenses for officers of navigation engineering 151152

Requirements should conform with classification societies 23

Steelfabrieating plants Leetsdale and Pottstown Pa sale 85

Steel vessels

In berth liner service Table IV 47501

Repairs 125

See also Vessels

Stevens Raymond B resignation as commissioner 13

Strikes

Longshore 70

4f1 rq
INDEX 293

Subm uine Boat Corporation Newark N J Pace

Ship program 105

Yards at Hog Island Newark Bay and Bristol disposal of 84

Supercargo section 161

Supereargoes duties etc 161

Supervisor section 153160

Supplies

For plants statement of as of June 30 1920 Appendix Part IV

Schedules 4 and 6

For vessels

Contracts for materials cancellation 171

Cost reduction work of European organization 14

Statement of as of June 30 1920 Appendix Part IV Schedules

4 and 6

Supply and Sales Division of See Division of supply and sales

Supply department European organization economies 2222 1820

Supply section operating department union with supply and sales

division 171

Surplus materials

Appraisals inventories 172

Catalogue 172

Sale 171172

Survey United States Bureau of See United States Bureau of Survey

Susquehanna formerly called Rhein steamer reconditioning etc 131

Suwanee formerly called Mark steamer recondltioning etc 131

Tankers

Repairs 121

Routes covered etc 149

Tariffs

Checking analyzing etc 64

Rates division not to issue 145

Tariff circular No I 64

Tenny C II C Co yard sale 80

Terry Shipbuilding Corporation Portland Oreg transferred to con

tractor 85

Time and material contracts See Contracts

Time form requisition charter See Chartering of vessels

Tonnage

Assiguuents Appendix Part III Table VI

Employment of

March 1919 to June 30 1920 Appendix Part III Table III

Chart 143

Report June 190

142

Ships under control of the Board 142

Trade

Cargo berths 140141

Coal 151

Foreign

Authority given Shipping Ioard 51

Employment of steel cargo vessels in Appendix Part III

Table II

Employment of United States merchant marine and tonnage

total amount 53
294 INDEX

TradeContinued

Foreign Continued Page

Report January 1 1920 to June 30 1990 Appendix Part III

Table I

Schedule covering JanuaryJune 1020 137133

Shipping carried in United States bottoars 60

South and Central America routes Appendix Part III Table IV

Vessels operating between foreign ports 144

Routes

Development 5957

Establishment duty of ShippingBoard 14

Utility of American ships table 139

Trades section functions 140

Traffic branch supply and sales division 173

Traffic department Division of Operations functions 140151

Trafhe department European organization functions 17

Training of men 37

Transfer of flag flee Transfer of registry

Transfer of registry

Advice by law department 25

Jurisdiction by Board 34

Number table 35

Policy of the Board 34

To aliens supervision duty of Shipping Board 14

Transportation and IIousing Division of See Division of transportation

and housing

Transportation facilities

Contracts for Appendix Part II Table SSV

Expenditures statements of Appendix Part II Table SSIV and Part

IV Schedule 7

Promotion and development 67

Rsumd of work 106

Transportation of crews to point where articles were signed 166

Traylor Shipbuilding Corporation Caruwells Pa woodenship yard sale 86

Treasurer report 183

Treasury audit department functions 193

Trial trips procedure 11826

Trust department 183

Trustees United States Shipping Board Emergency Sleet Corporation 77

Tugs operation of 149

Tugs and barge section functions 140

Turbine training schools 36

Turbines repairs to 121

Turn around of vessels reduction In time 14

United States Bureau of Survey

Contract with 124125

Steel vessels repairs 125

Wooden Vessels repairs 125

United States Shipping Board

European organization

Operating department 15

116num0 14

Turn around of Vessels reduction in time 14