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FREDERICK 

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WILLIAM S 
TABLE O

UNITED STATE

Fetter of transmittal 

Organization of the Board 

Administrative organization 

Functions of the Board 

Report of the Law Division 

Suits in Admiralty Act March 

Seamen sclaim 

Uniform tonnage tax 

Salvage services 

Bills of lading and charter pa

Managing and operating agree

Relations with the War and Navy 

The codification of the navigation l

Relations with the Interstate Conm

Report of the Division of Field Inf

Carrying of passengers in foreign 

Hawaii 

Appl eullon for rol ef from war an

chant Marine Act 1920 

Suspension of provisions of section 

Property removed Jima exGerman 

Transfer of vessels to foreign regis

Rece versh p 

1Tor to encourage the trade of Am

Total United States merchant mar

trade chart 

Passenger service 

Mails carried on American vessels 

Development or trade routes 

Port facilities 

Fueloil purchases 

Employment and use of tank steam

Foreign agencies 

Trade relations 

United States slipping in foreign t

United States merchant marine ch

Report of the Division of Insurance 

Marine insurance 

Report of the Ship Sales Division 

Report of the Recruiting Service 

Report of the Division of Regulatio

Report of the Lidustrial Relations 
4 TAB

Report of the Advertising and In

Statistical studies 

Table I Recapitulation of 

ping Board as o

II Recapitulation of 

ling Board as o

III Vessels owned and 

Board as of Ju

IV Steel cargo vessels 

Board segregated 

speed 

V Number of sailings 

pean ports during 

VI United States me

June 30 1921 v

Report of the European organ

II UNITED STATES SHIPP

CORPORATION DIVISIO

REPAIRS

Activities and accomplishments 

Functions 

Organization 

Construction Department 

Ship construction 

Ships launched in the Uni

1920 chart 

Shipbuilding in the United 

Growth of shipbuilding in t

Original and active progra

Accumulated program 

Accumulated program of sh

of the United States 

Status of work 

Active program of types 

Summary of keels laid 

Summary of ships launched 

Summary of ships delivered 

Keels laid ships launched and 

Steel ship construction 

Requisitioned steel vessels 

Contract steel vessels 

Passenger and cargo vessels 

Status of contract stee

cargo vessels 

Steel tank steamers 

Agency yards 

Wood ship construction 

Composite ship construction 

Concrete ship construction 

Yards and docks 

Shipyard plants 

Dry docks and marine railw
Expenditures chart 

Total expenditures chart 

Repair Department 

Organization 

Repair cost 

Expenditures for repairs 

United States Bureau of Surve

Laidup vessels 

Turbines 

Electric drive 

Diesel engines 

ExGerman vessels 

Materials engineering 

Remeasurement of vessels 

III UNITED STATES SHIPPIN

CORPORATION DIVIS

Introduction 

United States shipping in foreign tr

Shipping Board activities in export 

United Iingdom trade 

Mediterranean trade 

Oriental trade 

Latin American trade 

Traffic Department 

Development of trade routes 

Principal employment of United Sta

Assignment of Shipping Board tonn

Bulk cargoes 

Rates 

Claims 

Allocations 

Managing agents 

Operating Department 

Vessel personnel 

Seamen sclaims 

Bunkering 

Supervising Section 

Supercargo Section 

Vessel distress 

Radio Section

Special investigations

Status of Shipping Board vessels 

Tank Steamer Department

Contract I3ureau

Demurrage and OffHire Sect

Inventory Section

Rev ewing Section

Operations Sales Section

Central Records and Information B

Department of Piers and Wharves

TABLE 
6 TAB

IV UNITED STATES SHIPP

CORPORATION M

Construction Claims Board 

Division of Transportation nncl 

Division of Supply and Sales 

Report of the General Comptro

Report of the Treasurer 
AP

I UNITED STA

TABLE I a Names and compensa

Shipping Board in s

ending June 30 192

0 Names and compensa

Shipping Board in s

II UNITED STATES SHIPPIN

CORPORATION DIVISION 

PAIRS

TABLE I Steel shipyards which hav

II Ships delivered by distr

III Ships delivered by State

IV Cancellations of ship con

V Cancellations of ship cont

VI Active program by class 

VII Active program by type 

VIII Active steel ship constr

deadweight tonnage 

IX Marne railway and dryd

X Shipyards in which maj

Fleet Corporation has 

jurisdiction of the Div

III UNITED STATES SHIPPI

CORPORATION DIV

TABLE I Managers andor operat

number and dead weig

II Shipping lines showing 

of United States ports 

IV UNITED STATES SHIPPI

CORPORATION MIS

TABLE I Contracts entered into b

viding street railway 

employees

II Dormitories and cafete

Fleet Corporation

III Details of housing contr

IV Schedule of housing pr

and number of men h

V Security held by Emerg

sums expended on acc

portation facilities
8

TABLE VI Loans made by the 

companies hi conne

VII List of municipalities 

connection with h

Corporation with 

refunds

VIII Statement of total ne

ing developments 

EXHIBIT A United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

ance sheet as at 

B United States Ship

Board Emergency 

to show net outc

activities from in

Section I Reve

Section II Exp

SCHEDULE 1 United States Ship

Board Emergency 

eral cash and cash 

2 United States Ship

Board Emergency 

counts receivable 

2A United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

receivable as at J

3 United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

vances as at June 

4 United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

ments as at June 

5 United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

rials supplies ship 

6 United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

chases constructio

owned vessels av

1921 

7 United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

property and equi

buildings automo

1921 

8 United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

struction of impro

ing projects and t

1921 

9 United States Shipp

Board Emergency 

priations allotmen

transfers therefrom 

propriations and a
REPORT OF THE UNI

LETTER 

To THE CONGRESS

In compliance with sectio

the honor to submit herewit

States Shipping Board and 

gency Fleet Corporation co

1921 The report covers the 

and the Emergency Fleet C

shipping act of 1916 and the 

legislation It will be note

organized had been in office 

of the total period covered 

none of the activities of the 

pared by employees of the 

that board and many of th

of the present Shipping Bo

able extent No events occ

time the present board took 

compiling this report Th

1921
A

SCHEDULE 10 United States Shippi

Board Emergency 

serves as at June 30 

EXHIBIT C United States Shippin

Board Emergency Fle

of unexpended cash 

shipping fund appro

and as at June 30 1

D United States Shippin

Board Emergency F

receipts and disburse

cations and allotmen

1920 ending June 30 

SCHEDULE 1 United States Shippin

Board Emergency F

cash receipts for fis

ing June 30 1921 

2 United States Shippin

Board Emergency Fl

of cash disbursemen

1920 ending June 30 
P

UNITED STATE

I UNITED STAT

ORGANIZATIO

Section 3 of the Merchant 

section 3 of the Shipping Ac

shall be composed of seven com

nated sections of the country 

consent of the Senate the Pre

to act as Chairman

On July 1 1920 the Board m

Chairman and John A Do

appointments were tendered t

qualified as members of the Bo

son Chairman Frederick 

Teal Chester A Rowell Guy 

of these appointments were c

1921 their terms of office lapse

ing by letter designated W 

was appointed On June 30 

lowing members who were ap

Chairman from the Interio

T VOConnor Vice Chairm

fied June 15 1921 George E 

years qualified June 13 1921 

term 3 years qualified June 1

coast term 2 years qualified 

coast term 1 year qualified Ju

District of Columbia and W 

qualified June 13 1921

ADMINISTRAT

The administrative and ex

Board and Emergency Fleet C

the period covered by this rep

Chairman sand President sO

Personnel Control Section

Advertising and Informat

Fuel Oil Purchases

Treasurer and Disbursing Of
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Secretary sOffice

Chief Clerk

Office Supply Divi

Duplicating Divis

Files Section

Custodian sOffice

Library Service

Mail Section

Law Division

Department of Investi

Division of Industrial Re

Construction Claims Board

General Comptroller

Division of Supply and Sa

Ship Sales Division

Division of Regulation

Recruiting Service

Sea Service Bureau

Navigation and engine

Sea Training Bureau

Division of Transportation 

Division of Field Informa

Insurance Division

Port facilities

Division of Construction a

Construction Departme

Repair Department

Division of Operations

Traffic Department

Operating Department

Contract Bureau

Central Records and Inf

European organization

The functions and the g

divisions departments and 

III and IV of this report

F

The broad powers confe

Shipping Act 1916 the ac

Marine Act 1920 make its 

general purpose and functio

dividing its activities into t

First the approval of th

November 11 1918 the dat

war period

Second the date of the a

1920 the date of the approv

Third June 5 1920 and 
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marine sinkings was alarm

length of the emergency a

services could not be consid

pated with the consequent 

enemy gunfire submarine a

vessels for which contracts 

by the Allies and many mo

was no time to consider the 

fleet of vessels for comme

produce ships in sufficient n

forces

The second period from 

armistice to June 5 1920 t

Marine Act was an uncer

there was a scarcity of sh

carry food and materials 

acute domestic fuel situatio

relief through the allocat

period charter rates and to

spring of 1920 a decline i

decline in tonnage value T

by sudden changes and in m

operations complete revers

after the signing of the arm

were curtailed as rapidly a

program and the financial 

Nevertheless the sharp cu

necessarily caused serious d

of production and vitally a

The third period June 

period with which this rep

Shipping Board under the 

lish promote and mainta

declaration of the policy is 

That it is necessary for the 

its foreign and domestic comm

chant marine of the best equipp

to carry the greater portion of 

auxiliary in time of war or na

operated privately by citizens o

to be the policy of the United 

develop and encourage the ma

And in the administration of t

pose and object as the primary 

This period marks the re

justments It marks the e
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The Board under the act a

different duties to perform fro

during the war emergency w

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221 re

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sible speed through its agency 

Emergency Fleet Corporation 

and cargoes overseas During 

was centered on winning the w
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for peace purposes and in time 

to the Army and Navy The 

this period are defined in vario

LAW 

The activities of the Law 

principally of the conduct of a

activities of the Board and Em

Formerly actual litigation 

work of the Law Division b

arisen on account of the retre

struction activities litigation a

they have become an importan

Among the more importan

Division during the past yea

numerous problems growing 

vessels and their redelivery to 

ship questions commercial re

partments as to vessels turned 

a Large number of claims grow

Board by those departments 

ments with particular referenc

including commercial salvage 

ating agency agreements sett

Act of March 9 1920 handli

suit is filed and cooperating w

dling litigation handling ques

Act of 1920 drawing of vario

admiralty questions such as 

billoflading questions demu

erage seamen claims and mar

navigation laws and a numb

marine and shipping question

where in this report on the mo

Suits in Admiralty Act March 9 

Since the Lake Monroe decis

generally recognized that m

andor operated by the Gove

are subjected to libel and arre

of the Shipping Act of 1916 

of March 9 1920 was to do a

consequent to their arrest by ju

ing of any stipulation to pay th

necessary in view of the unques

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This is accomplished un

seizure by judicial process 

vessels or cargoes owned or 

serving all the rights of l

where if the vessel or carg

proceeding in admiralty co

may be brought against the 

Fleet Corporation A dou

act authorizes snits in pers

cases where but for the act 

vessel or cargoes or wheth

tained against the United 

gants private parties any p

in personam could be main

the Board sattorneys but 

currence of the Board and th

ment between the two depa

Seamen sClaims

Claims against the Boar

merous and varied in chara

wages alleged to be due O

wrongful discharge for sta

personal injuries for salva

cept those for salvage servi

Steamship Owners Mutua

in which the Board is insur

the defense of such cases a

Board sattorneys almost en

It is the Board spolicy 

they are definitely unfound

and pay a fair salvage rew

other 13oard vessels Very 

selves in salvage matters b

Claims were occasionally 

effects In a few instances 

were paid at least in part 

such claims

Uniform Tonnage Taxes

The Admiralty Division 

Department of State in var

with the levying of tonnag

sels entering foreign ports 

ing American ports It i

countries may be reached 

uniformly registered
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Salvage Services

With the operation of such a 

it is inevitable that there should 

both by and for Board vessels 

were during the past year of a 

both of a major and minor cha

In making salvage settlement

to measure the award by the s

bonus rather than to treat sal

large and undue enrichment

Three mine sweepers which 

the Navy Department have b

One was stationed at Pey Ves

was planned to send one to Tam

tection to all shipping in nearb

not directly operate these tugs

Bills of Lading and Charter Partie

Many questions and considera

interested involve the construc

lading or charter parties used 

mercial documents so far as pos

special study to the problem A

and working in conjunction w

representative of the Interstate 

progress was made on a unif

There was prepared a uniform 

ocean shipments

It is of course a continuing 

pass upon the phraseology of b

use by the Board svessels and 

a legal interpretation The d

arising under contracts of affr

Managing and Operating Agreeme

A new managing agency agre

year and is known as M 04 

agreed upon by the standing co

of the Board and representativ

was made retroactive to March 

managing agency agreement kn

gave the manager a commission 

of profits and a commission 

earned for services rendered to 

the responsibility of the manag

tic and foreign subagents and 
20 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

might make recommendat

ment The Board reserve

the provisions of the agree

awards

RELATIONS WITH TH

For service performed 

quent to the war the War 

in a large amount The 

magnitude and the uncer

the departments resulted 

tions 15 of the Merchant 

from the payment of char

July 1 1918 to June 30 1

relieved thereby of the pay

February 1 1921 a settlem

partment and the Board w

partment from that date f

as the statutes and decisi

permit

Chapter 9 act of July 

from the payment of char

July 1 1918 to June 30 1

act of June 4 1920 so as 

payment of charter hire 

Navy Department being r

Board of7264 472 87 F

the Navy Department has p

vessels Such services we

performed by tugs and ves

THE CODIFICATIO

The Shipping Act of 19

provision

It the Shipping Board sh

States and the rules and regu

tions to the Congress as it d

and revision of such laws and 

marine

In discharge of the duty 

in September 1919 appo

mittee and invited it to c

States and the rules and re

laws and regulations relati

to advise the Board as pro
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changes shall be made therein 

the Merchant Marine of the Uni

Pursuant to this request the 

consideration the proposed am

bodied in the Rowe bill then p

9 1919 it filed a report recom

On the clay preceding the mak

the House but in the Senate it 

On March 5 1920 the commit

was made up of the report of 

inspection and the report of th

report contained numerous reco

in the Revised Statutes The c

navigation Iaws of the United 

in a single merchant shipping a

should only be done by legal e

pected that it could be underta

tary committee

On April 12 1920 the comm

with recommendations for the 

well as changes in the law relatin

ice and to seamen continuous d

On May 12 1920 the commit

The only recommendation cont

establishment of a training syst

work of the committee but in ac

the Chairman of the Board th

order to render further services 

dations

In accordance with the recom

in its report of March 5 1920 

and codification of the navigatio

the whole body of the statutes 

analyzed and tentatively classif

ceived their preliminary draft 

to the officers concerned for thei

The laws now under process 

of almost 140 years of legislat

duplications and gaps exist Fu

adopted in the past which have 

cause of the progress of inventi

course of time also some admin

up which are of doubtful validi

text of the statutes and with th

concerned in their administratio

removed
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The work which the Boa

tinct things The first s

systematic form of the law 

province of the Board ssp

step is the recommendatio

be made in existing laws 

peculiarly within the prov

mittee but suggestions fr

some important shipping o

ticularly interested in shi

sideration to this matter

RELATIONS WITH THE 

In the interest of the en

Marine Act and to secure 

Commerce Commission an

terests of the United Stat

pressed its opinion that a 

sisting of an equal number 

Interstate Commerce Comm

should be the consideration 

portation Act of 1920 as 

tending to aid in making 

Marine Act and to bring ab

carriers shippers and po

garding these matters As 

tee was appointed consis

Commerce Commission an

rangement continued to e

function of the committee 

cussion of questions of co

tee reporting to its respe

action

DIVISION O

The Division of Field In

The primary purpose o

duties of the Board under 

Marine Act 1920 as bear 

privately owned and ope

assigned to it are unrelate

tion but they are function

world generally Among 

criminations and unfair c
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registry b investigations on 

of port developments e inq

routes and berth liner services 

further development of an amp

in the building up of an Amer

ing files and records of the sta

on the status and relations o

business fthe disseminatio

ested in the shipping business 

control

Foreign discrimination Se

that the Board shall investiga

have laws regulations or pract

vessels of United States regist

foreign trade with vessels of t

The consular reports in the 

important source of informat

amined and digested in order 

tion which were cited by Un

foreign countries

In line with the principle o

of information a number of 

secure from the masters and 

all instances of foreign disc

against ships flying the Ame

come under their observation

A frequent form of discrim

ference agreements which ex

erating between foreign por

frequently excluded and whic

that deprive United States v

merce between such foreign p

from commerce between suc

This is accomplished by these 

contracts made by them with 

end of the year on the freig

which rebates however are 

vessels in their trade even w

companies reported concrete i

the definite attention of the S

Ports developmentThe B

8 of the Merchant Marine Ac

ing and developing ports 

physical and engineering as
24 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

supervision of the Board o

the War Department the w

appears in another part of t

aspects of the development 

An inquiry has been sta

longing to the respective po

from which the ports shoul

coastwise transit in the na

the cooperation of chambers 

various ports was enlisted 

conducting inquiries conce

they may claim as normally 

operation of chambers of co

procured to present the po

as to the ports most feasible 

wise trade

Now trade routesSectio

the Board to investigate and 

be put into operation in port

domestic markets as in its 

tion and development of a 

preliminary inquiry in this e

from steamship companies 

their various line services to 

Marine insuranceRecog

of marine insurance has in th

section 12 of the Shipping 

number of companies in the 

ance placed in foreign and d

take steps necessary to deve

under American control A 

sented in another section of 

Interstate Commerce Com

Commerce Commission anno

various South Atlantic and 

ableness and propriety of ch

handling storage and other 

scribing such reasonable rate

priate As the Shipping B

of the Merchant Marine Ac

the development of a port m

of the kind mentioned steps 

such hearings Efforts were 

merce to ascertain instances 

may be duly presented at th
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CARRYING OF PASSENGERS 

PACIFIC COA

Section 22 of the Merchant 

Board to issue permits for the c

operating between San Franci

1922 With the allocation by t

OrientalManila route of the 

tion passenger and cargo vesse

quately served for the passeng

30 1921 the Japanese and Chi

authorized to carry passengers 

were advised that the permiss

them

APPLICATION FOR RELIEF F

TAXES SECTION 23 

A number of applications we

to take advantage of the prov

Marine Act of 1920 which pro

relieved from war and excess p

one of which is that the net e

trade be invested in new tonna

pose and further that the ne

proved by the Board Shipow

provisions of this section are re

and description of the vessels t

of the Board stechnical and co

desirable type the applications 

As a condition precedent to 

shipowners who desire to take 

sions of this section it is req

shall be in accordance with t

Shipping this is in complianc

the Merchant Marine Act dir

in the classification of Govow

list shows the applications whic

of the owners the shipbuild

vessel

Owner 

Alaska Steamship Co Todd Dryd

American Sugar Transit Corpora Staten bla

tiou

Associated Oil Co Bethlehem 

tion Ka

Atlantic Coast Co Atlantic Co

l ton Me 
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Owner

Atlantic Refining Co

Boston Maritime Corporation

Boston Maritime Corporation and Richard Diebold Nlewcastle Mc

Calvert Navigation Co

Crowell Thurlow

Freeport Shipbuilding Co

Grace W R Co

Gulf Refining C

Luckenbach Steamship Co

Munson Steamship Lines

Pacific Mail Steamship Co

Pan American Petroleum

Transport Co

Sinclair Navigation Co

Standard Oil Co of New Jersey

Standard Oil Co of California

Standard Transportation C

Submarine Boat Corporation

Sun Co

Texas Co

Union Oil Co

United Fruit Co

Vacuum Oft Co

1 Each

Beth

tio

Frye 

Fra

Ro

In

Newc

cas

fBaltim

1 ing 

Bath 

Freep

por

New 

tion 

Sun S

Union 

mo

South

Eas

Now 

tion 

do

Bethle

tion 

San 

Phi

Bethle

l tion 

JFeder

1 ncy 

Moore 

Cali

Newp

Dryd

Oscar 

G M 

pora

Sun S

Bethle

1 lion 

Moore 

Union Cali

Cali

JBetble

tion 

Bethle

tion 

Bethle

tion 

New Y

tion 

Subma

ark 

Sun Sh

Texas 

fSouthw

l East 

New Y

lion 

Moore 

l Calif
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SUSPENSION OF PROVISIO

MA

Section 28 Merchant Marin

from charging for transport

merce Act under any joint ra

portional rate which is based 

the property is to be transpo

any port in a possession or d

any foreign country by a ca

any lower rate than that cha

kind of property for the sam

over the same route in con

the United States unless th

or property is or unless it w

by water documented under 

The substance of this prohi

shall not by making lower ra

water in foreign commerce u

erty is documented under the 

evidently intended by this pr

riers by water documented u

gaged in foreign commerce

This section however pro

the opinion that adequate s

port are not afforded by ves

fact to the Interstate Comm

Commission may by order s

of the section with respect t

transportation by rail of per

to be transported to such po

such terms and conditions as 

sion may be terminated by th

tifies to the commission tha

vessels to such ports are affo

On June 9 1920 the Board 

ment that adequate shipping 

the laws of the United State

Chairman of the Board to c

mission that the provisions 

of ninety days which resolu

state Commerce Commissio

that ninety days would not 

quiry and by resolution cer

mission the desirability of s

for the remainder of the yea
28 El FT 1 t ANNUAL IE1 ORT 

state Commerce Commission 

section 28 until January 1 

On December 10 1920 the 

whereas adequate shipping I1

States to or from all foreign port

of the United States are not affo

the United States

Resolved That the IDYted Sta

Commerce Commission that adeq

merce of the United States to an

sessions or dependencies of the U

mented under the laws of the Un

visions of section 28 of the Merc

pended by said Interstate Comm

United States Shipping Board

Fao iher resolccd That as soon 

defined lw secton 28 of the Merch

become available prompt certific

forcement of the provisions of se

Lurther resolved That every e

American slrpgi ng facilities so th

operative at the earliest practicab

In pursuance of this resolu

sion on December 11 L920 by 

tion 28 from and including J

the Commission

At the end of the fiscal yea

Shipping Board had already 

section 28 and of the genera

a view to requesting the Inters

the rate structure machinery 

effect at the moment the Amer

a point as to numbers and type

and equitable functioning of 

the Congress

TRANSFER OF VESS

Applications for transfer o

are considered under section 

tion 18 of the Merchant Marin

a proclamation declaring the e

by the President June 30 1

over Americanowned undocu

section 37 of the Shipping Ac

proclamation by the President 

under the provisions of section 
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over transfers of vessels docu

States

Application forms are furni

sels to foreign registry Each 

the applicant is required to g

and the reasons for requesting 

desirable to retain the vessel u

is also required as to the trade 

employ the vessel thus enablin

transfer should be authorized 

States flag

The policy of the Board has 

registry only in such cases as 

fide sale and that the purpose 

of the United States It has 

approve the transfer of large 

the American merchant marin

for transfers with the eviden

regulations governing crews e

try of a foreign government 

Where such intention is app

deny the application Transf

that there are no liens encum

liens encumbrances or other 

or lienor must be obtained an

the Board and it is also provid

a period of 6 months Additio

such as preventing the vesse

United States ports

During the year July 1 192

authorized the transfer of 401 

Owing to the unusual activi

authorized the transfer of 11

were chiefly barges and the sm

tion of oil on the Panuco R

REC

During the past year seven 

vessels were involved in rece

their inability to pay credito

covering deferred ship purcha

payment of interest on balan

part these were newly organiz

sonnel Some of them had h
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tageous contracts at attrac

abroad and it was therefore 

place all the delinquent comp

instead of a receiver in ba

receiver appointed was an of

the court acquiescing in th

interest being larger than t

hoped that by placing in c

experience in the event of a

there would be the nucleus 

carry on successfully the ope

ventures have proved most 

requested to discharge the 

PROPERTY REMOV

At the time of the seizure 

nitely known whether the W

Shipping Board would beco

fittings as a consequence th

session of some of the vess

and placed them on other 

quently endeavored to relea

Shipping Board

Instructions were issued t

not in the possession of the 

exGerman vessels except m

which were sent to storage a

The following tabulation 

the Board in addition to w

tity removed and disposed o

Material removed from exGerm

Material at Charleston Navy Y

Navy Department 

Material removed from exGerm

Furniture at Brooklyn Navy Y

Material at Philadelphia Navy Y

Material at Boston received fr

Yard 

Material received from United 

base Squanton Mass 

Material located at supply offic

Yard 

Material at appraisal stores P

been sold 

Total 
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EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE THE 

CO

Perhaps the most perplexin

ship owners and operators were 

clining freight rate represen

trained personnel and pier fac

aided directly in helping to so

rates representation abroad an

The adoption of the conferen

trade in which Board vessels we

decline of rates below operating 

which are in existence are enum

addition the activities of the 

general cargo services to prev

competition between managing 

effect upon rates

In addition to the encourag

companies in preventing an un

made to impress upon the com

can organization abroad to rep

An important factor in the suc

must be the establishment in fo

to handle the vessels and to sol

Material assistance was give

and private American steamsh

flag vessels by the establishme

Louis to familiarize shipper

afforded by American vessels 

facilities The St Louis offic

solicits the patronage of the 

on the service of American 

American vessels to secure carg

The general business depres

trade with Latin America H

resumption of the trade con

study of the ways and mea

America which will influence 

vessels of the Board but all ve

A step forward was the es

tween Paranagua Brazil an

object in view of giving the lo

can flag vessels This route 

it renders to the shippers serv

ports of the itinerary It will 
89 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

TOTAL US 

AND TON

IN FO

TOTAL 

MERCHANT MA

1458738 DWT 

213775 DWT air 

1920251 DWT air 

1787 664 DWT air 

3271 146 DWT aia 

5303 181 DWT armor 

803002 DWT aal 

736961 DWT Noir 

6102051 DWT air 

6636 746 UWC mars 

747 258 DWT aria 

1126223 DWT Mia 

14306 556 DWT 

25027342 DWT i

2753846413WT 11allill
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ing between South America a

cargoes to these steamers from 

The general depression affect

that the Shipping Board sailin

averaged one a month and to 

seven weeks In spite of stren

business additional sailings w

cargo moving was not sufficien

PASSEN

The Board was keenly alive 

senger services and during the 

cargo services were established

The newly constructed and e

senger and cargo vessels are o

type and the other the 535 t

of the vessels respectively

The 502 type vessels hav

passengers and 465 940 cubic c

Six of the vessels of this type 

regular sailings in the services 

Old North State Panhandle State 

Boulogne London

Creole State Wolverine State Gra

SaigoningaporeColomboCalcutta

The 535 type have accomm

300 steerage passengers and 41

of 171 knots Six vessels of thi

and were operated in regular s

Hawkeye State Buckeye State B

Golden State San FranciscoHo

Hongkong

Wenatchee Silver State Keystone 

Manila

The Board was also instrum

services by the charter of its ex 

Princess MatoikaPocahontas N

SusquehannaHudson Potomac N

AmericaGeorge Washington Ne

Black Arrow New YorkCubSpa

In addition the Board maint

service between New York and 

three exGerman passenger vess

ington

73892 213
Service

New YorkBoulogneLondon

New YorkPlymouthCherbouBreme

New YorkBremenDanzig

New YorkNaplesGenoa

New York East Coast South America

San FranciscolIOnoluln

San FranciscoOrient

3an FranciscoGast India

Seattle Orient

34 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

Two of the 535 type 

Gross were assigned to th

The inauguration of the 

secure a portion of the Uni

tial source of revenue

MAILS CARRI

In reviewing the passe

the Board with reference 

its vessels deserves commen

provides

That all mails of the Unite

practicable be shipped or carr

the laws of the United States 

General for carrying mails o

signed or sublet and no mails 

vessel not so built and documen

of the United States on or in 

on vessels so built and docum

sublet or when mails covered 

thereof carried on any vessel n

Postmaster General in aid of 

to provide for the maintenance 

of the United States and of a s

shall from time to time determ

to be paid for such service an

to enter into contracts within 

Congress to pay for the carry

Nothing herein shall be affect

ocean mail service between the 

commerce approved March 3 

The following table show

States mail which was mov

vessels in the trades indic

These figures are based o

many of the trades the Bo
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some cases for instance the Sa

ental the vessels of the Boar

during the period covered by th

therefore practically cover m

sels The rate of compensatio

services was twice the amoun

rates were postal convention ra

a domestic port the compensat

mail and 24 cents per pound o

quired covering the carrying 

practice of the various postm

accordance with sailing dates 

destination also being an elem

It is appropriate to make the 

services

SeattleTransPacific

The Seattle post office hand

the Oriental mails the San F

20 per cent During the fiscal 

of the total mail outbound fro

54 per cent British lines via 

lines 30 per cent The Cana

a 14 day service similar to th

Blue Funnel line maintains a 

the Board sthree vessels woul

ing through the Northern G

Canadian English and Japan

ings As the Board augmen

greater proportion of the m

vessels

San FranciscoHonolulu

American vessels in this ser

San FranciscoManilaStraits Se

American vessels carried 75 

trade Noticeable improveme

ing 535 type passenger st

are placed in service It w

assigned for San FranciscoT

would be able to handle prac

New YorkEast Coast of South A

Two of the 535 type pa

this trade It was anticipate

handle practically all of the m
36 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

New YorkEurope

The major portion of 

moved via England and fo

the mail moved via Europ

handled approximately 21 

per cent of the parcel pos

of the infrequent sailings 

the period Direct services 

as well as to Naples and G

being routed direct instead 

the mail which moved dire

sels handled 71 per cent o

the parcel post To Naple

10 per cent of the firstclass 

was due to the fact that th

this service

It was estimated that w

were operated under Unit

at least 60 per cent of the E

American flag

Practically no mail exce

vessels in the services whic

DEVELOPM

The establishment and d

feature of the Board swo

direction should properly 

after signing of the armist

In November 1918 the 

totaling 6540 205 dead we

4269 838 dead weight tons 

and Navy in carrying troo

tonnage demands for the 

relief of the unprecedente

freight which had accumu

commercial purposes

With the gradual repatr

demands for vessels to ca

commercial purposes The 

in the trade routes which b

tance such as the United K

of South America Far Ea

such trades was most seve

establishing the American f
Trade

General ca

Num bershipsof weigDeaton

Army service

Navy service

Total

TransNorthern AtlanticEurope

Baltic Sea

United kingdom

North Sea

Iceland French Atlantic

Scandinavia Denmark Finland

Total

Southern Europe

Portugal and Spain

Mediterranean

Adriatic Bea

Black Sea

Aegean Sea

Total

Africa North coast

West coast

South Africa

Total

TransIndian PacificOcean

Dutch East Indies

Australasia

Total

Hawaii Orient

Phhippines

Total

South America

Brazil West La Platacoast

Total

West Indies and Caribbean

Foreign ports to foreign ports

Domestic Coastwise intercoastal

New England coast

Total

Grand total

216

4 3

8

1062094

2115

72 1285 9

1633863

261 19584

C1NC

ti 1

56316577853

45 25

Vb

tiN 1

82913

18 12

II

14601

27 26

524 4

3401

58 5

30136 2

02670

49 37

382 107

I2

5260

23 13

551 40165 

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT UT

Distribution of United States Shi

Jun

As vessels later became avail

trade routes of secondary imp
38 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

ment of new routes in whic

seldom if ever been seen

On June 30 1920 the Boa

cargo berths of which 202 

ports and coastwise services 

eign ports

On June 30 1921 the Boa

of which 393 were between U

wise services in the United 

A further subdivision sho

there were 220 from the No

69 from the Gulf and 27 from 

Although the efforts of th

rected primarily to the deve

there were also inaugurated 

ports

Efforts were not only dir

routes but toward the elimi

to be uneconomical and unwo

A more comprehensive sta

of this report

POR

The report for the year en

Commission recorded arra

whereby the greater part of 

be continued under the Board 

On June 5 1920 the Merch

out that portion of section 8 

ate with the Secretary of Wa

aging and developing ports a

with water commerce the ch

mission was designated by th

represent the Board in the pr

The Secretary of War had a

tion Act 1920 been authori

of a similar nature He was 

make annual reports upon th

terminals of the United Sta

Chief of Engineers his Boar

and the offices of the division 

ports to handle the various 

Merchant Marine Act It wa

be performed by the Board 

The chief engineer of the Po
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

his work in an advisory capac

also served in the office of the 

Harbors as consulting enginee

At the same time he represente

Department One of the first steps taken in 

of a plan for presenting statistic

lished annually in the report o

plan first adopted in the statist

and domestic commerce are seg

in accordance with new import 

partment of Commerce

During the year studies were 

pal Atlantic and Gulf ports for 

the trend of commercial develo

vessels might expect to obtain a

extended to cover the Pacific 

from the Department of Comm

the Gulf ports was accompani

rank of each port in receipts 

commodities

In previous years the repor

bined commercial statistics wit

ticular port For the fiscal ye

separate volume of commercial 

annual report and it is intend

The 1921 volume is now in pr

was extended to include nume

the traffic of American ports

A study was made of the 

Panama Canal during the cale

in a number of graphs and tab

The approved pfogram incl

of reports in separate pamph

important ports of the Unite

tain all information needed b

ports and enable the shipper 

route with another The first 

maps showing the location of 

area of the United States and 

ilar report upon the port of B

end of the year and good pr

on 31 additional ports The 

important ports in the United 

Rico Hawaii and Alaska
40 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

Investigations show tha

railroad terminals at sout

injurious effect upon the c

ing it impracticable for pr

through business thereby 

A report upon this matter 

War and to the Chairman 

dressed the chairman of th

ing that remedies be applie

response the commission in

and of the cost of termin

question

A study was made of the 

modities comprising impor

with a view to detetminin

interests of commerce and t

The movement of coal was 

existing rail rates on coal th

prepared showing rates on 

the ports of the Atlantic G

Statistics were prepared s

sengers carried and net to

ports of the Great Lakes du

Reports on the status of 

the several division enginee

will be incorporated in a 

were also received relative t

United States

As required by law the B

bors prepared for the Chief 

nals and transfer facilities 

tion a separate pamphlet w

An investigation of the gener

and general plans of terminals o

bors and waterways of the Unit

poses and adapted to the varyin

pharacteristics

The results of this coop

satisfactory and a large a

upon both the physical and 

Some of the accomplishments 

are noted in the following p

An analysis was made to 

extensions at the port of Po

several other ports of the S
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

A statement relative to the p

and numerous similar compila

response to requests from com

Complete plans and specific

concrete and steel pier and war

ken N J

This pier was intended to re

6 The design called for a pie

stories high with a bulkhead 

wide and three stories high

Report was made upon the p

Wilmington N C to the city 

terminal

The city of Mobile Ala wa

a report submitted upon the m

meet increased business

Negotiations were conducted 

ways Service of the War Depa

War Department property at 

bunkering plant for the Shipp

A report was submitted upo

tanks for the proposed bunke

harbor of Norfolk Va

Negotiations were carried on 

ering station upon War Dep

The Oil Bunkering Section 

foundation and location matte

of a bunkering station at Tutu

The city of Portland Me 

location for a proposed State p

The cities of Philadelphia 

authorities interviewed with r

mechanical equipment at cert

peditious handling of export f

FUELO

Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports

In times of normal opera

Shipping Board vessels amou

rels per year and on this ba

in 1920 These contracts we

owing to the very serious sho

separate public invitations fo

publicity resulted in closing 
42 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

ments at Philadelphia and o

ports In the meantime Bo

tically every port in the w

fuel oil and in June 192

layed at Atlantic coast po

to correct this situation pe

tives of the principal Amer

requirements of fuel oil C

year at Atlantic and Gulf po

20 to 50 per cent below the 

portance than the low pric

these contracts gave of an 

most of the ports were so l

the open market on short no

duction both in Mexican an

the decreased consumption in

other industries using fuel 

prices throughout the worl

tained from companies hold

York Baltimore Norfolk 

phia reductions in the contr

of the contracts will resu

Board Numerous other s

will result in additional sa

Pacific Coast Ports

All efforts of the Shippin

of fuel oil on the Pacific co

purchase the necessary sup

with difficulty and ships wer

met with no response from 

in June 1920 effected a co

under which requirements o

foreign bunker stations in t

for Under the terms of th

crude oil which it purchases 

the current market price at 

delivered to it at Pacific coa

nal agreement were made 

contract with the Midwest R

the wells in Wyoming was 

according to the field in wh

uary 1921 these prices we

monthly intervals until in J

figure of 50 cents per barre
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

advantage of the Board and it 

contract period fuel oil deliver

an average of 70 cents per barre

period has enabled the Board 

the Pacific at prices considerab

withstanding the sharp decline 

Royalty Oil

In pursuance of the right g

Public No 146 the Board 

partment of the Interior to pu

to the Government in the St

fornia Oregon Nevada Idah

Colorado However at the en

lands owned by the Governme

California Wyoming and Mo

take only royalty oil in the 

which was delivered to the Mi

Board scontract Negotiation

producers and pipeline comp

with the Midwest Refining C

The maintenance of adequate 

reasonable prices at strategic 

was vitally necessary to the 

marine

The ultimate aim of the Bo

stations on all established or 

was possible to do so the B

owned or controlled oil comp

fuel oil for its account at the

Board gave every encourage

establish such stations failing 

stations On July 1 1920 t

were in operation

Name of station

St Thomas Virgin Islands Manila Thomas P of Hawaii

St Georges Bermuda

Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Bizerta Tunis

Shanghai China

Brest France

Capacity

in barrels

110 0065 11 20

165 000

110 00

50000

Ow

Sta

w

re

Sta

Stae

Stae
44 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

During the fiscal year co

panies to receive store an

account and additional Sh

as follows

Name of station

Iquique Chile

St Georges Bermuda

Durban South Africa

Cristobal Canal Zone

Balboa Canal Zone

Santos Brazil

Seattle Wash

Portland Oreg

Thameshaven England

Montreal Canada

Ponta del Dada Azores

Capacity

in barrels

110 25000

50000

100 0

855000

55000 20

r Barge

These stations were kept s

tank steamers They may b

the oilburning fleet With

tent be at the mercy of for

In addition to the estab

following construction work 

Manila P IAn additio

storage tank was construct

storage capacity to 165 000 

St Thomas Virgin Islan

station which increased its 

20000 barrel capacity fresh

owners of the property on w

have named a high figure 

pressed a decided preferenc

has been requested from Co

purchase this property out

ported by the Senate Comm

Norfolk VaThere was 

barrel capacity steel fueloil 

power plant and docks for 

station on Craney Island C

as all other fueloil stations 

the exception of a portion 

St Thomas was built is loc

It is intended to use this s

against a period of possible 

in the past It is expected 
IFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

December 1921 when it will 

very lowest possible prices whi

Board vessels as required

Mobile AlaA bunker sta

capacity steel fueloil storage t

plant docks etc for a comple

Blakely Island Mobile Harb

station would be completed a

Pago Pago American Samo

and plans prepared for the co

consisting of two 55000 barre

with necessary pipe lines pow

Pago American Samoa

An idea of the volume of bu

can be obtained from the foll

Port

Bermuda Bizerta Brest IDurban Honolulu Manilaotevideo Montreal PanamaCanal Ponta del Cada

Portland Oreg

Rio de Janeiro including Santos

Seattle Shanghai

St Thameshaven Thomas

The establishment of these 

large savings to the Board as 

and prevented costly delays 

stations would have experien

oil at any price These statio

benefit to the privately owned 

timate purpose is to supply fu

stations at the lowest possible 

on the base cost of the oil at 

portation charges plus actua

about two per cent to cover 

naturally produced prices fo

below the prevailing market p

prices by the Board had the 

open market prices of fuel oil 
46 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

directly to the benefit of t

the establishment of the s

station was opened for bu

oil was selling at all points 

and frequently it could not 

of the extreme shortage t

price of 35 per ton on oil 

the open market price of o

effect was similar at other 

Contracts were also effe

livery of fuel oil for Shipp

and Wellington These st

expected to be completed i

August 1921 a Shipping 

at Montevideo and used as 

Additional stations were 

St Vincent Cape Verde Is

American vessels of 500 gross to

bull June 

Domestic Ports

Throughout the fiscal ye

tract for coal requirements 

attempts were made to con

ments of bunker coal there 

inviting bids on the coal r

almost uniformly unsatisfa

domestic ports one covering 

The balance of the require

agents steamship companie

under the terms of their co

approval of the Board sdis

Foreign Ports

Inasmuch as only a very 

ing it was not necessary t

bunker stations as was the c

coal burners can be profita

Steam 

Number G rass Numben 

June 30 1920

June 30 1921

Ineredse

342 23 2092 647 13 783 114 

110 744 86 3 

46 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

directly to the benefit of t

the establishment of the s

station was opened for bu

oil was selling at all points 

and frequently it could not 

of the extreme shortage t

price of 35 per ton on oil 

the open market price of o

effect was similar at other 

Contracts were also effe

livery of fuel oil for Shipp

and Wellington These st

expected to be completed i

August 1921 a Shipping 

at Montevideo and used as 

Additional stations were 

St Vincent Cape Verde Is

American vessels of 500 gross to

bull June 

Domestic Ports

Throughout the fiscal ye

tract for coal requirements 

attempts were made to con

ments of bunker coal there 

inviting bids on the coal r

almost uniformly unsatisfa

domestic ports one covering 

The balance of the require

agents steamship companie

under the terms of their co

approval of the Board sdis

Foreign Ports

Inasmuch as only a very 

ing it was not necessary t

bunker stations as was the c

coal burners can be profita
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

vantage to create bunker coal 

ing is a list of the stations wh

Location of station 

Rio de Janeiro Brazil 

Buenos Aires Argentina 

Ponta del Gada Acores 

St Georges Bermuda 

St Thomas Virgin Islands 

All coal used at these station

and Ponta del Gada was trans

the companies with whom th

requirements at Bermuda and 

this coal in United States flag 

EMPLOYMENT AND 

The tank steamer fleet of th

ing an adequate supply of fue

the maximum efficiency the 

operation of tank steamers w

ment which had the fuel oil p

authority over the employmen

proval of all charters therefo

With the exception of the 

tically all the fuel oil burned 

Mexican crude oil This oil 

the United States in tank stea

to keep sufficient steamers w

times for this purpose The 

approximately 935 11 dead w

proximately 72 tank steamers 

tons would be required by the 

the fleet consisting of 28 sh

offered for sale or for longtim

year no acceptable bids had be

FOREI

To insure proper and adeq

interests in foreign ports and 

American merchant marine 

established in the principal se

such a plan was set forth in 

brief summary of these facts 

of the agencies which were es

steps was the inability of the 

patch of vessels and the preva

practices on the part of ship 
48 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

supply houses the inefficie

agents of private operators 

Careful supervision elim

and straightened operators 

June 30 1921 agencies wer

United Kingdom

London

Fahnouth

Fowey

Cardiff

Bristol

Liverpool

Glasgow

Manchester

Dublin

Newcastle

South Shields

Hull

France

Paris

Dunkirk

Le Havre

Brest

St Nazaire

Bordeaux

La Rochelle

Marseille

Scandinavian and Baltic

Copenhagen

Goteborg

Christiania

Stockholm

Helsingfors

Danzig

Jaoan

Yokohama

Pobe

Panama Canal

Italy

Naples

Genoa

Savona

Spezia

Leghorn

Civitavechhia

Reggio and Calabria

Messina

Palermo

Catania

Brindisi

Syracuse

Bari
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

During the past year there 

representation agencies being 

Helsingfors Madrid Valencia 

Iquiqui Dakar Bizerta Monte

FunctionsThese represent

1 To facilitate the despat

tion or cancellation of irksome 

2 To cooperate with oper

asters surveys and legal difficu

3 To determine the neces

4 To supervise the purch

5 To supervise stevedorin

6 To report on the efficie

of ship agents representing Bo

7 To cheok up the efficien

8 To assist representative

homeward and way cargoes

9 To control homeward a

competition between Board op

10 To report on general 

American merchant marine

The general agent at Rio de 

upon his arrival there that 

were planning by combination 

an elimination of their compe

to accomplish their purpose 

with which agents were conf

ports Such combinations and 

frustrated largely through kn

agents in these ports had aut

vise purchases requiring them 

Notwithstanding the difficultie

economies graft and overcha

inated were reduced

Wherever possible the Boa

American consuls Through 

consuls abroad furnished val

agents the proper selection of 

This enabled the Board to p

essential to the proper selectio

TRADE 

In discussing American trad

tention should be given to trad

73892 214
50 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

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1800 1

1810 1

1816 2

1820 1

1830 1

1840 2

1850 3

1860 7

1870 9

1880 14

1890 15

1900 2

1910 29

1914 37

1919 89

1920 11

1921 89
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and between United States an

relatiortt between United State

The coastwise and intercoas

transportation for commoditie

another such as manufactured 

of one locality which are req

from the Pacific coast cotton 

and Middle West

However as the coastwise 

tected one the Board felt that 

private American interest rath

as many private concerns were 

wise and intercoastal fields T

by the Board to place ships in 

to private operators although 

tion to and acted upon the r

adequate transportation facili

On the other hand the Bo

major portion of the commerc

and South America This trad

articles coal lumber and im

products of the South and Ce

Movements in both direction

as the merchants in this cou

merchants in Central and Sou

buying because of exchange c

Prior to the establishment 

eign countries American flag 

in such regular trades as the 

controlled exclusively by vess

tion of the general cargo ser

permanence of transportation 

an opportunity of ascertain

American vessels were able to 

A complete resume of the 

is contained in Part III of th

DIVISION 

The Division of Insurance 

supersede the Insurance Ad

charged with the managemen

entered all completed steame

The management of this fun

the handling of losses and th
52 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

due to the Board as well a

advice on insurance quest

of the activities of the Divis

lems 1 Reduction in th

writers for insuring cargo f

2 execution of the contrac

Syndicates 3 approval 

clauses to be included in c

agreements 4 fixing of ra

the fund will afford protec

approving of insurance on 

claims on steamers under 

to the Board and its variou

The division handled all 

ticular attention was devot

of general average sacrifice

tlement of salvage and collis

of the Admiralty Counsel 

the crews of Shipping Boa

the division In accepting 

fund the repair bills were 

means of reducing charges 

The entering of all steam

Mutual Protection Indem

of claims was under the juris

Section This section check

whether all returns were cre

The section charged with 

sold checked both the amoun

and the terms of the policie

pliance with the requiremen

fication was given to purchas

The rates for insuring S

and war risks were fixed by 

intention in fixing rates to 

the small overhead with s

losses In general the rates 

rates charged by commercia

to the fact that there were 

postage and a large office 

officers

The tables following show 

were insured 2 the amoun

the hulls of vessels 3 the 

ber of accidents of various k
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Number and tonnage of vessels in

Steel vessels

Wood vessels

Steel tugs

Wood tugs

Wood barges

Total 

1 Dead veight 

Net values of insurance writte

1920

July August November September October December

1921

January March Aril February May Juno

Total

1920

1921

January February March April May June

Fuel at

stations

July August 188 832

Septembe October 1069 874

November 1367 000

December 534500

765 000

467 174

Names

C

Lake Frampton steel

Okesa wood

Chimo wood

Snug Harbor steel

Montauk wood sailer

Burnside wood

Lakeside Bridge steel

Yellowstone steel

Cape Fear concrete

Bassoon wood

Bonham wood

Total 9103 380 

Total losses Shipping Booed 
54 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Accidents and loss

Heavy Groundings weather

Machinery

Lost anchor and chain

Propeller blade loss and damage

L s

Fire Steering gear

Collision

Miscellaneous

Total 

MAR

Volume of American Marine In

Marine risks written and 

foreign companies operatin

5181025 74 as compare

decline of nearly 216 per c

making deductions for moto

mail insurance on the basis 

sources as compared with th

and inland business Of th

of foreign companies admit

wrote 52 per cent and Am

For the same companies 

exclusive of motor vehicle t

ness net premiums aggreg

with 109 72 041for 1918 o

Of the total for 1919 br

panies received slightly ov

panies 621per cent Both n

however as stated above do 

considerable member of Am

through stock ownership 

amount of marine insurance 

is exported directly to the f

American records Compet

marine insurance was equa

surance originating within 

The American Marine Insuranc

The fourth annual report 

vestigation of marine insura

tion with the Committee on 

the Iouse of Representativ

investigation of the Americ
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

nature purposes and advanta

as Syndicates A B and C w

report It is sufficient to state 

ized and functioning and were 

during the fiscal year Syndi

all loss and damage and period

strictly cost basis also rendere

owners as wished to avail the

represents a salvage associa

country smarine underwritin

hand with the development o

the medium of the extended o

underwriting syndicates It i

ping trade and to the Americ

Salvage Association of Londo

the British marine insurance m

Syndicates B and C with t

of2000 and 2500 0 u

be placed immediately in co

pacity and the slow and inco

that formerly prevailed in the 

concentrate his work at one 

expense instead of interview

substantial risk One policy 

instead of 50 and losses ma

syndicates by one agent inste

to each company for its sha

the organization of the syndi

of hull insurance being place

before

Investigation of Legislative D

Marine Insurance

As pointed out in the las

Insurance Syndicates can e

tageous cost differential exis

insurance markets In large 

is due to legislative obstruct

up an independent national 

perative that such restriction

be allowed to operate under 

should be made to so modify 

can underwriters on a basis 

tors Most of the existing 

that the framers had only f

insurance was included me
561 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

consideration of the great 

insurance Nearly all of th

in character and fails to re

essentially national and inte

and its vital bearing upon a

of a merchant marine and 

During the past year the 

Committee on the Merchan

Representatives made a tho

insurance legislation with s

legislation upon the substa

writing The results of this 

indicated by the facts were 

lative Obstructions to the D

United States prepared by 

of Dec 11 1920 This rep

existing State laws dealing w

ing of much of such legislatio

cate arrangements the exce

of the existing method of tax

tion of marine insurance co

marine insurance the unfo

insurance and the severe ha

powers of companies seekin

markets Briefly outlined fi

tions are advanced in this re

1 Greater freedom on th

erate through syndicates and 

shows is fostered abroad and 

large their underwriting cap

ing to materially reduce thei

of insurance with much grea

irritating jealousies and to 

tive situation presents itself 

an intelligent policy Twen

plicable to insurance compan

be repealed or modified in th

may be stated that as far as t

trust laws are concerned the 

Merchant Marine Act 1920 

in the antitrust laws as de

An act to supplement existin

monopolies and for other pu

be construed as declaring illeg

insurance companies for the fo
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insurance and reinsurance busi

eign countries and to reinsure o

bership the risks undertaken b

ponent members

2 Substitution of a syste

insurance companies in place 

miums The wholesome princi

between different types of esse

dens so harsh as to destroy th

the report to have received little 

of taxing marine insurance 

report declares seems to have 

the maximum amount of reve

and fees paid by the 71 Ameri

surance to the Federal and Sta

cent of the total net marine pr

this before any allowance was 

of operation Total taxes and 

gle year amounted to nearly 22

for every dollar of dividends s

paid by these companies to th

tax gatherer took nearly 106 

companies writing nearly two 

all the American companies a

sections of the country and th

taxes existing in the various 

to 769 per cent of the net pre

their capital stock and for eve

holders during the year the tax 

Net profits taxation is emp

that American marine insuran

eign underwriters and in this 

pendent largely upon the taxin

A small difference in rates adv

essarily direct the flow of bus

insurance differs vitally from 

to the incidence of taxation 

acter and highly competitive 

erence to profits made as is t

policyholders through higher 

the past labored under an adve

their foreign competitors H

increases this cost differentia

duces the cost differentialthe 

strengthens American compa
58 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Moreover by enlarging the 

this country a reduced rate 

enue than is produced tod

existing limited volume of 

3 Establishment of the 

American fire marine and 

kinds of insurance other th

bonding Nearly all the St

limit their underwriting 

competitors on the contrar

kinds of insurance thus m

abling the companies to se

meeting their full insuranc

cial stability of the compa

plement one another in that 

anced by good results in som

4 Enlargement of rein

sence of such facilities has 

American companies and h

large proportion of America

control of foreign interests b

little reciprocity in this resp

of all reinsurance placed b

given to foreign underwr

companies reported that th

ests was due to necessity an

made it unnecessarily difficu

ance facilities with other A

prohibit the reinsurance of 

but admitted companies 

within their jurisdiction t

panies but in nearly all ins

as a refusal of credit to th

or of reserve or other Liabili

ance with unauthorized co

facilities of admitted comp

quire an affidavit to this effe

5 Removal of limitatio

which hamper operations in 

marine insurance compani

countries although as yet 

this respect By establishi

foreign companies succeed 

business and an unequaled 

of foreign markets they s
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

every trade and thus obtain 

diversified premium income 

ticular period is apt to be cou

market Foreign merchants 

ence of adequate underwriting 

may feel free to extend their 

a continuous insurance marke

competitive power since loss 

counterbalanced by profit in s

companies have thus far been 

and that one largely under fo

Model Marine Insurance Bill H 

Elimination of the legislati

with the several States Ow

Supreme Court the several 

control over insurance and t

improve conditions except by 

facts Accordingly the conc

chant Marine and Fisheries a

in a model bill for the regulat

of Columbia The bill is now 

Prior to its introduction t

publicity and received the ea

mercial and insurance organiz

obtained from these numerou

in its present form will serve 

for the regulation and npb

country While regulating m

a national commerce measur

tween an adequate and indepe

tution and the maintenance o

ment of our foreign trade A

to the District of Columbia 

as a model for marine insur

While necessarily detailed 

sired changes in a practical 

ings and recommendations as 

obstructions etc and which 

account Its main provisions 

changes referred to in the fo

1 It is proposed under 

State to tax the underwritin

marine insurance written wi

the results of a fiveyear av
60 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

premiums of the company 

the State bear to the net m

within the United States

2 To give American 

with the practice of multip

marine and fire companies 

than life insurance and fid

is entirely fair to other kind

vides that they are also priv

if they so desire Nor is th

unsound practices For eve

a substantial increase in cap

every company writing mor

to keep a separate account 

insurance and the receipts i

must be kept in a separate in

which fund exclusive of th

the company is to be as abs

of that class as though it b

business than the insurance o

stock and general surplus o

the number of classes of insu

the protection of all policy

which they may be insured 

rived within any class of in

tection of policyholders with

calendar year is the compa

of profits earned in any par

such profits either in part o

3 To make reinsurance 

writing companies to excha

meeting proper standards of 

tion of the reinsurance autom

provides for the creation of 

lates further that every ins

ized to transact insurance 

sideration be permitted to 

with a a company license

important feature a compan

States which shows the sam

quired if it were at the tim

State under consideration to 

reinsured with proper allow

General adoption of such a 
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the restrictions on reinsurance w

ful factor in delivering a very 

reinsurance to foreign interest

4 To facilitate the entranc

panies in foreign markets the 

portant financial restrictions 

American company is required 

transacts business to make a de

ernment or otherwise the exces

liability is allowed as an asset 

do otherwise would mean tha

hazards and stabilizes its incom

and localities the weaker it mu

ther provision is made for libe

ance as admitted assets of a

which are collectible but which 

in transmitting reports and fun

sary extension of longer cred

bill also makes provision for th

exclusively in the writing of in

foreign countries the capital 

owned by American companie

ance the holding companies 

owned as admitted assets whe

Memorial to the National Conven

Should the model marine in

will next be necessary to indu

similar legislation It is hig

adopt the measure promptly 

succeed in irreparably injurin

quate and independent Americ

date of August 18 1920 the s

chant Marine and Fisheries of 

Shipping Board submitted a m

ance problem to the National 

ers meeting at Beverly Hills C

the difficulties surrounding Am

the several recommendations 

Recognizing the important inf

of Insurance Commissioners w

the memorial expressed the h

cooperation either as a whole 

a view to effecting a mutual u

lined
62 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

The national convention 

power to assist and further 

American merchant marin

to consider the memorial a

Various meetings were he

tional convention and repr

Committee on Merchant M

Board at which all phases o

these meetings the comm

convention in which the fo

1 That a liberal policy 

the lines of the proposed bi

2 That a profits tax 

equitable than an excise tax 

3 That a complete insu

the merger of insurance co

proposed bill appear entire

4 That the convention 

of the proponents of the b

field depends on the ability 

enter into underwriters ass

which have antitrust laws 

tions or syndicates should re

5 That where State le

ance companies to establis

should be made that the c

stantially along the lines ind

sary statutory provision sho

balances in accordance with 

6 That the section of 

corporation of companies to 

eign countries and permitti

such corporations by Ame

kind of insurance is recomm

insurance company shall inv

and surplus in the stock of s

7 With respect to mult

of purely reinsurance com

report at this time It did 

tension of the multipleline 

acting business in foreign fi

Loss Through Theft Pilferage 

Losses of this character re

last few years as to prove 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Such losses moreover seem to 

tion of rates charged by lea

showed that with respect to m

rates for this type of hazard 

charged for all of the ordinary 

stances the ordinary marine r

more by the inclusion of thef

Reliable reports would indicate 

rates increased from 100 to 1000 

under consideration Nor wa

number of markets instead 

rise as regarded practically eve

goods were sent Complaints 

spect to the increase in such 

trade

The facts indicate the existe

calling for correction at the e

the vital element of foreign c

tolerated But the fact is tha

the problem The huge increa

age breakage and nondelivery 

ential against American expo

precede Americans in reducing 

der such circumstances existin

to American exports a cost so 

for American products in fore

have already undertaken to eli

essential that Americans keep 

solution of this vital problem 

improvement will be at a dec

compared with countries whic

operate under the conditions o

siderable number of America

have already withdrawn from 

all leading American and fore

theft pilferage breakage and 

more than 75 per cent of any 

assume the balance of the loss 

insurance continue to rise furt

entirely as seems not at all i

position of American exporters 

The situation had on June 

immediate Government action 

evil The problem was receivi
64 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

ing the proper plan for e

i e whether through ame

tion between shippers shipo

of these methods

SHIP 

The Ship Sales Divisio

Board stonnage and funct

Board The division asce

Board the availability of 

financial responsibility of 

carry out the purchase con

of insurance in order to pro

or fire or any other contin

interest before final delive

The sales policy which w

on August 16 1920 Und

vessels ranged from 160 

ciation terms 10 per cent 

after for two years balanc

every six months over a pe

During the year the dem

sharply due to depression 

period July 1 1920 to Jun

value of2170 50 were 

the Board the majority are 

Fortyone uncompleted w

or an average price of 53

By virtue of the design o

bility being limited to servi

sale were concentrated in 

countries bordering on th

Seas in Norwegian coun

America and in China and 

The following tabulation

completed and uncomplete

the year also a statement 

account of the purchasers 

ments
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Vessels returned to the board and 

Num Dead A

Class of vessels her of weight Net se

returned Cea ton pri

sets nage 

New steel vessels

Cargo 40

Refrigerator 1

Total 41

Requisitioned afloat

Iakers cargo 6

Seized

Wood

46rman

cargo

cargo 11

23

Composite cargo 11

Concrete tanker 1

Total 3

73802 215

290 562 185660179

6103 153646

96665 55813825

21674 500

75945 852750

0000 1 24000 

41700 1210 00

7500 700

fuckWood 2 352 16

00

feel 1 918 225 

Dotal 3 770 385 0

Total vessels re

turned 90

Sales reported in fourth

annual report canceled

during fiscal year 1921

Sew steel G55C15

cargo 17 127 232 11518300

Seized German

Cargo 1 2000

Sailors 2 5847

44254 69381325

7847

2309

321 50

5380

Wood and barges 14 7 200 4200

Tugs steel 1 1 86 2

00

Total elimination

Iron fourth an

nual report 25 112 363 1850

300 

Total returned

and canceled 121 68610 8785 273

Sale not completed vessel never d livered 

Uncompleted wood ship hulls 

Dead 

weight Amo 

Same of hull ton of sal

nage

Guam 3750 4000

Caves 3850 6000

Caskets 3850 4000

Ashland 3750 6000

Cildersleeie 3850 1000

Iskmn 3850 4000

Bnsunga 3850 6000

Dassalan 3 i0 55000 

assaeus 3850 3500

0 

Orhom 3850 4000

Wacolum 3850 4000

Delmarie 3 830 4000

Wino

Yusla

pie 3

3850

50 6000

4000

lihtk 3 750 60 00

Doves 3750 0000 

Newburpori 37501 6000

lhnont 3500 t 

0

Ashford 3500 Ift 

Into 3 501 4000

Albee 3750 4000
66 FJF TH ANNUAL REPO

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68 FIFTH ANNUAL ItEPOR

REC

The Recruiting Service o

tion and engineering scho

Sea Service Bureau for pl

ships Until December 3

was abolished the Recrui

jurisdiction which trained 

Sea Training Bureau

The activities of this bra

the first few months of the f

December 31 1920 on acc

to the demand clue to many 

This branch of the serv

the period mentioned at Cam

Seattle Wash Five traini

tion with the camps One 

were trained for the unlicen

1920 The total number o

from the establishment of t

31 1920 was 34238

Navigation and Engineering S

There were at end of the 

schools for training officers 

cific coasts These schools 

average attendance of abo

Lakes and those at several 

supply of officers being equ

An advanced course in 

veloped in the navigation s

The course in the enginee

give advanced instructions 

to teach the operation rep

marine turbines also to te

fuel oil and other economi

The continuance of these 

to increasing the efficiency 

dollars through improved 

become very popular with t

in the men a desire for broa

There were graduated fr

total of 1300 men of which 

or have since received licen

gether with the grades of li

the establishment of the firs

was as follows
FIPTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Total number of graduates 

Total number of graduates licensed 

Masters 

First plates

Second mates 

Third mates

Total number of graduates licensed 

Chief eng ueers

hrst assistants 

Second assistants 

Third assistants 

Total number of graduates lic

The above figures show tha

the navigation and engineering 

Schools for Turbine Training

The Recruiting Service main

house and General Electric C

special course in the operatio

turbines for the training of lic

ing engines The instruction w

work lectures study of blue p

competent instructors so arra

six weeks course The numb

during the fiscal year was 289 

had been trained on this wor

A total of 26 engineers with 

rience were trained on electric 

the operation of internal co

training of men for the two 

because of a very limited dema

training can be resumed whene

Sea Service Bureau

This bureau maintained age

coast ports During the last 

United States ships a total of 

per cent were Americans Six 

during the year including tho

agencies were reopened on the 

continued to the middle of Jun

the coast ports during the na

The Sea Service Bureau plac

15 at which time the marine 

15029 officers and men The t

on American ships by the bur

359 20

The following table shows th

grade placed by each agency d
Ac

U

2

A rn 

Aip 2242 M

2

3NEw

4 2

hGU i u

jog

4

maSado

4282r

2

3

p1

No

real 8484 2 m d 

doN22 2 

U

I

0000

iee

ISB

2228 3 R

2848 m

nF 

Eg

ug CyN t c 223242

2

nr N 

N 2

E4

o

222 2 2

M 

ymmG

282 4 2 8

n

25

N

N

033

1P8 I

waN

Nutra 288 22

8

8

m 

282 R3 

ianO84

788E

u h

o ou4G F

o a mCTa

oO A yt

4

u WOalmm UUU

ICICWKi

mc ig

70 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Record

ofplacements

by

entire

bureau

for

fiscal

year

July

1

1920

to

June

SO

192
S a

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

H

citr
72 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

DIVISIO

The functions of the D

length in the last annual 

ended June 30 1921 were 

Carriers Contracts and Confe

Agreements between wat

the I3oard copies of memor

section 15 of the Shipping 

sion during the year Th

ments minutes of regular

oral working arrangements 

with a view of determining 

tory sections of the act an

therewith Copies of memo

ference papers were subm

number of contracts now o

affecting shipping operatio

ject of current revision wit

visions

Minutes of 230 steamsh

ence tariffs were received 

the light of the provisions o

therewith rectified prior to 

conferences 6 of which mee

the year making a total o

and other papers under se

conferences were divided int

function practically as ind

regularly and issuing their m

tive committee exercising on

North AtlanticWest Indies 

the Gulf Shipping Conferen

veston subcommittee of this 

tradegroup conferences w

vision of the Trans Pacific 

ward Conference which m

Bombay and Madras all o

sion

Examination of these co

contemplated practices on t

have constituted undue dis

Act Seasonable action pre

Formal Docket

During the year seven f

Division of Regulation purs
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

Five of these complaints were 

tuted by the Board of its own 

these proceedings was ex parte 

the reasonableness of blanket 

proposed by carriers subject t

on the Atlantic and Gulf coa

sult of this proceeding the Bo

to the Atlantic and Gruff lines 

Great Lakes carriers were aut

40 per cent and passenger fa

lines with the exception of tho

Zone and New York and the 

33 per cent was authorized 

rates were authorized between 

an increase of 20 per cent bet

intersectional traffic an incr

These increases were conside

sufficiently remunerative rate 

enable then to earn a reaso

property devoted to the pub

during the year involved the 

related articles between Bosto

ton and New York alleged d

to terminal deliveries at Phil

questions in respect of the rea

plied on shipments of steel sta

to Baltimore

Informal Docket

Sixty five complaints were 

informal docket by the divisio

Rules and Practice of the B

during the year ended June 3

factory to all parties were r

cases 16 complaints were stil

end of the year

These informal complaints 

ing out of controversies betw

transportation transactions 

departures by carriers from 

tion of articles of commerce 

ments offered erroneous ap

aggregated shipments equali

the propriety of tariff and b

carriers
74 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Although under the statut

carriers to comply with con

theless in practically every 

concerned willingly abided 

the controversy between the

Tariffs

During the year carriers 

required by section 18 of th

by the Board an increase of 

tariffs contained the rates ru

activities of carriers engage

section 1 of the act The in

clue first to the general inc

thorized by the Board in ex 

freight rates which affected 

several months Shippers 

ernment utilized the public t

nineteen interstate water ca

crease of 20 over those who 

tion 13 tariff agencies submit

Special Investigations and Rep

The division was called u

reports relative to matters 

vention of the Shipping Act 

were held before the Board 

the investigations by corres

regard to the former the div

and prepared reports and 

evidence adduced These in

the refusal by common carr

articles of commerce the citi

port freight and passengers 

States and its territories th

of an exclusive contract for 

tian cotton crop refusals b

lines to conference membersh

rebates on shipments betwe

to be applied between shipme

to foreign ports via Shipping 

General

The compilation of data ga

2 was continued and extend

this circular relative to the o
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

panes which have been circu

1921 is as follows

1 Water carriers whose services 

2 Intrastate water carriers opera

3 Water carriers operating in in

of the United States either r

Lakes 

4 Operators of towage lighterag

5 Water carriers engaged in inte

6 Water carriers engaged in fore

7 Water carriers subject to the 

Commission 

8 Water carriers operating on re

the high seas or Great Lakes 

9 Water carriers operating on re

United States subject to the j

10 Water carriers engaged in exc

11 Forwarders and other persons 

The number of carriers and 

tion of the Board is thus show

corresponding period ended Ju

INDUSTRIAL 

The division acted as a co

matters which affected the Bo

taining to the operation of ve

the work of loading and un

ments of disputes which have 

ing working agreements and 

between employer and employ

Marine Labor

During the year the marine 

by the absence of strikes unti

disputes arose as could be set

ance committees or in confer

bodies involved Events pro

committees which were set up 

Due to the laying up of a 

mally required to man the flee

worked in harmony with the 

and used its offices to bring t

out the agreements to which t

stability to labor on board sh

In August 1920 a new wo

officers for the Atlantic and G
76 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

the old 191920 wage scale 

room allowance set up grie

justment of disputes the a

Negotiations looking to sim

engineers and radio operato

which were refused by the p

agreements with these organ

and then to run only until 

which the Board became a 

ship owners and the employe

wages and working condition

1 1921 marine engineers 

cooks and stewards May 1 

Separate agreements were 

tional 30day revocation clau

all parties Following notic

the Pacificcoast agreements 

in a deadlock it was decide

the Eastcoast wage and wo

left both coasts in the posit

agreements for all marine 

from May 1 1921

Negotiations began early 

of a general marine confere

accept a 15 per cent wage re

change in economic conditio

of this conference a general 

ships which lasted until Jnne 

cent reduction and certain c

mulgated by the Shipping 

run until January 1 1922

Longshore Labor

On September 1 1920 th

up a peacetime National A

men announced that it wo

October 1 following when th

in the Atlantic and Gulf de

Adjustment Commission aw

ports of Boston New York 

running for 12 months to O

all the old working conditio

only changes being those n

port The ports of the So

all year without agreements 

strikes in some of these port
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

the ports covered by agreemen

and effectively by the grievan

agreements Longshore labor 

ciently than during 191020

Shipyard Labor

The most important chang

yard situation were the pass

Board which removed from t

for maintaining the scale of 

during the war period Red

made in practically all yards 

was attended by strikes in m

those in Philadelphia and Ne

ally however the workmen 

in view of the changed econom

No field force was maintain

for personal contact in strate

by the officers of the divisio

peace conditions following the 

presented difficulties and requ

The Board being the largest 

regulated labor rates and work

personnel As a result the n

for along shore and aboard 

obvious Independent action 

reacts in greater proportion e

scheme If concessions were 

produced dissension or distu

prevented largely through t

worked out from the standp

REPORT OF THE A

The department was organ

later supervising the conduc

carried on by commercial org

The initial activity in this 

survey for which the 13oard 

done by a very large group 

being less than 8000 Follo

paign in daily newspapers wa

was a general campaign explo

of the Board A separate sim

ducted through national ma

advertising was placed dire
78 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

trade papers and marine 

mately 66000

Passenger and freight ad

Shipping Board vessels was 

being approximately 6300

The department supervise

tising campaigns for the d

terial housing projects and 

and lubricating oils supplie

100 0

The department arranged 

a series of motion pictures 

proximately 31000

STATI

Table I gives a recapitula

the Board as of June 30 192

and deadweight tonnage 

1574 vessels of9358 421 dea

Table II gives a recapitu

by the Board as of June 30 

tions of June 30 1920 and J

vessels The total of all cla

1921 was 1792 vessels of 136

to 1574 vessels of 9358 421

June 30 1920

Table III shows the vesse

and controlled by the Boar

1740 of 11323 668 dead wei

German and Austrian vesse

Table IV gives the steel 

Board on June 30 1920 se

nage and speed The total w

weight tonnage of 8000 to 89

was a creditable number of s

Table V shows the number 

pean ports during the fisca

year were 5130 showing a 

months

Table VI gives the chang

chant marine 500 gross tons 

June 30 1920 and June 30 

2442 steam vessels of 102084

there were 2752 steam vess
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

the fiscal year ended June 30 

gross tons This shows an inc

TABLE IRecapitulation of ships 

as of 

TABLE IIRecapitulation of ships 

as of 

Steel cargo steamers

Steel refrigerator

steamers

Stool tank steamers

Concrete tank

Steel steamers passenger

steamers

Total

10000 dead

weight tons

and over

Nm weight Dead uber tons

62

47

24

707 431

4880 10309

316 461

134 1522 609

900D 

deadto

tomI 

1 

177 63

17 I 

1

195

10000 dead

weight tons

and over

9000 t

dead we

to

Nil ber weight Doad tons Number 

Steel cargo steamers

Steel refrigerator

steamers

Steeltanksteamers

a teal steamers

Steel transports

Total

518 790

3713 1000

177 244 12500

141

101

34

97 109007 152 40

Steel cargo steamers

Steel refrigerator

steamers

Steel tank steamers

Steel steamers

Steel transports

Wood cargo steamers

Composite oargo

Concrete steamers cargo

steamers

Tugs ocean going

Tugs harbor

Total

5000ea

Numbor

137

4

31

ens weight to 5999 4000 deadto

Num ber

t

we

weight Dead tons 

7109

2234

16530 5299

214

1

1

29

10

4

145 754 83 259 0

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

the fiscal year ended June 30 

gross tons This shows an inc

TABLE IRecapitulation of ships 

as of 

TABLE IIRecapitulation of ships 

as of 

Steel cargo steamers

Steel refrigerator

steamers

Stool tank steamers

Concrete tank

Steel steamers passenger

steamers

Total

10000 dead

weight tons

and over

Nm weight Dead uber tons

62

47

24

707 431

4880 10309

316 461

134 1522 609

900D 

deadto

tomI 

1 

177 63

17 I 

1

195
80 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

1ILRecapitulation of shi

as of Jun

Steel cargo steamers

Steel refrigerator

Steeltank steamerssteamers

Steel passenger

steamers

Steel colliers

Woodand composite

cargo steamers

Concrete Cargo

Concrete steamers tank 1

steamers

Steel cargo sailing

vessels Tugs ocean going

Tugs harbor

Total 159 1 838 38

50001o5 099 400

deadweight de

tons 

Dead 

weight Nom 

tons 

151 701 372 226 

4 2234

2 10810 3 

2 10972

Contract steel vessels

Requisition steel vessels

Wood and composite vessels

Concrete vessels

Purchased vessels

Seized German and Austrian vessels

1 xiermansalle

Total

229 

Contract steel vessels

Requisition steel vessels

concrete vessels

Purchased vessels

TABLE III Vessels atoned and c

as of June 9

Total 
73892 21 G
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Italy and the Adriatic Naples

Sea and PhiladelphiaMediterranean Black Sea Service
from 90 to 30 and all other erviees were reduced 1n about 50 per
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United Kingdom ports London Manchester Hull Bristol Liver
parts from other vessels or adopting alternative methods of repair
pppy ppppp

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

In addition to its duties in 

also completed all purchases 

the Shipping Board proper i

On October 1 1920 the Su

the Division of Constructio

gear in Europe On June 

tained in London Liverpo

Cardiff Copenhagen Stock

Bordeaux Brest Marseille 

Said Alexandria and Pon

were usually located at a 

rental A small quantity of 

used by vessels of the Boar

winches pumps anchors ca

supplies which from local 

London at the main wareho

able which could be shipped 

short notice By the instit

various ports serious delays 

The Iivision was called u

passenger ships arriving in 

and this work was accompl

the port stewards of the va

Assistant General Comptroller s

The fourth annual report 

the Repair Audit Section o

ment had been further deve

Early in the fiscal year 192

Department

was given careful

at that

attention

time con

in the London office 27 in 

office In addition repair 

tioned at Hull Cardiff Fal

Copenhagen Antwerp Dun

seille Gibraltar and Barce

tioned at Cardiff and Manc

The first step in the reo

survey the vol of work 

penditure in Europe and th

To this end the work of th

classes 1 Accounting 2 

penditures in connection wit

audit of general expenses in
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The audit sections estab

audit of all accounts corni

July 1 1920 most of the E

able by the Board directly o

audit or where local repair 

before payment There we

were not being paid by the 

tracting and paying of repa

controlled Even though t

repairs to vessels in Europea

cases of emergency repairs 

agents which could not be a

quently this responsibility 

zation

Concurrently with the reo

organization was remodeled 

objects in view 1 The 

Europe whether paid for b

placing of auditors at all of 

audit all classes of expendit

specializing on repairs and 

etc One of the problems 

auditing staff most of whom 

they were to be called upon 

The audit of complete port 

aging agents became effectiv

where offices were first organ

vessels arriving in ports in t

1920 It was extended to Be

on January 1 1921 to Germ

March 1 1921 to Italy and 

Turkey and the Black Sea a

These accounts were all pa

in funds by managing agents 

charges was based upon tarif

were available upon the cus

accruing at all ports was ba

charter parties etc

On June 30 1921 all acc

Board were completely aud

the exception of those for ves

the owners defaulted Thes

field

1

but the complete audit 

commun
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

During the fiscal year endin

and disbursed by the Europea

vouchers aggregating approxim

ing the comparatively short tim

counts was in effect there were 

sentatives in the field but paid 

accounts in which were includ

representing about 16000

Records show that the entire 

port accounts was approximate

tion the small savings on othe

from audit by the European 

325 000 per annum By far th

tion on the part of contracto

their accounts were subject to 

familiar with the conditions at 

would not be tolerated as charg

ADMINIST

Bunkering

The Bunkering Department 

operation of fueloil stations 

supply and delivery of bunker

and exercised a close supervisio

that the proper charges might 

ating vessels for Board accoun

Fuel Oil

The establishment abroad o

price of oil in Europe and 

purchases of oil abroad by th

the middle of April have been 

Coal Bunkers

It has never been the Boas 

depots in Europe as coal can 

market taking into considerati

and handle it at each station 

From December 1 1920 to J

coal shipped from the United S

owing to the prevailing high p

In an effort to increase shipm

operators of Board vessels ins

it was available for bunker in 

put in the United States as we

up in the United States in se

78892 217
98 FT1 T1 ANNUAL REPOR

ports as well as in many S

grades of coal are not obtain

The majority of the bunk

Europe was done at Dunkir

When the Bunkering Dep

a premium The prevailing 

per ton with a very limited 

with the exception of that tak

Tunis stations was obtain

pricefixing combination w

could not be purchased at a 

buyer entered into a 12 mon

Board was directed to the ex

were requested to reduce th

Board to operate successfu

trade at the rate being charg

duction met with no sympat

Board threatened to put in 

began to reduce their price 

per ton contracts being offe

time the oil market in the U

the I3oard tankers began to 

to the European stations to 

for the London office to obtai

An agreement was effected w

at Brixham Southampton a

obtained This was discharg

sels being permitted to take 

receiving barrel for barrel 

wastage

On January1921 when t

ment the Board had effected 

up to 11000 tons at Thames 

ton in January and in Mar

Up to the time of the last red

Board was able to ship oil fro

at a much lower price than t

the same time the Board was 

30 1921 the price was ap

quantities of oil were shipped 

in fact it became necessary 

Rotterdam and Flushing T

any fuel oil in northern Eu

United Kingdom and Irelan

purchased to enable the vesse

or the Azores where fuel sta
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

Legal Department

The Legal Department ad

common law matters The A

lision salvage charter par

and salvage cases when not 

were settled amicably with the 

case which it was deemed adv

over to reputable attorneys in 

arises In the United kingdo

with its English solicitors 

neys through the district di

district directors and port rep

ited lawyers were of great b

depends largely upon the pre

an accident This is more p

tice

Cargo claims personal in

Protection and Indemnity A

tion with the Traffic Sectio

association sEuropean repre

operated with them particula

vessels from arrest

Section 7 of the Suits in A

Congress provides for the g

consul for the release of Ship

countries This office endeav

ternational law that Govern

arrest in European jurisdic

difficulty in particular coun

consular stipulation was fina

in Stockholm in the Eastern 

pleaded in order to establis

stipulation in lien of a bank 

reflect upon the credit of the 

is then adjudicated in accor

countries While the consula

vious cases a stipulation giv

accepted

Disbursing Officer

The fiscal year ended June 

policy in connection with Euro

tion paid its accounts at the 

possible This was accomplis

ports which were maintained 

tries and it was found that th
100 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

count of the added prestige 

improvement in the credit of 

The extension of America

was of assistance in this conn

was obliged to finance many 

ators these transactions h

urgency of the situation and 

Central Records and Information 

The Central Records and I

August 20 1920 to replace t

tion of the Ships Movement 

the work of the bureau fell 

ments and General Informat

The firstnamed section wa

accurate records of the locatio

vessels actually at or due to a

the Special Commissioner an

to all concerned Routine 

weekly lists of arrivals and 

European ports triweekly 

ings of Shipping Board ves

ports for Europe triweekly 

from European for American 

The duties of the General 

ized than those of Ships Mov

Information Section was dire

lowing monthly reports Nu

ping Board steamers in Euro

Board steamers in European 

Shipping Board and foreign 

Communication Department

From the date of the esta

had not been an instance whe

of radio repairs or supplies 

were issued to all vessels in 

tion regarding location of rad

to operators compass finding 

handling of repairs and supp

Radio service in European 

efficient especially in the Bri

pared to cover the Navy ra

through a receiving station 

London This service will co

ington cables
P

UNITED STAT

EMERGENCY 

DIVISION OF CO

1I UNITED STATES SHIPPIN

PORATION DIVISION OF 

Introduction

As a foreword to a recital 

during the past 12 months it 

accomplishments There has 

vessels built during the emer

cost and quality of work it 

circumstances under which th

of the work was good No bet

formance of the ships now in 

The cost of shipbuilding d

to the great pressure under w

wages and the great amount 

shipbuilding was a minor ind

necessary to secure and train 

from 50000 to 385 000 Natu

turn out as good quality work 

were constructed at such a h

duced in a single month than 

war or almost double the av

country during 27 years prec

ditions some sacrifice in qual

As a result of the demand 

and delivered at the time of th

Not only was it necessary t

unprecedented speed but ma

taken such as proper housin

the supplying and shipment 

shipyards etc all of which w

After the first stage of th

struction for the war emerge

that of building up a wellba

marine Hasty construction 

possible to give greater atte

tracts for ships not actually 

marine were canceled The 

completion of modern com

provements in design and ma

that these vessels are able to 

in any foreign yard
104 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

The effect of the shipbui

clearly shown in the Unite

trade In 1914 commodities 

in American vessels repres

eign trade On June 30 1

per cent and the value of t

under United States regis

fiscal year ending June 30 

value of they imports and 

amounted to 3547 6 439 

our waterborne trade in 19

Resignations from the Bo

during the year in the mem

on June 30 1921 was comp

Lasker President T VOCo

berlain Edward C Plumm

Meyer Lissner all Commis

Board On July 1 1920 R 

struction and Repairs and w

wood United States Navy

Functions

The Division of Construc

tion acceptance and delive

ways and the repair maint

Shipping Board vessels inc

ing the war and related ac

Organization

Formerly the scope of th

Division of Construction em

ship construction including 

contracts plant protection 

plus materials national ser

mation planning and statist

cancellations claims transp

and steel wood concrete and 

termination of hostilities in 

for ships ended and gradua

tioned were transferred to s

trustees and all repair and 

charge of the Division of O

sion which was renamed the 

This section of the report th

remaining on June 30 1921 

1 Construction of ships 

2 Repair and maintenan
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

The organization of the div

units

Director soffice

General office

Construction Department

Technical Department

Repair Department

Field offices

The director soffice had gen

the division in the home and f

The general office furnished 

office including filing library 

stenographic and typing telep

and maintenance of the home o

The Construction Departme

struction inspection acceptanc

Corporation compiled and ma

tics and maritime records c

due to cancellation of ship c

changes and extras had su

maintenance of dry docks an

mendations for the sale of th

department exercised supervis

construction matters

The Technical Department 

nical matters connected with s

and maintenance and in engin

and proposals under the Merc

The Repair Department had 

maintenance and recondition

enemy tonnage conducted sur

aging agency agreements ha

with vessel damage claims and 

ations in other ship surveys 

over the field forces engaged in 

The district and field offices 

pair activities within their ge

Many administrative change

made possible a considerable s

sonnel during 1917 and 1918 

crease in the number of emplo

1921 It has been possible to d

of paramount importance dur

Starting with 21 employees 

its extensive ship building prog
106 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

sion gradually increased u

1918 with 8273 employees 

the field and home offices 

sary to supervise and insp

forming work for Governm

were engaged

With the ending of the 

were made and on Decemb

to 5053 with a total ann

1920 activities other than 

other jurisdiction which 

though some 300 employee

Division of Operations wer

tion and Repairs

On July 1 1920 the tota

salaries aggregating 3459

been decreased to 709 and 

reduction of 697 employee

salaries or 466 per cent

A summary comparison 

1920 and June 30 1921 by 

Jul 

Em 

ployees 

Homo office 567 

Field offices 839 

Total 1 404 

The distribution of emp

as follows

Director soflice

General office 1

Construct on Department 2

Repair Department 3

Technical Depart went

New England district

Delaware River district

Middle Atlantic district

South Atlantic district

Gulf district

Pacific district

Special yard Newark N J

Foreign other than European
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108 FIFTH ANNUAL REP

The personnel was distr

and 10 principal foreign p

in repair work in Europ

jurisdiction of the Specia

ping Board in London 

ports The division had 

and ports of the world

CONSTR

The activities of the Co

construction and 2 cons

These activities were carr

Yards and Docks Section

SH

During the fiscal year 2

were delivered by the Co

Construction and Repairs 

that delivered during the 

with which the construct

of the fiscal year there re

tract vessels totaling 2780

steel contract wood and 

the end of the fiscal year 1

the previous fiscal year

The number of ships a

fiscal year 1921 is shown a

Month

1920

November July August September October December

Total

1921

January

A considerable differenc

ships completed during th

to the rapidly diminishing 

ual ships delivered durin

averaged much greater than 
of the year With one exceptio

of the fiscal year were of 10000 

All districts excepting the De

Pacific and the yard in China c

work The following table sho

weight tonnage delivered by eac

1 No tonnage given on tugs

Last est 1

mated date

July 91121

July 301921

Aug 301921

Oct 15921

Oct 301921

Nov 251921

Mar 1922

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT UN

Builder

Contract steel

Number weight Dead tons

North Atlantic 11 72600

Delaware River 13 143 700

Agony yards 44 355 500

Middle Atlantic 21 215 500

Guff 23 182 400

Pacific 58 54450

Great Lakes 7 28350

Japan 5 36800

China 2 20000

Total 184

Baltimore Dry Dock Shipbuild

Bethlehem Co Alameda Shipbmld

Corporation

Moore Shipbuilding Co

New York Shipbuilding Corporati

Kianguan Dock Excavating Wo

Los Angeles Shipbuilding Dry D

Bethlehem Co Sparrows Point S

boildinf Corporation Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation 

1599 450 

Of the 204 shipyards former

the Corporation all but seven 

in China made their final deli

The yards with uncompleted 

together with the number of 

date of completion of the last ve

1 Yard suspended operations delivery date ind

A list of the steel shipyards 

for the Corporation together w

produced by each yard will be 

Part II
110 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

Comparing the dead we

of 1910 a remarkable con

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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

was primarily due to the activ

ration A marked change how

for the year ending June 30 1

decrease since the commencem

siderable number of contracts 

were not sufficient to overcome 

Corporation sbuilding program

Shipbuilding in U

Fiscal yea

1911123 19111914 15

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5110

1374

31005123368173

Since release from Governme

gaged in construction for priva

only for American interests but 

of shipyards however created p

suspended operations The cha

ing in the United States 18131

shipbuilding activities in the U

rapid strides that have been ma

the World War was almost a ne

of the Nation

The original ship construction 

requisitioned and contracts let 

3270 vessels of 18407 276 dead

not only the cargo vessels needed 

destroyed by submarines but e

tugs to troop transports

Upon the signing of the arm

construction passed and efforts 

wellbalanced merchant marine 

ering ships required as a war m

purposes and other vessels on 

progressed too far were suspen

ever a saving to the Governm

reduced the program by 958 s

leaving an active program of 23

tons a decrease of 258per cent 

The original construction prng

the remaining active program b

the following tabulation
112 IANNUAL REPOR

1813 1819 1

1829 

1830 1839 

1840 1849 

1850 1859 

1860 1869 

1870 1879 

1880 1889 

1890 1899 

1900 1909 

1910 1916 

1917 

1918 A V 

1919

1920

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LARGEST 

PREVIOUS 
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Class

Requisitioned steel Contract steel

Contract a ood

Contract composite

Contract concrete

Class

REQUISITIONED STEEL

Caro 1 Cargo released 3 

Cargo to contract I

Tanker 

Tanker released 

Retrigemtor 

Transport 

Collier 

Passenger and cargo 

Ore carrier released 

Tug Cargo Beocean

Tug harbor

CONTRACT WOOD

According Lo original design

No tonnage given on tugs

73892 218

Original an

Or

Nu

be

17

10

Total 327

A more detailed statement of 

cancellations and active progra

tion also by geographical loca

Accumulated program of ship cons

yards 

Or

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Cargo United States 1 3

Cargo Japan 

Cargo China 

Cargo United States Exper 

Tanker 1

Tanker Navy 

Transport 

Refrigerator 

Passenger and cargo 

Barge 

Tug ocean 1

Tug harbor 

5

1

1

Total 1 7

Subtotal 8

Total 4

Loss to contract 

Net total 4

CONTRACT 51881
114 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

4 0711nvlated program of skip 

yards J

CoNTRACT wuoucontinued

According to altered design

Tanker Finished hull

Sailing vosscl

Barge converted

Subtotal

Total

CONTRACT COMPOSITE

Cargo

Cargo Tnker

Total

Grand total

Section of country and class of construe

troll

ATLANTIC COAST

Requisition steel

Contract stool

Contract wood

Contract composite

Contract concrete

Total

GULF COAST

Requisition steel

Contract steel

Contract wood

Contract composite

Contract concrete

Total

PACIFIC COAST

Requisition steel

Contract steel

Contract wood

Contract concrete

Total

GREAT 01815

Requisition steel

Contract steel

Contract wood

Total

Class

CONTRACT CONCRETE

ENTIRE COUNTRY

Requisition stool

Contract steel

Contract wood

Contract composite

Contract concrete

Grand total

Accumulated program of skip 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

STATUS 

The program at the close o

2315 vessels of 13675 711 dead 

of the combination passengerc

as the contractor was not givin

in accordance with the terms of 

was canceled August 24 1920 th

ships of 13636 711 dead weigh

1921

The following tabulation sh

class of construction subdivide

of the size of the fleet as it wil

Active pro

Refrigerator Transpor Passenger Car Tanker and cargo Barges Tugs ocean

Tugs harbor Finished hulls

Bulls converted to barges

Hulls converted to sailers

Barges converted to schooners

Harbor tug

1 No tonnage given on tugs

Ships on ways

Ships outfitting

Ships delivered

Total 

The charts accompanying th

rapid expansion of the United S

for the most part after the Unite

clusive evidence of the resourcef

organizations of the country T

view of the fact that at the beg

poration sactivities there were 

shipyards which number was in

suit us of aet ire 

Total 
116 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Based upon the above ton

plete on June 30 1921 Of 

uncompleted it was estimat

one exception all would be d

The total performance of 

launchings and deliveries to 

given in the following tabl

Contract steel

Requisitioned steel

Composite

Concrete Wood

Total

Yea

The number of ships an

each fiscal year of the Cors

Deliverie

1917920 1918189201

Total

The keel of the first contr

and that of the first contrac

launchings for these two 

tively on November 24 19

liveries January 5 1918 an

summary of keels laid ship

month and year is given 
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The graphic chart accompan

layings launchings and delive

duction to the date of the arm

pension of contracts with a num

a period of several months T

which the question of cancella

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STEEL SHIP 

Requisitioned Steel Vessels

Of the 431 steel vessels und

United States on August 3 19

Government 13 were released 

22 were canceled and the status 

contract vessels leaving a total 

active program The completio

ton designed dead weight vesse

sitionedship program to a close 

marked a new development in t

the motive power installed on 

der 4cycle Diesel engines of 

4200 The William Penn was 

fitted with an installation of suc

The following tables show th

tonnage under construction for 

sitioned on August 3 1917 also 

program

Nationality of former o

Nationality 

American 

British 

French 

Norwegian 

Italian 

Danish 

Russian 

Japanese 

Total 
128 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

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Cargo released 

Cargo to contract 

Tanker 

Tanker released 

Refrigerator 

Transport 

Collier 

Passenger and cargo 

Oro carrier released 

Total 

Changed to contrac 

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Type

Cargo United States

Cargo Japan

Cargo China

Tankers Navy

Transports Refrigerator Passenger and cargo

Barge Tug ocean

Tug harbor

r N tonnage given on tugs

Requ

Contract Steel Vessels

The total performance b

in the following table

Co

Total 

PASSENGER 

Upon the cessation of ho

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With this object in view pla

in accommodations were made 

sels was authorized In the 

considered essential that space 

cient cargo to warrant profita

accommodations should be of 

possible comfort

Of the 23 ships of this type o

of 5L8 feet between perpendic

popularly known as the 535 

502 feet between perpendicula

The vessels of the larger dime

velop greater speed and have 

than the smaller vessels which 

dead weight tonnage is relativ

have twin screws and are fitted 

The 502foot vessels hare a

sengers and 118 officers and me

Of the hold space 52300 cub

cargo The propelling machin

expansion reciprocating engine 

of driving the vessels at a spee

nished by six Scotch boilers

With the exception of the 

type passenger ships have bee

delivery the lines to which t

desired to develop steerage pa

made to provide for 600 third

The 518foot vessels have ac

sengers 300 third class and 

7000 tons of cargo Of the ho

for cold storage freight Turb

power on these ships and a s

Steam is supplied by eight w

type passenger ships were del

Over 50 per cent of the vess

pean South American and O

year

A detailed statement showin

building motive power dimen

mated delivery dates etc appe

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STEE

Fuel oil has become a v

ships and in view of the sh

the steeltank steamer prog

portance as the majority o

tion are either oil or 

rapidly nearing completio

livered and the last of thes

month of August 1921

The following figures sh

by class of construction

Requisitioned steel

Contract steel

Active ste

Of the vessels delivered 

were oil burning 29 per ce

ing and the remaining 31 p

or coal burning Of the ves

were to be equipped as oil b

as oil or coal burners No 

struction

Agency Yards Fabricated Sh

American International 

PaThe first keel was la

1918 and the last on Dec

laying every five and a ha

31 ships of 238 500 dead w

type Bor troop transpo

to the Army and one type 

the Navy for conversion to 

The original program pr

vessels and 70 troop transp

but 58 of the troop transpo

gram of 110 cargo vessels 

was completed on January 
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pended The work performed 

follows

Ships launched

Ships delivered

Ships launched

Ships delivered

Original program Cancellations

Active program

Merchant Shipbuilding Cor

was laid at the Bristol yard of t

and the last on June 26 1920 

the construction of 60 cargo s

which 20 were canceled redu

360 00 dead weight tons Th

made on February 28 1921 

year was as follows

Submarine Boat Corporati

structed at this yard were con

the American International Sh

Shipbuilding Corporation ya

5075 tons per ship All work 

fiscal year ending June 30 192

20 1917 and the last on Novem

livered on June 11 1920

The original program at thes

number of ships delivered is sh

Contrary to expectations on 

fabricated ship has convincin

Reports show that these vessels 
132 17BT 1 ANNUAL REPOR

in operation The success 

dence of the ingenuity and 

fession of the llnitetl State

A particularly noteworth

11118 the simplicity with w

whether of a minor nature 

the standardization of the 

fectively shown in the case 

a submerged mine on Dec

coast of I1olland The ves

The after section was salv

narily what retrained of th

junk but it was decided to 

to complete repairs and r

ship was again placed in o

WOOD S

The Emergency Fleet 

launched at a time when t

cally tied up with foreign 

to the class of construction 

ing the emergency This 

part of the early activities o

time required for the comp

considerably longer than o

in obtaining workmen skille

construction As a result 

poration found itself with 

stages of completion and w

had not been started Imm

sible either to abandon the 

as barges or as hulls only 

hest advantage possible

The original wood ship p

sels of various types Of 

leaving 589 vessels to be co

stances justified The wo

pleted 011 January 18 19

turned over to the Emerge

COMPOSIT

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ships which class of con

structural steel for strength

however proved costly to 

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canceled leaving an active prog

63000 deadweight tons All sh

CONCRETE SH

The adoption of the concrete s

was due to the pressure for tonn

at best only in the experimenta

as a war emergency

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The concrete ship program o

302 00 deadweight tons of wh

canceled leaving a balance on 

73500 deadweight All of these 

S S illof tt on April 12 1921 

construction

Detailed information pertinen

of the Corporation will be found 

YARDS A

Shipyard Plants

The work of the Yards and Do

partment was formerly conducte

The construction of shipyard p

this work only the settlement o

matters in dispute The balance 

struction of dry docks marine r

inspection of the dry docks and 

poration was financially interes

operation of these by companies 

whom loans had been made towa

ters connected with such constru

Dry Docks and Marine Railways

The uncancelled contracts for d

railways cover construction of th

Kind 

Floating dry doek 

Graving as 

Marine railways 

Total 

Data in relation to the above 

of the Appendix
134 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

Floating Dry Docks

The status of the contra

a Completed and in o

Alabama Dry Dock Shipb

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor

Galveston Dry Dock Cons

Jabacke Dry Dock Constr

Terry Brittain Savannah 

Bruce Dry Dock Co Pensa

New York Harbor Dry Dock 

Perth Amboy Dry Dock Co 

b Construction in pr

Under construction by the 

The 6000ton steel dry dock 

completed Construction was 

months was badly hampered 

dock is composed were launc

June 7 1921

Floating dry docks bei

At the time of the last an

pontoons from which 8 dry 

awarded for the construction 

tract Con No

2341

Con

Atlantic Gulf Pacific Co

Vm 11 Gahagan Inc

Kingston shipbuilding Corpora

Narragansett Slnpbuilding C

Kingston Shipbuilding Corpora

1 Atlantic Gulf if Pacific 

was begun September 15 191

New York Harbor Dry Dock 

Five more were really for de

tion Two were delivered to 

Two remained to form part 

pontoons were completed

2 110a H Galutgaiie Inc 

begun October 23 1919 The 

delivered to the Staten Islan

3 Kingston Shipbuilding 

pontoon was begun July 11 

delivered to the Perth Ambo

the Lord Dry Dock Corpora

4 Narragansett Shipbuildi

was begun on September 18 

under this contract was 85 p

5 Kingston Shipbuilding 

pontoon was begun on Dece

struction under this contrac
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Of the eight dry docks which w

contracts two were completed and 

delivered at the end of the fiscal y

about one month and one was read

e Construction suspended 

MerrillStevens Shipbuilding Co 

dock which had been taken over 

Stevens Shipbuilding Go and cons

Graving Docks

Norfolk Navy Yard 2

Two graving docks 465 feet long 

struction Co at this yard Thes

When the docks including the dre

were turned over to the United S

in operation A contract was aw

at the entrance to these dry docks 

Marine Railways

The status of the 13 marine 

a Complete and in operat

Henderson Shipbuilding Co Mo

Crowninshield Shipbuilding Co 

Beaumont Shipbuilding Dry D

Cumberland Shipbuilding Co Po

Tampa Dock Co Tampa Fla

Federal Marine Railway Savann

Barnes Tibbitts Alameda Ca

American Dredging Co Camden 

Lord Dry Dock Corporation Pro

Southern Shipyard Corporation 

b Construction suspended

MerrillStevens Shipbuilding Co 

rine railway which had been taken 

was sold to the Merrill Stevens S

suspended

Puget Sound Marine Railway C

material required for this marine 

Fleet Corporation and stored at the 

undertaken and these materials h

Division for disposal at the reques

who have agreed to reimburse the 

Dry Dock Sales Contracts

Five of the eight dry docks 

Corporation were sold The c

of a lease in which the lessee a

lated period an amount equal 

to construct the dry dock but n

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interest date from the day 

raised When this amount 

receive title to the dry dock

The sales were as follows

Lessee

12 New York Harbor Dry Dock Corpo

New York

13 Perth Amboy Dry Dock Co Perth A

N J

16 Staten sland Shipbuilding Co Mariner

borq Staten Island 17 Now York Harbor Dry Dock Corpo

New York

18 Lord Dry Dock Corporation Weeha

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1 Ready for delivery 

It was hoped to place the 

Boston Philadelphia and 

mendation of the Harbor Fa

Table X Part II of the 

which the Fleet Corporatio

having been certified to the 

as surplus property or other 

To obtain the most efficie

that the maximum length o

the vessel be kept in the be

end the Repair Department 

the maintenance of the vess

had supervision over altera

duties and the reconditionin

The home office of the Rep

City throughout the year th

per cent of the country ssh

Local offices are also establis

New England district

Boston district office

Halifax Nova Scotia

Portland Me

Providence It I

North Atlantic district

New York City district 

Delaware River district

Philadelphiadistrict offi

Middle Atlantic district

Baltimoredistrict office
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

South Atlantic district

Norfolkdistrict office

Charleston S C

Savannah Ga

Jacksonville Fla

Gulf district

New Orleansdistrict offic

Mobile Ala

Galveston Tex

Pacific district

San Franciscodistrict offi

Seattle Wash

Portland Oreg

San Pedro Calif

Foreign agencies other than un

Hongkong China

Bermuda

Havana Cuba

Manila P I

Balboa C Z

Tampico Mexico

Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Buenos Aires Argentina

Kobe Japan

During the fiscal year the 

United States Shipping Board 

no sales were made while mo

delivered This therefore in

of the Repair Department

To carry on the work of 

services of 275 employees incl

tors clerical forces etc Th

were in the home office of the R

remainder 127 were distribu

in the United States and 10 fo

shows the disposition of thes

1921

Boston 

Halifax 

Portland Me 

Providence 

New York 

Philadelphia 

Baltimore 

Norfolk 

Charleston S C 

Savannah 

Jacksonville 

New Orleans 

Mobile 

Galveston 

San Francisco 
140 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

REDUCTIO

One of the most importan

was the reduction of the co

vealed that the cost of ship 

much greater than in the yard

bill is one of the major items 

if American vessels are to be 

with vessels of other nation

level nearer to that paid by A

During the year it was pos

in repair costs The cost of 

about500 0 per month 

number of vessels for the fisc

month and was being mater

The reduction in the cost o

ing steps taken by the Emerg

a Adoption of policy of 

b Development of comp

c Reduction in commer

d Education of crews t

e Elimination of extr

f Development of estim

Policy of No Alterations

It was found that a large 

was spent on alterations to 

erators and officers of the ve

ment as expressed in the M

its vessels to private parties 

business judgment and in v

had cost a considerable sum 

to spend additional money to 

defined policy the Board a

prohibiting all alterations 

In carrying out the repair 

as follows

a Tune and material c

clal and which was used wh

acter more or less indefinite 

repairs when defects in turb

under the circumstances e

Effort was made to distrib

properly equipped and loca
PIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

b Lumpsun contra

conditions generally as the 

price for the work was made 

Most of the extras of item

the first contract was awarde

c Formal contractsThe

were prepared and competit

Competitive Bids

The practice of letting rep

adopted during the latter par

developed and expanded duri

responsible for some of the s

old practice of letting out r

known as a timeandmateria

ticable and at the end of the 

was being clone 011 the basis o

Reduction in Commercial Rate 

About December 1 1920 a 

City to reduce the rates charg

the heavy expenditures had i

work other than that done on 

On December 21 1920 a c

more prominent operators a

rates charged at that time w

during the emergency period 

operators and the insurance co

its effort to reduce these exce

A conference was held on 

of the principal repair yards 

cooperation requested Officia

contractors to reduce their ex

that the rates in New York w

other ports of the United Sta

than rates for similar work d

countries

This conference resulted in 

of New York reducing their 

effective January 15 1921 wh

per cent below previous rates 

made a still further reduction 

of their workmen later and 

were secured
142 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

On June 1 1921 practicall

Harbor reduced their charge

Work Performed by Crew

One of the principal cause

that little work was done by 

cipal foreign competitors mu

as possible left for the repa

press upon the operators and 

great importance of requirin

possible of the repair work

Inclusion of All Items of Repa

Another cause of the hig

crews and some operators to 

instance so that they could b

competitive bids These ite

the award was made and th

performing this extra work 

been had the items been inclu

practice was eliminated as f

Estimating

During the year considera

ment of estimating It was 

work did not necessarily me

sequently throughout the va

detailed for estimating duty 

work an estimate was made 

submitted In this manner 

of the cost and if the low bi

again requested or other ar

EXPENDIT

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were distributed among the 
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UNITED STAT

On account of the increas

the new managing agency a

to assign supervisory contro

the Emergency Fleet Corpo

was executed with the Unite

Bureau undertook to carry o

steel vessels only after July 

To conduct all condition 

To check all requisitions 

pairs not exceeding 10000 i

amount under instructions f

To maintain a record of r

To render such other ser

designing as might be direc

Compensation for these 

survey varying with the size 

per year

This bureau was utilized 

items of repair work as reco

tors and to check the reason

performed but the terms of 

all work after completion an

pleted and that the quality o

The bureau did not orga

after July 1 1920 and was 

called for by its contract un

Effective July 1 1920 a c

subscribers of the American 

damage and loss surveys an

that this contract provided 

tion surveys that had alrea

States Bureau of Survey 

such a condition existing th

the contract the United Sta

the Board desired to withdr

with the bureau srepresenta

would be effective March 3

over all repairs on Board ve

managing agents or chartere

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SHIPPING BOARD ACTIVITIES 

The following statements co

Shipping Board vessels which 

ports of 1145146 cargo tons 

a total of 1967142 cargo to

The traffic in Shipping Board 

following table

1920

July

September October November December

1921

January February March April MayJune Total

Imp

Percent 

age of 

total 

1093 

1094 

1087 

981 

1106 

812 

876 

756 

511 

429 

310 

In this connection it is noted 

tons of the imports consisted o

Exports were forwarded fro

at 36 ports Twenty five of th

1925391 cargo tons exports 

cargo tons of the entire tonna

these 25 ports arranged in ord

through each in Shipping Bo

of exports and imports as well 

handled through each port are 

New York

Baltimore Philadelphia

New Orleans

Norfolk Boston Galveston

San Portland Francisco Oreg

Newport News Va

Los Savannah Charleston MobileAngeles

Total

Rola

1 P

tive Cargo tons agce

rank to

1 507615

2 2312 003

3 1989 961

4 1981 675

5 1316 691

6 901 559

7 871 622

8 599 344

9 498 452

10 466

11 339 292

12 329 256

13 317 9994 2

8170
168 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

Total

liela tive Cargo ton

rank 

Fall River Mass

Wilmington Del

Plymouth Mass

Total

Bellingham Wash 

San Luis Calif

Everett Wash

Fernandina Fla 

Gulfport Miss 

Beaumont Tex 

Sabine Tex 

Orange Tex 

Newport R I

Grays Harbor Wash 

Eureka Calif 

Anacortes Wash 

Cleveland Ohio 

Seattle

Port Arthur

15 275 453 

Baton Rouge

16 275 002 

17 223 519 

Fall River 

18 220 532 

Jacksonville

Portland Me 19 207 802 

20 201 305 

Perth Amboy 21 

Pensacola 22

386 261 

100 957 

Houston 

Newark 75 711 

25 6476 

Total 1 19252 799 

Thirteen ports handled e

cargo tons over 13 per ce

warded The following tab

tonnage and percentage of 

ping Board vessels

Total

Three ports handled imp

cargo tons 29 per cent Ship

following table shows these 

percentage of imports han

vessels

Eight ports handled more 

moved Included in that nu
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

exports and imports as show

noted that of the six leading 

lantic District and two in the 

in imports four are in the No

District and one in the Pacific 

Impor

New York

Baltimore Philadelphia

New Orleans

Norfolk Boston Galveston San Francisco

Total

Rela rank tive

20112456

Cargo ton

2825 01 

7789

9882

7340

4711

7087

1794

3105

656169 

In this connection it will 

achieved their place among 

ports and that Boston spositi

The North Atlantic Distri

north had more than double 

total of6891 732 cargo tons 

ports and even with the exc

nearly 33 per cent251 524

remaining ports Baltimore 

cargo tons Philadelphia 10062

cargo tons Boston 193 685 c

Chester 25339 cargo tons P

5174 cargo tons and Newar

cent 4640 208 cargo tons o

total of any other district

5

In imports the North Atla

936 210 cargo tons New 

cargo tons of the district 

983 832 cargo tons Baltim

tons Boston with 12 per ce

4 per cent 220 532 cargo to

460 cargo tons and Portlan

follow in the order named 

were received at Newark N 

47117 cargo tons Wilmingt

501 cargo tons Newport 

mouth Mass 1669 cargo to

This district handled ove

the total export and import 
170 FIFTH ANNUAI REPOR

The South Atlantic Distr

to Miami handled less than 

export tonnage Of the di

cent 176 969 cargo tons 

tons and Charleston 23 pe

less than 50000 cargo tons w

nandina 15400 cargo tons a

In imports the South Atl

per cent 435 222 cargo ton

imports Charleston received 

vannah 35 per cent 152 287 

per cent 59219 cargo tons 

426 cargo tons and Brunswic

at Fernandina and Miami

This district handled less 

the total export and import c

The Gulf District includ

warded 22 per cent2565 748 

Of the district exports New 

270 cargo tons Galveston 2

9 per cent 238 950 cargo to

029 cargo tons Exports of 

warded from Pensacola 81601 

Baton Rouge 41576 cargo to

11500 cargo tons Beaumont 

tons Sabine 7167 cargo tons 

1061 cargo tons

1

In imports the Gulf Divisi

368 201 cargo tons of the 

New Orleans received 53 per 

14 per cent 186 943 cargo ton

tons and Port Arthur 12 pe

of less than 100 0 tons were 

Pensacola 19356 cargo tons 

500 cargo tons Tampa 3550 

tons No imports arrived at 

Port Arkansas and Freeport

This district handled 20 per 

export and import tonnage

The Pacific District includi

13 per cent 1448 995 cargo t

the district exports Portland 

tons San Francisco 20 per c

18 per cent 263 837 cargo to

cargo tons Exports of less t

by Tacoma 78325 cargo tons B

28854 cargo tons Everett 25
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tons Port Townsend 11665 

cargo tons Grays Harbor423

and Anacortes 386 cargo ton

In imports the Pacific Divis

480 863 cargo tons of the t

ports San Francisco received 

Angeles 16 per cent 75455 

5769 cargo tons Other r

Port Angeles 2590 cargo to

Astoria 540 cargo tons and 

arrived at Aberdeen Anacort

Harbor and San Luis This district handled 10 pe

exports and imports Cleveland Ohio handled e

this being the only foreign tr

from a Great Lakes port

Exports were forwarded to 

returned imports It is note

cargo tons of the entire com

sels was with 10 trade region

per cent 10917 754 cargo to

cent 7859 231 cargo tons o

The following table contai

ment by Shipping Board v

various trade regions in tot

region in exports and in im

centages of total business 

region

Total 

Mexico Atlantic Europe

United Kingdom

West Indies

East coast South

Orient Americo

Mediterranean

West coast South

India Middle AmericaAmerica Baltic Europe

Australia West Africa

Atlantic Canada

Dutch East Indies

Black Sea

Pacific Canada

East and South Africa

Arctic Russia

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rank

1 4713 

2 4386 81 

3 2881306 

4 1833 084 

5 1707 472 

6 1371 868 

7 1281023 

8 506 28 

9 249 321 

10 248518 

11 226 88 

12 205 67 

13 155 561 

14 I 115 773 

15 71077 

16 5494 

17 42323 

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mq ow oC aYnoc w u

a V 3G rlgCi PA 

a4099U4u m 

Coact 145W4r dA AS

16ggidO

0F

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

73892 2112
178 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

As of particular interest 

during the year of 96084 52

tons was carried by Ame

Board and 315 per cent ind

The following table sho

other American carriers to 

States during the fiscal yea

Imports Exports

United States In

Shipping Board

Per

Cargo tons tent

total

8226 49 223

11 15146 193

American

Car

157

16

Total 19071 642 205 3

29

Imports Exports

Total 

United Kingdom Trade

At the close of the fisca

Kingdom trade 133 Shipp

dead weight tons an increa

tons over June 30 1920 

home ports as follows No

Philadelphia and New Orlea

5 Savannah and Mobile 4 

2 each and Jacksonville 1

Thirtyeight of these vess

21 to London 17 to Glasgo

10 to Bristol 6 to each Dub

During the fiscal year im

from the United Kingdom 

of212 008 cargo tons wer

stituted 1G per cent and 21 

and export trade with the U

The following table sho

vessels and cargoes in this t
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Shipping Board vessels in United 

ports of origin and d

Liverpool I Plymouth 

ATLANTIC

Now York 2

Norfolk 15

Baltimore 7

Philadelphia

Boston 1

Savannah

Charleston 6C2

4

OULF

Pensacola Mobile 1

New Orleans 1

Galveston 5

Grand total 38

ATLANTIC

Nov York

Norfolk Baltimore Philadelphia

Charleston Boston 8 C

Savannah Jacksonville

INumber

Number

weight Dead tons

Dea

Num 

weig

ter tons 

14128 15665 11 99720

58780 2 14820

21761 1097667

489066 649719 

32279 1 13 111 55 

Glasgow I Belf

36

Dead INum 

weight ter 

tons 

17395 2

29001 49 392 2

J 613

3069

Pensacola New MobileOrleans 3 21182 

Galveston

PACIFIC

Portland Oreg 1 10615 2 

Grand total 17 141 797 6 

Comparison of U died Kingdom 

Liverpool 29 

Plvmoni Is 1 

Manchester 17 

London 11 

Hull 9 

Bristol 1 

Glasgow 15 

Belfast 1 

Dublin 4 

Cork 1 

Total 92 I 

Net increase 41 vessels 411 536 dead weight t

192

Port 

bet w

cr 
180 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Mediterranean Trade

There were assigned to th

56 vessels of 435 92 dead w

lows Norfolk and Baltimo

and Galveston 7 each New 

Savannah 2 each and Cha

Fourteen of these vessels ar

ice and the others to speci

Barcelona 7 to Leghorn 5 

tar and Trieste and 1 each 

Venice and Salonica

During the fiscal year im

from the Mediterranean in 

130770 cargo tons were f

tuted 21 per cent and 13 p

and export trade of the un

The following table shows 

this trade

Imports Exports

Total

Shipping Board reslel is ledrte

of Origin and d

ATLANTIC

Norfolk Baltimore Philadelphia Charleston Savannah GULF

Tampa New Orleans

Galveston

PACIFIC

Gibraltar Valencia B

P e a a 

a z 

2 15027

San Francisco

Portland Seattle

Grand total 215027 11

8756

8756
New TampaOrleans

Galveston

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Shipping Board vessels in Mediterra

of origin and destination 

ATLANTIC

New York

Norfolk Baltimore Philadelphia Charleston SavannahGULF

PACIFIC

San Francisco

Seattle Portland

Port

z

Savona Venice 

1

Total

5273

Grand total 1 9 559 1 5 273 

Num D

ber w

Gibraltar 10 

Malaga 1 

Trieste Barcelona Savona Venicealencia Marseille Leghorn Naples Plermo Genoa 1 Piraeus Salonica

Mediterranean service

Net decrease 27 vessels 213 560 deade eight t

192

Comparison of Jlcditerranear t

12 

13 1

19 19

5 

6 

1 

5 

1 

1 

7 

83 64
182 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Trade with the Orient

On June 30 1921 there w

sels of 54419 dead weight 

New York and Seattle 13 ea

Baltimore 6 Philadelphia 

five of these vessels are ass

and 5 to aroundthe world 

to Ilawaii 2 to Manila and 

During the fiscal year im

from the Orient in Shippin

cargo tons were forwarded 

cent and 28 per cent resp

trade with the Orient

The following table show

and cargoes in the Orient 

Exports Imports

Total 

Shipping Bo erd vessels it orie

origin and de

ATLANTIC

Now York

Philadelphia Norfolk Isaltimor

r CIVIC

Portland Oreg

Seatian rcomrrancisco

Grand total

1 Included in Orient unspecified oy

Eons IIo L

1

17611 L 1

182 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Trade with the Orient

On June 30 1921 there w

sels of 54419 dead weight 

New York and Seattle 13 ea

Baltimore 6 Philadelphia 

five of these vessels are ass

and 5 to aroundthe world 

to Ilawaii 2 to Manila and 

During the fiscal year im

from the Orient in Shippin

cargo tons were forwarded 

cent and 28 per cent resp

trade with the Orient

The following table show

and cargoes in the Orient 

Exports Imports

Total 

Shipping Bo erd vessels it orie

origin and de

ATLANTIC

Now York

Philadelphia Norfolk Isaltimor

r CIVIC

Portland Oreg

Seatian rcomrrancisco

Grand total

1 Included in Orient unspecified oy
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Comparson of oriental trad

Port

Shand ai Manila Lobe Orient okoh lmnunspecified Iiaw i

Amend world

Dairen

19

Num 

ber 

10 

6 

4 

2 

96 

IO 

Total 129 1

Net decrease 71 vessels 622 11 dra 1 1 eight 

Latin Ameriean Trade

At the close of the fiscal y

American trade 50 vessels of 

signments are all on South Am

allocation having been discon

in service were assigned as fol

San Francisco 7 Savannah M

Philadelphia Baltimore Nor

of these vessels were allocated 

the remainder distributed am

Buenos Aires 24 Para and I

buco Rio Janeiro Bahia and 

During the fiscal year impor

Latin America in Shipping B

cargo tons were forwarded to 

25 per cent and 22 per cent 

export trade with Latin Ameri

The following table shows d

sels and cargoes in this trade

Imports 

Exports 

Total 
184 m ANNUAL ORT 

Shipping

Board

vessels

in

South

American

service

arranged

by

districts

and

ports

of

origin

and

destination

as

of

lune

80

1921

South

America

a

eg

w

East

coastunspecified poa sao 

2

isOIus3

41

Rio

Janeiro suo

p

sea peed 

mewed oonq

i

Ele

zA

ognemelea pima suo 

f

o0pine

aopE

tas

Buenos

Aires 

giErri 

g 

184 m ANNUAL ORT 

Shipping

Board

vessels

in

South

American

service

arranged

by

districts

and

ports

of

origin

and

destination

as

of

lune

80

1921

South

America
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

0

F

0

nCoG

v

ig N rrr
186 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

Cora par ison of South and Centra

Port

Buenos Airs

Paramaribo Montevideo

Paraenambuco

Rio Santos Bhia East Coast unspecified

Antofagasta 23

Callao 2

Iquique 4

Valparaiso 2

West Coast unspecified

Net decrease 19 vessels 107 544 dead weig

CEN

Cartagena 5 

Colon 1 

Puerto Barrios 1 

Total 7 

Contract steel vessels

Requisition steel vessels

Wood and composite ves

Concrete sels vessels

Seized German and Aus

trian vessels

Purchased vessels

ExGerman sailers

Total

a

z

148 229

28810

A

a

Nut 

bet 

8108 513

1 546 596

1066 6492783

41 359 885 

22 175 845847 

74011 323 668 

711 

4 

4 

3 

13 

2 

Total 97 

Net decrease 59 vessels 387 612 dead weig

Total 31 

Total 

Net decrease 7 vessels 2740 dead weight 

Vessels owned and controlled b

June 30 19
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

TRAFF

At the close of the fiscal ye

over the following fleet

On June 30 1921 611 of t

erating from all principal po

trade routes

The primary functions of 

visory control over all traff

freight and passenger liner s

cargoes allocation of vessels 

vessels supervision over the 

justment of cargo claims and 

The Traffic Department e

tions known as Trade Rate

Section

The Trades Rates and C

employment of vessels adju

insurance and establishment 

Section had supervision over 

both general and bulk carg

During the past year th

world s exports and imports 

move and the foreign flag l

vessels not only of the terr

but those to and from which 

cargo services

A careful investigation wa

ing for American ships a la

Exporters and importers we

specific recommendations wh

factory situations

DEVELOPME

A review of the developme

was presented in the fourth a

study and to carry out the p

Marine Act the following n

the fiscal year

West Africa to Continenta

Montreal to Antwerp Ro

Montreal to NorwegianDa

AntwerpRotterdam Hamb

AntwerpRotterdamHamb

The BalticScandinavian 

The route between ports o

ParanaguaBrazil to Rive
188 FIFTH ANNUAI REPORT 

The route from West Afric

ports was established to stren

from the United States to We

were fearful of giving Shipp

their cargoes lest the foreig

between Africa and Europe a

not give the shippers protec

any time had used Shipping 

States In other words the 

lished in order that Shipping 

age of shippers on the route to 

The two routes from Mont

the same routes from Boston 

centage of cargo during the 

treal rather than through the 

The routes from Antwerp 

the Mediterranean and the B

Mediterranean were establish

Board vessels in economica

before had been served only 

The coasting routes betwe

and the South American por

established with the same obje

was somewhat handicapped b

The South American coastw

placed at the end of the pre

manner as to make it an eco

On June 30 1921 the Bo

routes of these 14 were be

between United States and fo

both of which were foreign 

tained These routes extende

and were divided as follows

Between United States ports

Between United States and foreig

From North Atlantic 

From South Atlantic 

From Gulf 

From Pacific coast 

Between foreign ports 

The 17 foreign routes were 

frigerator West Indies and 

Far East to Europe general 

dom general In addition to 

ices Two of these services 

3500 dead weight tons cover
SHIPPING

BOARD

TONNAGE

DEPTS

IN

EUROPEAN

FOOD

RELIEF

PERCENTAGE

TRADE

AUG

SE

1

1

0

t i

EE I NOV

DEC

1r

i

I

1

I

I

JAN

FEB I a MAR IAPR

MAY

1i 111 r

cr

1

t

JUNE

0 cn

O

aO 31

8 cc

ocii

o

cii

o cn

PER CENT

o

c
ppg gg g
3535
French MediterraneanNorth African AdriaticBlack Sea
settled without reference to the home office of the association in New
up the unsuitable vessels and replacing them with steamers better

73802 21 13
e Control of supercargoes
y py qy y 
Colombo Sydney Australia Pago Pago Samoa Durban and a

station for the west coast of Africa probably St Vincent
at the end of the fiscal year from 25 to 30 supercargoes who were
bells during foggy weather


pppg

for Government account
Net amount earned available for fixed charges 20 090 649 52
by the Board Valid claims for demurrage for which payment was

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

Considerable progress wa

accounts of vessels requisit

These consisted of four cl

seized Dutch and substitute 

There remained on June 

tered during the war 60 pe

for settlement

Settlements were made as 

Foreign charteredFive 

in favor of owners and one 

favor of the Board

Substitute tonnageFive 

in favor of the owners a

4770 87in favor of the Bo

Seized DutchSeventeen 

in

b

favor of the owners

eguisitioi ed vesselsT

32632 95in favor of the ow

of 74480 85in favor of the 

vessels as the only basis fo

were never taken

Reviewing Section

The Reviewing Section w

the General Comptroller w

tractual relations of the B

voyage time and bareboat 

and redelivery certificates a

financial adjustments Sup

ing of the new agency agree

1920 as well as subsequent 

There remained in the se

tered vessel on July 1 1920 

New York on February 25 

Outstanding matters betw

vessels requisitioned during 

were to a large extent prac

as disputed dates of deliver

During the year 7 steel 

weight tons 3 mine sweeper

5 wooden steamers of appr

chartered on bareboat basi

chartered on time basis

Investigation of speed of 

vessels were incapable of m
206 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

ers with a resulting credit t

Representations of owners o

verified

Dead weights claimed by 

tioned vessels were checked 

dead weight tons resulting 

Operations Sales Section

This section as liaison betw

partments of the Division 

delivery to purchasers of all v

ure of a great many purchas

tated the Division of Operatio

different ports of the world 

Ship Sales Division and Law 

Board sinterests as well as 

expeditious manner

In view of the decrease 

made for the reduction of the 

against operators defaulting 

basis of determining the siz

weight tonnage instead of t

schedule was accordingly ado

Up to 50000 deadweight tons bo

From 50000 to 150 00 dead weigh

From 150 00 to 250 00 dead weig

Over 250 00 dead weight tons bo

Close contact was maintaine

aging agency agreement and 

pretations made of the variou

Board and considerable atten

view of closing out all past un

A schedule covering fees a

new agency was adopted by t

purpose of definitely determ

have to pay to foreign agent

in foreign and dependency p

CENTRAL RECORDS 

During the fiscal year there 

Operations a system of compr

commerce of the United Stat

all vessel movements in and o

trade together with names of 

and similar details regarding 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

of which they consisted Ves

tons and cargo and commod

These methods were adopted 

interests than ratings by gro

goes Cargo statements base

veys and comparisons of shi

cable in statements based on 

values

It is believed that the cont

the promulgation of the im

will be of great value to the 

American merchant marine

DEPARTMENT O

On September 1 1920 the 

created as a unit of the New Y

for the purpose of supervisi

port for pier accommodations 

ping Board operators in the 

modations

Through agreement with S

piers and through negotiation

erties the aggregate and av

Board vessels were materiall

ing vessels on the active l

various dates indicates the i

Date

Oct 4 1920

Nov 11 1920

Jan 17 1921

June 22 1921

June 25 1921

June 28 1921

The current figures show a

clay as against the charges p

vessels on the active list t

at the rate of approximately

in the activities of Shipping 

creased

The manager of piers and 

tion of the district director 

the operation of Government
208 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

ping Board by the War D

Hoboken exGerman line p

ping Board under the prov

modified by Executive orde

1920 and Pier 3 Army ba

over to the Shipping Board 

Pier 2 Hoboken was leas

15000 per month and was 

company for the accommoda

to it

Pier 3 was operated by t

commodation of Shipping 

service The pier was carrie

the rental and other expens

sels on the basis of actual co

Pier 3 Army base was o

for the accommodation of ve

themselves control piers C

the vessel and while these 

prevailing in the port the p

2

250 00 or a return of 10 p

500 0 When the cost o

tions of vessels which will 

the direct value of this pier 

per year
PA

UNITED STATE

EMERGENCY F

MISCELLAN

CONSTRUCT

DIVISION OF TRANSPORTA

DIVISION OF 

REPORT OF GE

REPORT OF 

73892 2114 

IV UNITED STATES S

FLEET CORPORATION 

This section of the report 

tion Claims Board the Divi

Operations Division of Supp

eral Comptroller and Treasu

reported directly to the Pre

period covered by this report

CONSTRUCT

The Construction Claims 

to succeed the General Canc

The function of the latter bo

review whereas the Construc

tion over the negotiation and 

The board continued to act 

chinery established for the in

was placed directly under its 

line of authority the Constru

the jurisdiction of the Presid

tion

Six district adjusters were a

and duties of the former Di

tracts Board as well as th

Cancellations Section of the 

the district adjusters jurisdic

the suspension and cancellatio

of the Emergency Fleet Corp

tors The district adjusters 

Claims Board for the progr

respective districts

On November 18 1920 the p

to settle and adjust claims w

confined to the examination o

of trustees of the Emergen

fact and recommendations fo

As created February 1 192

sisted of a chairman and tw

quently increased to four mem

On July 7 1920 the Requi

and the functions and record
212 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

to the Construction Claims 

mittee was also abolished 

the settlement of wage cla

the Construction Claims 

Wage Reimbursement Com

tion Claims Board retained 

reimbursement claims

A detailed statement of 

Nature of claims

A Prime ship contractors

B Emergency Fleet Corporat on purch

tracts and subcontractors

C Miscellaneous

Total

Mann

With cost

Without cost

Reinstated Disallowed

Total 

Under this classification 

represent claims that were 

and subsequently withdraw

investigation by the office 

possess any basis for a clai

sent those which the office 

effect a settlement with th

contractor Any settlement 

the withdrawal or annulme

or reinstating the canceled 

prior to cancellation Suc

the completion of an orde

economical than its cancella

covered by the order could 

tion for replacement purpo

DIVISION OF TRANSPOR

The Division of Transp

supervision over the trans

which were acquired pursua

and empower the United S

Corporation to purchase le
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

to sell or otherwise dispose of i

buildings and for other purpo

which the Congress appropriat

000 for transportation faci

approved July 1 1918 The activities of the division 

supervisory management of su

and the approval of all expend

ing projects as well as the p

rentals Appraisals were ma

negotiations conducted in an ef

projects

At the beginning of the yea

the following projects

Harriman Toconsite Bri stoIPTh

22 dormitories 278 apartments 18 

1 heating plant and other miscellan

Chestership Hotel Chester PaO

Essington Dormitories Essingto

power house and owned the five h

held mortgages and which it acquire

Groton Park Real Estate Co C

houses remodeled 4 dormitories 1 c

house

Fairview Realty Co Camden N 

nine houses 59 apartments 13 sto

laneous buildings

Chester Emergency Housing Cor

Two hundred and seventyeight h

house 1 old mansion house

Federal Home Building Co Lora

houses 1 old house remodeled 8 a

Wyandotte Home Co Wyando

house remodeled

During the fiscal year the 

housing projects on which it h

the capital stock of the follow

South Jacksonville Realty Corpo

and fiftyeight houses 2 stores

Liberty Land Co Wilmington D

ments 5 stores Since construction was completed 

By Housing Division

Elmwood Philadelphia Pa 

St Helena Md

Dundalk Md houses 

Manitowoc Wis including 

ceived to apply on cost 

improvements 

Port Jefferson N Y 
214 FILTH ANNUAL REPORT 

By Supply and Sales Division

Jacksonville Fla 

Hog Island dormitories 

The percentage of occupancy 

division as at the end of the fisca

Houses

Apartments

Stores

Total percentage of occupa

In accordance with the term

agreements amounts as follo

and public utility companies 

over varying periods within 1

Municipalities

Wilmington 

Camden 

Lorain 

Bath 

Portsmouth 

Chester 

Manitowoc 

Wyandotte 

South Jacksonville 

Groton borough 

Groton town 

Warwick County Va 

Philadelphia 

Public utility companies

Wilmington 

Gloucester 

Camden 

Lorain 

St Helena 

Dundalk 

Hilton 

Portsmouth 

Chester Sun 

Chester Buckman 

Manitowoc 

South Philadelphia 

Soul Jacksonville 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT UN

General Summary of all Housing P

PROJECTS OF WHICH THE EMERGENCY F

COM

Fairview Camden N J One thous

59 apartments 13 stores 1 hotel 1 gym

Buckman Village Chester PaTw

apartments 5 stores 1 boarding house 

Lorain Ohio Tw hundred and 

modeled 8 apartments 8 stores

Union Park Gardens Wilmington 

apartments 5 stores

Fletcher Park South Jacksonville 

2 stores

Wyandotte MichSeventy eight n

Groton ConnNinetytwo new hou

1 cafeteria 1 store 3 boarding house

PROJECTS WHERE THERE IS NO REALTY 

COR

Harriman Bristol PaThree hun

tories 278 apartments 18 stores 1 

plant and other miscellaneous buildi

Essington Dormitories Essington 

power house

Chestership Hotel Chester PaOn

PROJECTS ON WHIC

Hilton Village Newport News Va

6 stores

Atlantic Heights Portsmouth N 

houses 2 old houses remodeled 9 do

Washington Avenue Apartments 

thirty apartments 8 stores

Sun Village and Sun Hill Chester 

apartments 20 stores

Bath MeOne hundred and nine 

Broolclawn Gloucester N JFou

1 apartment assembly hall fire hous

South Philadelphia Houses Essin

Vancouver WashTwenty cottag

Newburgh N YOne hundred a

stores

Clyde CalitOne hundred and th

Transportation

When the construction incid

program was onehalf or more c

20000

8

appropriated was 

000 was returned to the 

Of the 12000 which rem

1920 that9662 85 55 would 

amounts as might be recovered 
216 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

This figure did not con

cars and certain electrica

were sold during the Last fis

for 55000 cash of all of 

tract with the Duluth Stree

As a result it may be state

held title at the end of th

4

equipment for which it p

06600 was for street cars 

8981 000 not less than 540 

ments with 19 different pub

Practically all of the pass

railway utility companies an

all utilities of this class wer

ditions were believed to be i

having contracts would mee

Details of housing contrac

Appendix Part IV

DIVISION O

The activities of the Div

fiscal year were The determ

purchased and contracted fo

because of the contraction of 

sion or by the Division of O

on the fleet in operation the 

and plant construction mate

of the division the purchase 

with vesselconstruction con

to furnish the inventory an

poration and the inventory 

had an investment interest 

determined as surplus or sa

chasing of the Corporation e

ing agents under their agreem

sion exercised supervisory c

of office materials and suppl

the operation of the board s

of stocks thereat

The organization was as fo

Inventory and Appraisal Section

Purchasing Department

Fuel Section

Ship Supplies Section

Traffic Section
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

Inventory and Appraisal SectContin

Liquidating Department

Material Section

Sales Section

Stores Department

District offices

Eastern district with head

Northeastern district with 

Western district with hea

Southern district with hea

In addition to the above th

tained for purchasing and stor

more Savannah and Norfolk

Appraisals

Prior to April 1921 all ap

under the supervisory contro

appraisals in the home office 

ized valuations of all classes 

to the Board located either 

tion complete appraisal repo

ing projects scattered throug

tion equipment was partially 

were suspended or canceled

On April 1 1921 these a

the home office and the follow

1 For accounting purpos

original cost of the materia

and used as a figure at whi

would be charged on the boo

property or material

2 A valuation board w

electrical and civil engineers 

function was to furnish to t

to be used in connection with 

sion firsthand information o

of relying on appraisals poss

Mortgage propositionsIn 

was assigned the investigatio

by the Corporation to contrac

status of this mortgage inves

of the fiscal year

Northeastern district 30 p

Southern district complete

Eastern district complete

Western district not starte
218 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

Inventories

Plant and propertyDuri

the Merchants Shipbuilding 

York Shipbuilding Corporat

International Shipbuilding C

were among the largest plan

which the Corporation had an 

Sales

During the fiscal year tota

decided slump in the market 

ruary 1 1921 and it became a

market few sales would be m

termined to centralize materia

shape for sale as soon as marke

In March 1921 sales by pr

discontinued and the policy a

the home office after proposals 

tisements

Warehouses

All material from outlying p

houses at accessible points whe

for sale or reissue The follo

on June 30 1921 maintained fo

Wilson Point Conn St John

Alameda Calif Tacoma 

New Orleans La Corliss 

Purchasing

The present Purchasing Dep

1920 affecting a consolidation 

and Sales Division with those o

of Operations

The direct purchases handl

approximately 50000 per 

of supervision exercised over 

was being constantly increased 

tract system and by cooperati

procurement of supplies from 

porations stocks and those of G

To insure the obtaining of fo

department added a small num

of the principal ports

There were in operation at 

bunkering stations at 15 fore

stations at foreign ports
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Domestic requirements of fu

cent by existing contracts the 

for fuel oil at Norfolk with 

authorized

At all important domestic po

Philadelphia the Board dispe

private companies for its accou

much lower cost

During the year the departm

chase of bunker coal by manag

ports and required approval by 

orders

REPORT OF THE G

The report of the General C

date of the inception of the Sh

the result of a compilation o

Comptroller sbooks at June 30 

A few remarks relating to s

rated in the Appendix Part IV 

General Cash and Cash Funds Ex

304 54 Schedule 1

Of this item 11928 379 46

activities leaving 22118 925 03

all units of the organization

Accounts Receivable Exhibit A It

Of this item 54342 753 59

sales of vessels This item un

to pay from resources other th

the same basis as a ship This 

be a very considerable shrink

items Maturities of contracts 

a period ranging from 1 to 13 

The amount due from fore

which the larger part is owed 

hoped that during the fiscal 

whereby these accounts will be 

The amount due from depa

ment is1831372 42of whic

Administration and Navy Dep

being more or less extinct the 

is remote There are also incl

owed by relief organizations

The larger part of the balanc

132 363 440 91will be collect
220 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

of claims against the Unite

Fleet Corporation

With the foregoing in m

realized from accounts rec

negligible in comparison w

Furthermore certain restric

placed on the monies receive

the cash realization which w

Notes Receivable Exhibit A Ite

The larger part of this i

notes receivable secured as 

similar condition exists in c

referred to in accounts rece

can not be of any greater 

such indebtedness is amply 

pay from resources other than 

will necessarily be considerab

range over a period of from 1 

The greater part of the b

from shipbuilders

In view of the foregoing t

notes during the fiscal year 

the total amount of item 3

Advances Exhibit A Item 4 

Of this item 19086552

ship contractors That is to 

ments on contracts for constr

530 121 21in advances made t

have gone into the hands of re

Very little in the way of ca

Investments Exhibit A Item 5 

The larger part of this item 

as a result of expenditures on 

and shipconstruction contrac

of housing projects sold

The balance of this item co

4

amounting to 1550 00 an

484 658 21of which the larg

from the Republic of Poland

Materials Supplies Ships Sold 

Schedule 5

A large part of this item r

tion with vessel construction 

which have been set on surplus 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

sold Otherwise this item rep

noted that this is book and 

value

Purchases Construction and R

Available

Schedule 6

and in Process 

This item represents expen

tributed to vessels which are a

process of construction The

or operation which does not i

constructed Such surplus hu

24 vessels in the process of co

At the present time financ

possibility of making an esti

acceptable At such time as 

together with other matters r

to place values on vessels can 

Plants Property and Equipmen

ings Furniture and Fixtures 

and Launches Exhibit A Item 

Generally this item repres

assets though in some cas

thereon Thus the item as 

and not in all cases physical 

Construction of Improvements 

tion Facilities Exhibit A Item 

This item is about equally 

tion with the construction o

and transportation facilities 

than physical inventory valu

Current Liabilities Items 10 11 

This item represents ackno

Shipping Board Emergency 

lating to the construction pr

ing to many millions of do

reason that their presentatio

to their final settlement amo

Some of the amounts show

medium of settlement of a

Board Emergency Fleet Co

as unclaimed wages depos

certain extent represent cus

status as to the disposition 
222 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

and until such time as said 

of the organization

Capital Liabilities Items 15 

This represents mortgage

Shipping Board Emergenc

ties

Appropriations Item 17 3159

This item represents tota

sional appropriations and 

Reserves Item 18 101254

This item consists of boo

sent no actual values or in

preciation maintenance in

larger part of these reserves 

insurance which relate to 

charges thereto That is to 

izations they would represe

no confusion resulting ther

of

Generally

the consolidated

the amount

balance

of r

reserve existed the Net o

activities from inception to 

far as there are elements of t

say the net outcome item w

reserve elements

Net Outcome of All Transactio

June 30 1921 Item 19 31

Keeping in mind the tho

serves see item 18 and ap

outcome would then amount 

The details of this net ou

in Exhibit BAppendix

For the fiscal year ended 

amounted to 513 366 1399 

for the fiscal year ended June 

It is to be noted that the in

sult of transactions occurrin

1921 for the reason that ma

ords during the fiscal year 1

other fiscal years

General

Briefly the General Coms

fined during the year to obta
FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

to the end that as far as pos

the books including those 

agents In this work there 

difficulties because of the la

actions cover Reorganizatio

necessary reductions in pers

the work have always been 

With the great volume of 

activities trained personnel 

of the life of the Corporati

able and will probably cont

to do particular work requ

been in the ordinary comme

Auditors were sent to the 

of clarifying the accounts of 

contractual relations were 

United States Shipping Bo

is likewise true in the case 

aging agents for the opera

States Shipping Board E

counts of the construction u

It should be readily underst

program does not necessari

therefor Thus after the 

there will still be many matt

During the fiscal year a

managing agents which ten

cedure Separate books of 

such managing agents an

United States Shipping Bo

installation of these separat

ests of the Corporation b

agents were found to be 

properly start this procedur

poration assist the managin

Reconciliation of manag

activity which it was found 

that the Fleet Corporation 

controlling account balance 

the managing agents would 

pleting this reconciliation i

accomplished before final 

agents

During the past year the 

the larger part of it was d
224 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

agent This procedure brou

Moreover it tended toward 

agents and the United States 

poration

One of the greatest single 

ress made in the general offi

Emergency Fleet Corporatio

recorded in the books Ano

organization during the ye

mates of the different units 

used in connection with cong

mates were used in the prepa

Bureau of The Budget as we

budget statement and semim

Another accomplishment w

a thorough check of all docu

ance policies has been mad

Complete audits of operating 

nies were completed The 

gency Fleet Corporation has 

seven realty companies and 

ods were installed in those c

to have financial and accoun

installed in realty companies 

Corporation but in which an 

REPORT O

The activities of the Tres

year consisted in the main 

items on the Corporation sbo

obtaining reports reflecting 

cash outgo These resulte

way that the sources of reve

are developed to reflect the 

point rather than the reflecti

ing feature With the grea

this connection the results o

sired however as a result of 

future reports may be had c

outgo in such detailed for

practice

Reorganization and consolid

a reduction in personnel cons

work received the maximum 

the activities of the Construc
many of the field disbursing of

with those of the Division of 

creasee in the efficiency of the 

sound being the result

The trend of cash outgo o

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

Unit

United States Shipping Board Coast ruction Division

Operating Division

Recruiting Service

Transportation and Housing

1 ed act

Excess of cash inco

1 Aitcul1

2 June 1921 

Total 

Includes collection of War Departme

priations

2

2Includes

Includes

amounting

collection

357 672 185 82

to

of

105 46730

War

receipts

Departmen

from 

priations 105 46730and War De

total of 3263 900 22177 derived from so

A monthly comparison of ex

come excluding recoveries fr

average per month is shown be

1 Milted States Shipping Board Em

a1 Excess of cash outgo over c

1 Division of Construction

a July 1920 

0 September 1020 

e October 1920 

I November 1920 

e December 1920 

0 January 1921 

v February 1921 

0 March 1921 

1 April 1021 

1 May 1921 

k

Total excess o

come 

4 Tonal excess 

outgo 

n Net 1 otal excess of 

come Constructio

2 Division of Operations

a July 1020 

0 August 1920 

o September 1920 

73892 2115
226 FIFTI fANNUAL REPOR

1 United States Shipping Board 

a Excess of cash outgo 

2 Division of Operal in

4 October 1920 

e November 192

f December 192

g January 1921 

h February 102

March 1021 

7 April 1921 

k May 1921 

l June 1921 

n Total ex

incom

3 Recruiting Service

a July 1920 

0 August 1920 

e September 192

4 October 1920 

e November 192

f December 19

g January 1921 

k February 192

i March 1921 

j April 1921 

k May 1921 

June 1921 

ni Tottl e

incom

4 Total excess of cash 

Excess Dductof cash income 

1 Division of Transp

ing

a July 1020 

b August 19

0 September 19

4 October 1920 

e November 1

f December 19

p January 1921 

k Febntary 19

i March 1921 

j April 1921 

k May 1921 

t June 1921 

nt Total 

outg

Hou

c Net excess of cash ou
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

2 United States Shipping Board

a F6xcess of cash income ove

1 July 1920 

2 August 1920 

3 September 1920 

4 October 1920 

5 November 1920 

6 December 1920 

7 Februnr 1921 

8 March 1021 

9 April 1921 

10

Deduct

Total excess of c

Excess of cash outgo over 

January 1921 

2 May 1921 

3 Juno 1921 

4

Total excess of c

c Net excess of cash income 

3 Total net excess of cash outgo 

4 Monthly average of net cash ou

a United States Shipping 

gency Floet Corporatio

1 Division of Constructio

2 Division of Operations 

3 Recruiting Service 

4 Total 

Deduct

5 Division or Transporta

ing 

6 Net cash mu go lNto

Emergency Fleet Cor

Deduct

5 Net cash income United S

c Total net cash onlgo mont

Remarks relative to the Ca

116 46 30 19 Appendix P

pertinent This suns includes 

agents as at the close of the fi

mately j20 000 whereas on 

annual report the moneys in th

included in the cash balance

A

I UNITED STAT

TABLE I a Names and compens

Shipping Board 

year ending June 

that date 

b Names and compens

Shipping Board in 

II UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOA

VISION OF CONST

TABLE I Steel shipyards which h

II Ships delivered by dist

III Ships delivered by Stat

IV Cancellations of ship co

V Cancellations of ship co

VI Active program by clas

VII Active program by type 

VIII Active steel ship const

dead weight tonnag

IX Marine railway and dry

X Shipyards in which ma

Fleet Corporation bas 

jurisdiction of the Div

III UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOA

VISION 

TABLE I Managers Indor opera

number and dead weig

II Shipping lines showing 

of United States ports 

IV UNITED STrAIES SHIPPING BO

MISCELLA

TABLE I Contracts entered into b

viding streetray 

employees 

If Dormitories and cafeteri

Corporation 

III Details of housing cold ra

IV Schedule of housing proj

number of men house

V Security held by Emerge

sums expended on acc

portation facilities 
230 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

TAULE VI Loans made by the Em

panies in Milleetion 

VII List of municipalities 

connection with hous

poration with their 

VIII Statement of total net 

ing developments up 

EXHIBIT A United States Shippi

Board Emergency F

sheet as at tune 3

13 United States Shippi

Board Emergency F

to sh net outcom

tivities from incept

Section I Rev

Section II Expe

SCHEDULE 1 United States S

ping Board Em

of general cash 

2 United States S

ping BoardPm

of accounts rec

2A United States S

ping Board Em

of notes receiva

3 United States S

ping Board 

ment of adva

4 United States S

ping Board E

ment of inves

5 United States S

ping Board Em

of materials 

30 1921 

6 United States S

ping Board Em

of purchases 

penditures of 

as at June 30 

7 United States S

ping Board Em

of plants pro

real estate an

as at June 30 

8 United States S

ping Board Em

of construction 

on housing p

at June 30 1
FIFTH ANNUAI REPORT 

Exrrrsir BContinued 

Scrri oin ii 9 United States Sh

ping Board Em

of appropriatio

ances thereof 

amount receive

as of June 30 1

10 United States Sh

ping Board Em

of reserves as a

EYHIn1T C United States Strippin

Board Emergency F

tion of unexpended 

gency shipping fund 

1920 and as at Tuu

I United States Shippi

Board Emergency F

receipts and disburs

cations and allotme

1920 ending June 30 

SCHEDULE 1 United States Sh

ping Board Em

statement of c

July 1 1920 e

2 United States Sh

ping Board Em

statement of ca

ning July 1 19
232

Name

Alexander W R

BarnesAbert

Barrett Loretta B

Bath Nellie D

Beck John A

Bourke Joseph A

Breckenridge Maurice

Brooks John T

Brown Percy

Carter Joseph

Castonguay Walter 13

Coe Mildred J

Conger Frederic

Cook John 8

Cooper Mrs R W

Davis Mrs Mary F

Diggs David E

Donald John A

Drewonald M Dutch Charles F

Ellis Thomas A

Foller Ruth N

Pitch William It

Cohan 1 Winston

Gibson Leon S

Gillen Marlin J

Godfrey Thomas

Goff iuy I

Goldberg Morris

Graham William II

Gray Charles 13

Crum James

Green William

Hadley Mabel h

Harris Lillian

Hay Malcolm

Rimer Mrs Iizzie

Homilfer Thomas C

Irons Ahbie S

Jarvis Margaret

Johnson Sarah

Jones Mrs Jennie 3

Latshaw Mary

Lane I9erman

Lawson Edward C

Lightfoot Frederick

MoIienney Walter

Mackey George

Magruder Calvert

Massey Jerry C

Mays Albert M

Mechem Allen E

Monty Willis F

Morrill Roy H

Nottingham W W

Penton Fred 13

Peddinghaus Helen K

Randolph Floyd G

Reused Harry W

Roberts Sadie

Robison Serena

Ryland Constance M

Schwartz Morris S

Scott Geta

Shanahan Bernice

Shank Rhea C

Shaw George P

Skelly James C

PART IUNITE

TABLE I aNantes and com

Shipping Board in service fo

1921 who have resigned prior 

D

Laborer Rorie

Stenograp

Senior typ

Assistant c

Elevator o

Senior Clerk Laborer do cler

Senior 1 rpt

Elevator Attorney o

Chief telen

Charwmnm

Elevator o

CommfssimStenograph

Gen lat so

Laborer Stenograph

AElevator ttonmy o

Senior oler

Special sp

Watchman General co

Senior Clerk LaborerMork

Laborer Eleval or o

Senior I v p

Telephone 

Chief clerk

Secretary Charwoman Messenger Stenographto 

Charwoma

Assistant Attorney Clerk Typist Examiner Watchman Laborer doto comc

Laborer Senior typis

Elevator op

Assistant c

Confidentia

Charwoman

Clerk Tariff clerk

StenographeLaborer

Clerk Assistant ex

Stenograph
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

TABLE I uNantes and compe

Shipping Board in service for 

1921 who have resigned prior 

Name Des

Steptoe Clarence C

Taft Edward 6

Thompson Sallie 8

Toliver Edward

Toliver Randolph

Walker Claire

Ware Lena M

Wasney Mrs Ada I

Wentworth Merchant

Wheeler Mrs Essle

Wilkins Mrs Marian

Wood Erskine

Woodson Clifton

TABLE I bNantes and comp

Shipping Board 

Name

Elevator ope

Watchman Stenographer

Laborer do

Stenographer Charwoman

Senior typist

Messenger Telephone Matron op

Admiralty co

Elevator ope

De

Amend Adolph Senior clerk

Arthur C 0 Examiner

13eiloir Richard FL jr 1 Special assis

Baird Mrs Emma 8 Clerk

Darker Wallace Senior stenog

Darnel Edward J Assistant cle

Bean lairs Lelia R Stenographe

Bennett Alfred 11 jr Mimeograph 

Benson V 3 Commissione

Blackman Elsie 31 Senior typist

Boyd Hobert L Laborer

Bretzer Jlaria n It Senior stenog

Bretzer Valentine 1 Chief files d

Branton Jasper Y General solic

Brooks Robert I Laborer

Brown Ruth Library assi

Browne Edith Senior typist

Burdine Adeba J Clerk

Caine Robert F Clen k to com

Callaghan nno Stenographe

Carragher Mabel J Clerk

Carter Benjamin laborer

Carter Walter F Watehmmn

Chamberlain George F Commissione

Chapman Mrs Lettie 13 Clerk

Cissell Katherine A Senior typis

Cissna Robert A 1 Fileclerk

Cook tarry F 1 Typewriter r

Cross airs Nauna C Senior steno

Cross Sydney C Senior clerk

Carry Blanche 31 Stenographe

Davis Albert D Cabinetmake

Davis Laura 31 Stenographe

Dawson 11rs Maude S Clerk

Dean Robert A Special expe

Deckleman Thomas II Chiaf file cle

De Neale Eleanor C Stenographe

Dew Ernest M Senior clerk

Dowden George F File clerk

Eskridge Daniel W Head porter

Fantroy Henry Laborer

Flaherty John 3 Secretary

Flanner Caroline Durand Senior clerk

Flinn Frederick 11 do

Fowler M L Purchasing 

Geilinger F Chic of divis

Hallman Vance Vjr Tariff clerk

Hancock Ednv Stenographe

Hawke iblla Al Librarian

Hill Marion Clerk

Hippie Nettie 3 Senior stenog

Hollingsworth Josephine 13 Assistant lib
234 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

TABLE I II Nauz ps and com

Skipping Board in se

1fopkins Edgar

Howell Charles 1I

Hunt Corral 11

Hyman Gertrude

llyzer Edward M

Jackson James

James 1 Pierson

Johnson Darold S

Kelly Janes D G

Kerwin Walter 3

Ling Olive V

Kremer Carl P

Lasko Albeit D

LeBUlfe Leon A

Le Fevre Robert

l

Levey Norman A

issner Meyer

Little Bonnie 1

Lovejoy Annie DeS

Lyons Hubert

McIntosh Samuel W

McQueen Sarah T

Mallleoto Bessie C

Manghmn Henry N

Mails lulius

Metiuot James 17

Maxwell Lloyd W

Nienhon John

Noll

O

ltnlh C

Connell

O

Charles

Connor

O

T V

Connor William M

John Callan

Otterbaek George F

Penn Lottie

Pfeiffer William C

Pierce Maurice J

Plummer Edward C

Quinn Fred A

Ranek Lee F

Randall William

Reekerl John G

Rhoderiek Joseph II

Roberts Lloyd 11

Rogers Elmer E

Sehlager Paula J

Schlesinger Elmer

Sharpton James 11

Sheets Mrs Bessie

Simonds Ruth Al

Skidmolo E J

Smothers Robert 1

Snider Glen R

Spahn Mane C

Spencer Gail

Swain Christine

Talbott M Berneiee

Thompson Frederick 1

Triplett Gertrude B

Trudgtan Landon W

Underwood Francis T

Van Dyke Susan N

Verdi Joseph J jr

Von Tonne Emma

Wagner Lillian

Wagner Mrs May

Walker Eva A

Webster Mrs Alma L

Weist William D jr

Wells George F

Wilkerson Wanner L

Winquist Rayrnond V

Wolfe Bertha E

Woods William W

Woodward Virginia E

1 Per month

Name D

Accountant Laborer

SAttorney enior typis

Special coun

1Assistant orter se

Senior typis

Clerk Senor Examiner typis

Chairman Clerk Examiner Assistant pu

CommissionMessenger

Library ass

Clerk Messenger to com

Senor clerk

Clerkommerce a

Chief Laborer draftsm

Special expe

Director he

StenographePrinting cle

Commissione

Clerk to com

Special expe

Senior 84atehman typis

Chieftoclerk

Commission

Senior clerk

Clerk Senior Laborer do clerk

Examiner Stenographe

General coun

Senior stenog

Senior typist

AppointmenStenographe

Assistant cle

Admiralty c

Senior typist

Stenographe

Senior stenog

Typist

CommissioneTelephone op

Secretary to 

Clerk to com

Clerk

Typewriter m

Stenographe

Senior do typist

Library assis

Senior typist

Clerk Assistant cou

Watchman Examiner Senior typist

Assistant dis

Typist
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

PART IIDIVISION OP C

TABLE 1 Steel shipyards

gency Fleet

which

Co

h

Builder and location

Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co

Seattle Wady

TampaShipbuilding Engineering Co

Tampa Fla

Staten Isand Shipbuilding Co Port

Richmond N Y

Albino Engineering Machin Works

Inc Portland Orog

American Shipbuilding Co Buffalo

American N Y Shipbuilding Co Superior

American Wig Shipbuilding Co leveland

Downey Ohio Shipbuilding Co Richmond

Bore N Y

Skiner Eddy yard No 1 Seattle

Whitney Wash Bros Superior Wis

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation

Qmney Mass

Skinner Eddy yard No 2 Seattle

Seattle Wash Co Seattle NoblethornWashPacific Shipbuilding Texas Steamship Co Bath Me

Columbia River Shipbuilding Corpora

tion Portland reg

Federal Great Lakes Shipbuilding EngineeringloWorks or Ecorse y N J

Ames MichShipbuilding Dry Deck Co

Seattle Wash

Great Lakes Engineering NI Wks Ash

tabula Ohio

Shipbuilding Co Chester Fa

American Shipbuilding Co Lorain

American Ohio Shipbuilding Co Detroit

Northwest Mich Engineering Works Green

Bay Wis

American Shipbuilding Co Chicago 111

Johnson Iron Works Ltd New Or

leans La

McDougall Duluth Co Duluth Minn

J F Duthie Co Seattle Wash

Morrill Steens Shipbuilding Corpora

tion Jacksonville Fla

Submarine Boat Corporation Newark

Toledo NJ Slupbmldmg Co Toledo Ohio

Standard Shipbuilding Corporation

Shooters Island N Y

Globe Shipbuilding Co Superior Wis

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation

Elizabethport N J

Alabama Dry Dock Shipbuilding Co

Mobile Ala

Todd Dry nook Construction Corpo

ration Tacoma Wash

Pusey Junes Co Wilmington Del Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co Manito

woc Wis

G M Standifer Construction Wash Corpora

tion Vancouver Wash

Requ

b7k 

2 

6 

4 

4 

8 

9 

7 

14 

13 

13 

4 

21 

13 

10 

16 

13 

12 

a 

9 

12 

1 

10 

13 

4 

3 

1 No tonnage given on tugs

2 Ten of these vessels totaling 75000 dead we

by the Emergency Fleet Corporation with the 
236 FIFTH ANNUAL REPO

TABLE 1Steel shipyards whic

pencil Fleet Corp

Builder and location

Southwestern Shipbuilding Co San

Pedro Calif

Nashville Bridge o Nashville Lunn

Pusey Jones Co Gloucester N T

Union Construction Co Oakland Calif

Pensacola Shipbuilding Co Pensacola

Providence Fla Engineering Corporation City Island N Y

Mobile Shipbuilding Co Mobile Ala

Western P S Co San Francisco Calif

Atlantic Corporation Portsmouth N11

Geo A Fuller Co Wilmington NC

Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation

Chester Pa

Groton Iron Works Groton Conn

Long Beach Shipbuilding Co Long

Beach Calf

Newburgh Shipyards Inc Newburgh

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation

Wilmington Del

A morican International Shipbuilding

Corporation log Island 1a

Hanlon Dry Dock Shipbuilding Co

Oakland Calif

Merchimt Shipbuilding Corporation

Bristol Pa

Saginaw Shipbuilding Co Saginaw

Newport Mich News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co Newport News V a

Oscar Daniels Co Pampa Fla

Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Co Suisun

Flay Calif

Northwest Steel Co Portland Oreg

Mullet Wilhans Shipbuilding Co

New Orleans La

The Wm Crainp Sons Ship and En

gine Building Co Philadelphia Pa

JAPANESE CON rr1ACT0RS

dsano Tsurumi Japan Mitsubishi Nagasaki Japan

Yokohama Yokohama Japan

Kawasaki Kobe Japan

Ishikawaiima Tokyo Japan

Uchida lanagan a Japan

Osaka Osaka Japan

Mitsui 13ussan Okayama Japan

Barium loi Japan

Nitta saka Japan

Fujmigata Osaka Japan

Uraga Usage Japan

Total

i No tonnage given on tugs
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

TABLE 1Steet shipyards which h

gency Fleet Corporati

Builder and location

Requ

Num 

ber 

Seattle Con 11 uctton Dry Dock Co

Seattle Wash 5 

Tampa Shipbuilding Engineering

Co Tampa Fla 2 

Staten Island Sloo1building Co Port

Richmond N Y 5 

Albin Engineering Machine Works

Inc Portland Orcg 6 

American Shipbuilding Co Bufalq

American N Y Shipbuilding Co Superior

Wig 4 

AmOhio erwan Shipbuilding Co Cleveland 9 

Downes Shipbuilding

g

Cu Richmond

Borough b Y

Skumo A Eddy yard No 0 Seattle

Wash 8 

Whitney 135 og Superior Woo

Bothiolicm Shipbuilding Corporation

Qunncc 305 9 

Skinner Eddy yard No 2 Seattle

Seattle Wash Seattle tle e Wash CshPacific Shipbuilding Co

Texas Steams Co Bath 310 8 

Columbia River Shipbuilding lorpnra

tion Portland Orog 4 

Federal Great Shipbuilding Jm Co Kearny S J

Great Lakes Engineering R arks

Ecorse Mith 

Ames Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co

Sea111e Wash 

Great Lakes Engineering Works 1sh

tabula Oh10 i 10 

Sun Shipbulding Co Chester Pa 14 

American Shipbuilding Co Lorain

Ohio 9 

Amen an Shipbuilding Co Detroit

Mich 12 

North LI Engineering Works Green

Bay Wt

American Shipbuilding Co Chicago ill 4 

Johnson Iron W mks Ltd New Or

leans La

McDougall ihdnth Co Duluth lion 9 

J F Duthie Co Seattle Wash 12 

Merrill SIevens Shipbuilding Corpora

tion Jar lmoville Fla 3 

Submarine Boat Corporation Newark

Toledo N J Shipbuilding Co Toledo Ohto 10 

Standard Shipbnldi ig Corporation

Shoot ers Island N Y 13 

Globe Shipbuilding Co Superior Wis 4 

Bethlehem Shipbuilding orpomlion

Elioabclbrorl N 1 3 

Iahao 1n Dock ShbunldwgGo

Mobile 7n

Todd Dry Dock h Construction or

pot anoi Tacoma Wash 7 

Posey Jones o W ilrningn nDel 14 

Mann owee Shipbuilding Co Mani

ton oe Vi 73 

0 31 SMawhler Construction Corpora

Lion Vanccu or 11753h

Soulhn esters Shipbuilding C0 Fm

Pedro Cole

Nasht ale Budge o Nashville Tenor

1 No tonnage given 011 tugs
238 PI FT II ANNUAL REPO

D 6114 1 9hippal ds whic

gency Fleet Corpo 

and location

Posey Jones Cu liouees erNI

Union 00114038110n Co Oakland Calif

Ienaaeola Co Pensacola

ProsIoladonee Nugitoermg Corporation 01 y Isiaud h 3

loi Shipbuilding Co 10i de la

Wtdein 1N RIM San Franeiwro drf

G

ant

A

10

fuller

Oarpora

Co

ran

1

Poi Lmoulh 14H

N C

31 t chant Shipbuilding Corporal ton

Ch ntar Pt

Ordon Iron Work Groton 00110

Lang Beach Shipbuilding Co Long

i Sra 8 all

Newnargh thnyards 1 neNrn butgh

RalN hlellen C Shipbuilding Corp ration

Wilmington Del

ntertean international Shipbuilding

Corporation flog bland Pa

Hauilon Dry Dock d Shipbuilding o

Oakland Calif

Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation

ISrrstol 1a

Saginaw Shipbuilding C0 Saginaw

Newport News ShglLUUdurg k Dy

Dock Co Newport News Ma

ear Daniel Co News pa

Pacific Coal SlupIuildIng Co Suiemn

Bay Calif

Nort hwe41 Steal Co Pon land Oreg

Ponllui Cllliain Ship nuding Co

New Orleans 1

The ni Cramp 3 Sou Ship Engine

Building Co PilotLphua Pa

JO NEC1 CONTI ry

No 111aV glyo n 011 tu9

N

Adam 0831011101 1931911 

Mitsubishi Nagamki Japan 

Yokohama Yokohama Japan 

Kawasaki Kobe Japan 

Ish kawanu Tokio Japan 

Uchida Kanagawa Japan 

OCtka Osaka Japan 

Mitsui 13n su 1 Okas amp Ja2

Marino Aioi Japan 

Nit l a isaka Japan 

Fuhnigata Osaka Japan 

Uraga Uraga 19 

Total 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

TABLE IIShips delivered by yea

Class and year

1917

Requisitioned stool

1918

Requisitioned steel

Contract steel

Contract wood

Contract composite

1919

Rooms limedsteel

Contract steel

Contract wood

Contract composite

Contract concrete

Northdistrict Atlantic

ber Uc

4

T2

17

Total deliveries

1918 44

weight Dead tons

37 910

157 610 4530 59

262 440

12 103 50

91 576 893 71 233 100

1 3500

De

Vn

Total deliveries

1919 178 92193 

1920

Requisitioned steel 

Contract steel 23 156 932 

Contract wood 19

Contract concrete

Total deliveries

1920 42 156 932 

1921

Requisitioned steel 

Contract steel 

Contract wood

Contract concrete

Deliveries Jan 1

to June 30 1921 

Grand total 268 11379 280 1

1 January to June 30 
240 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

TABLEHShips delivered by ye

dist

Class and year

1917

Requisitioned steel

1918

Requisitioned steel

Contract steel

Contract wood

Contract composite

Total deliveries

1018

1919

Requisitioned steel

Contract steel

Contract wood

Contract composite

Contrael concrete

1920

Requisitioned steel

Contract steel

Contract wood

Contract concrete

1921

r No tonnage for tugs

Pacific distric

Numbor

9

846153

198

181197

Total dent cries

1919 307

weight Dead tons

85 275

712 925 57 600 197 700

438 225

1582 3011 44750 98400

2098 150 

101 I 908 750

3 22500

Total deliveries

1920 104 I 931 250

N

b

Requisitioned steel

Contract steel 15 156 20

Contract wood

Contract concrete 1 7300

Deliveries 1

to JunUne 19292 1 10 163 750 

Grand total 634 4710 65 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT U

gRg

Seg

73982

ax j

CI

00
aNS18a peed71121 Msnot 01Z ZT 

zn

S

Pennsylvania Bead t1127a nsnot 

9L9 098 T 

633 

New

Jersey peeQ 742101 T1103 969 8Z4 T

923

New

York Dead weight tons 005 E 009 2 028 4

T E8 

ynan3anuo3 935Q tg2la etrot 008 92

41 I II 

Massachusetts Dead weighttons mete

CZ

New Hampshire pt421am snot

024

UT 

ea38I4 Dead weight tons 00

ZL

LE

CONTRACT 

CONCRETE

CargoTankers Total Gra

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Cargo Japan Cargo Chma

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Contract wood 115 

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Contract steel 23 

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Division of Supply and Sale

North Atlantic district

L H Shattuck Inc Po

Cumberland Shipbuilding 

Housatonic Shipbuilding C

Traylor Shipbuilding Corp

Foundation Co Kearny N 

Bayles Shipyard Port Jeff

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Delaware River district

American International Sh

Merchants Shipbuilding Co

Middle Atlantic district

Carolina Shipbuilding Corp

Liberty Shipbuilding Co W

Maryland Shipbuilding Co 

North Carolina Shipbuildin

Missouri Valley Bridge I

C I3 Tenney Co Hamp

Henry Smith Sons Co B

Richmond Boiler Plant Iich

Gulf district

Terry Shipbuilding Corpor

National Shipbuilding Dr

American Shipbuilding Co 

Merrill Stevens Shipbuildin

Fred T Ley Co Mobile 

Jahncke Shipbuilding Co 

J M Murdoch Jacksonville 

Midland Bridge Co Housto

Union Bridge Constructio

American Shipbuilding Co 

A Bentley Sons Co Jack

Liberty Shipbuilding Co B

Dierks Blodgett Shipbuildin

Gulf Coast Transportation C

Alabama Dry Dock Shipb

Tampa Dock Co Tampa F

Pacific district

Liberty Plant Alameda Oa

Grant Smith Porter Ship C

Sanderson Porter Raymo

Columbia River Shipbuildin

Pacific Marine Constructio

San Francisco Shipbuilding 

Seattle Construction Dry 

Todd Dry Dock Construct

Oregon district

Grant SmithPorter Ship Co 
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TABLE IIShipping lutes showi

United Stales 

Am American U 

Br British

Sw Swedish

Nom Norwegian

Dan Danish

lap Japanese

liu Russian

Peru Peruvian

Fr French

It Italian

BeIg Belgium

American Line Am

Anchor Line 13r

Jas Arkell Co

Barber Line Am

Booth Line Br

Bristol City Line 13r

Commercial European Line

Convoy Steamship Co Br

Cosmopolitan Shipping Co Am

Cunard Line Br

Merman sNilson Line I3r

American Line m

American Star Line Inc Arn

Anglo French Line

I3arber Line Am

Compagnie Transatlantique

Generale Fr

Cosmopolitan Shipping Co Am

Fabre Line

France Canada Steam

ship Line Am

French American Line Am

French Line Fr

Foreign Transport Mer

cantile Corporation Ann

Furness Vilhy Co I3r

Green Star Line Am

Kerr Steamship Co Inc Am

ICES TO NATI

NEW YOItP 

NEW 

Nationality unknown 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

American Line Am

Anchor Line Br

A II I3u11 Co 1tn

Cunard Line Br

French American Line Am

bancly Edye Co Br

Furness Vilhc Co Br

Green Star Line Dt

Italian American Soc Mar

Trade Inc

Kerr Steamship Co Inc Am

Lloyd Sabautlo II

Luckenbach line fur

McDonnell Truda A in

Moore McCormack CoAnt

Norton Lilly Co Am

American Line Am

Barber Line Am

Cunard Line Br

France Canada Steamship

Corporation m

International Maritime Cor

poration Am

I n t e r n a tonal Mercantile

Marine

Nationality uncertain

NEW 

NEW 

NEAP Y

American Line n

Barber Steamship Line Any

Cunard Line Br

Merman sPhoenix Line Br

French Line Fr

Anchor Line Br

Cunard Line Br

Ellerman sPhoenix Line Br

Isthmian Steamship Lines Am

Kerr Steamship Co m

NEW Y

NEW Y

Cunard Line 13r

France Canada Steamship

Co 1m

French Line F

Kerr Steamship Co Am
270 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

I sb r a n d t s enMoller Co

agent

Kerr Steamship Co Am

Moore McCormack CoAm

Scandinavian A In e r i can

Line Sca

American Line Am

NorwayAmerican Line Nor

Moore McCormack Am

C B Richard Co Am

Scandinavian American

Line Sca

IsbrandtsenMoller Co

Moore McCormack Am

Norway American Line Norw

United American Lines Am

Compania Transmediter

ranea Sp

Cunard Line Br

Ras W Elwell Co Am

Sabre Line Fr

Garcia Dian Sp

Kerr Steamship Co Am

Ybarra Line Sp

Garcia Diaz Sp

G M Luiz Steamship Co Sp

Norton Lilly Co Am

Furness Withy Co Br

International M a r i t i m e

Corporation Am

Coin Baltic Line

International M a r i t i m e

Corpora lion Am

Kerr Steamship Co Am

1 Nationality unknow

NEW 

NEW 

NEW 

NEW 

NEW 

NEW 

NEW 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 

NEW 

American Star Line Inc Alt

A H Bull Co Am

Cunard Line Br

Furness Prince Line Br

Green Star nine m

N Galauos Co Gr

Mediterranean Mail Steam

ship Co 1

Three Star nine Fr

American Cuban Line Am

Caribbean Steamship Co Br C

Norton Lilly Co Am

Pacific Mail Steamship Cor

poration Am

Panama Railroad Steamship

Co Am

NEW YORK 

Aniorjeau Rio Plata Line

Barber Line Am

Booth Line Br

Caribbean Steamship CoBr C

Clyde Steamship Co Am

James W Elwell Co Am

Prance Canada Steamship

Corporation Line Am

Punch Edye Co Inc

Line Br

Furness Withy Co Br

Grace Line Am

Houston Line B

Houlder Weir B o y d

Inc Line Br

Nationality unknown

NEW YO

American Line Am 

A H Bull Co 

Ain 

Export Steamship Corpora

Non 

Am 

NEW Y

A H Bull Co Am

CunardAnchor Line 

Br 

Co 

Purness Withy Br

Norton Lilly Co 

Am 

NEW YOR

Union Suisse de T

NEW YORK T
272 FIFTH ANNUAL REPOR

Norton Lilly Co Am

Pacific Ste uli Navigation

Co Br

Panama Railroad Steamship

Line An

Peruvian Steamship CoPeru

Sanderson Son

South Atlantic Maritime

Corp Am

States Marine Commer

cial Co Am

NEW 

American Cuban Line Am

Atlantic Fruit Co Am

A R Bull Co Am

Caribbean Steamship Co B

Clyde Santo Domingo Line Am

Columbus SteamshipCoAm

Congress Coal Trans Co Am

Five Continent Steamship

Co A

Furness Witty Co B

Linton Steamship Line Br

Moore 11IeGormacic CoAm

Dtanson Steamship Line Am

New York Cuba Mail

Steamship Co

New York Porto

Steamship Co

A

Rico

A

N

American Indian Line B

Barber Line A

A H Bull Co A

EllerDLine B

Funcb Edye Co Inc

Line

B

Furness Withy Co B

Houston Line 

NEW YORK TO DUTCH EAST IN

American Oriental Lin

B

Antilles Steamship Light

erage Corporation

Barber Line 

China Mutual Steam Navi

gation Co 

Funch 19dye Co 

Furness Witty Co 

Green Star Line 

HollandAmerican Line 

Houlder Weir Boyd

Inc 

Nationality unknown
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Nationality unknown 2 Nationality uncertain

Anchor Dona

Chase Leav

kers

American Li

Anchor Dona

Anglo Saxo

oil Joh

Atlantic Tra

M 

Wm A Blak

Donaldson L

per 

France Can

Co 

Furness Wit

Green Star 

Robert Hasle

United States 

Harriss Mag

Lines 

Harriss Mag

Italian Line 

BaltimoreOc

ship Co 

1 
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Lines Am

Green Star Line Am

Oriental Line HarrissMa

gill Am

NORFOLK T

Baltimore Steamship Co Am

Booth Steamship Co Br

Clyde Coastwise West

Indies Lines Am

HarrissMagtll DixieLines Am

Inglesby Petterson Co

brokers Am

Barber Line Am

Booth Steamship Co Br

Caribbean Steamship CoBr Col

Callaghan Atkinson CoAm

Globe Line Am

Lamport Holt Line Br

Luckenbach Steamship CoAm

Norfolk Trans Atlantic Scandinavia

Steamship Co Line 

Standard Steamship Co

Hasler Am

NORFOLK TO MEDITERRANEAN PO

Italian Line Carroll It Norton Lill

National Steam Navigation

Co of Greece Gr

Affleck Co

Anglo Sax Pet Oil

Johns Bros Br

Norwegian Mex Line Nor

Sierra Line

1 Nationality unknown

NORFOLK TO FRANCE

Societe Gener

NORFOLK TO ORIENT

Saswaki Co 

gill

Robert Dolla

0 WEST INDIES

NORFOLK TO SOUTH AMERICA

NORFOLK TO SCANDINAVIA

Merchants 

rissMagil

Munson Line 

Norfolk Tr

Steamship 

United Fruit 

West Indies 

NORFOLK TO GERMANY

NORFOLK TO CENTRAL AMERIC

New Englan

Co 

Norton Lilly 

South Amer

Line Wes

Co 

NORFOLK TO SPAIN

IHarriss Lines 

IPanama

R

ship Co 

I Jose Taya 
Blake Line

Internatio

Marine 

HarrissM

Lines 

Henry Ma

Strachan 

Trosdale 

Moore M

Harriss M

Lines 

Strachan 
Trosdale Plant La Fonta Am

Compania Transmediterra

nea Sp

Strachan Line Ain

Henry Manninga Co For

Antwerp Line For

Burg Line For

HarrissMagill Dixie Line Am

HollandAmerican Line Du

Ierr Steamship Co Am

HarrissMagill Dixie Line Am

The Atlantic Gulf Ship

ping Co Am

Nationality unknown

SAVANNAH TO SPAIN

The Atlantic 

ping Co 

SAVANNAH TO MEDITERRANEAN POR

Trosdale Plant 

Williamson R

The Atlantic 

ping Co 

SAVANNAH TO HOLLAND AND BELGIU

SAVANNAH TO GERMANY

SAVANNAH TO ORIENT

AtlantaGulf Far East Line I Harriss Magill 

SAVANNAH TO SOUTH AMERICA

South Atlantic Maritime

Corporation AIn

SAVANNAH TO WEST INDIES

South Atlantic Maritime Tropical Fruit 

Corporation Am

South Atlantic

BRUNSWICK GA

BRUNSWICK TO UNITED KINGDOM

Harrison Line Br I

Strachan Ship

Leyland Line Strachan Br Universal Ste

BRUNSWICK TO EUROPEAN PORTS

Strachan Shipping Co Am

BRUNSWICK TO SOUTH AMERICA

Maritime

Corporation Strachan Am

BRUNSWICK TO WEST INDIES

South Atlantic Maritime

Corporation Am

Henry Manning

Strachan Ship

The Atlantic 

ping Co 

Henry Manning

Strachan Ship
Luckenba

Charlesto

R Grac

CubanAt

Co 

C1inchfiel

Peninsula

Steams

Florida E

American 

ration 

Florida 

Flagle

West 

American 

ration 

Strachan 

1 Nationa
American Shipping Corpo I

Strachan Shipp

ration Am

Munson River Plata Line Am

Waterman Steamship Cor

poration Am

United Fruit Co Am I

Windward Islan

Co 

Munson Steamship Co Am

United Fruit Co Am

West India Steamship Co Am

Dixie Lines Am

Page Jones Am

Waterman Steamship Cor

poration Am

Van Heynigen Brokerage

Co Br

2 Nationality uncertain

JACKSONVILLE TO BELGIUM

American Shipping Corpo

ration Am

JACKSONVILLE 10 UNITED KINGDOM

JACKSONVILLE TO ORIENT

American Shipping Corpo

ration Am

JACKSONVILLE TO NASSAU B I

Miami Steamship Co Am

MOBILE

MOBILE TO SOUTH AMERICA

MOBILE TO CENTRAL AMERICA

MOBILE TO WEST INDIES

MOBILE TO FAB EAST

Isthmian Lines Am PanamaFar E

Norton Lilly Co Am

MOBILE TO EUROPEAN PORTS

MOBILE TO MEXICO

Windward Island Steamship

Co Am

MOBILE TO PACIFIC COAST

Page Jones Am

Windward Islan

Co 

Windward Islan

Co 

Isthmian Line

Lilly Co 

Upton Steamsh

Mobile Lines I
I Nationality unknown

Compani

nea 

Kerr Ste

Norton 

Allen 

Kerr Ste

Lamport 

Mississip

Norway 

PolishA

Corpo

Scandina

Line 

Churchi

W H C

Ente Tra

Kerr Ste

A K M

Bluefield

ship C

Cuyame

Gulf Na

Independ

Bros 

Kerr St

Mexican 

Co 

New Y

Steam
Beninato F Steamship Co It

Compania Naviera Mexi

cana For

Gulf Navigation Co Am

Mexican Fruit Steamship

Co Am

PacificCarribeanGulf Line Am

Aluminum Line Am

United Steamship Co Am

Cuyamel Fruit Co Hond

Hodge Shipping Co Br

Isthmian Linez Am

Lamport Holt Line Br

Lykes Bros Am

Iloyd Brazileiro Brazil

Mississippi Shipping CoAm

Acme Operating Corpora

tion Am

United Steamship Co Am

Bluefield Fruit Steam

ship Co Am

Gulf Navigation Co Am

Lykes Bros Am

Ward Line

Green Star Line Am

Kerr Steamship Co Am

A K Miller Am

Nippon Yusen Kaisha Jap

Norton Lilly Co Am

Osaka Shosen Kaisha Jap

NEW ORLEANS TO AFRICA

Transports Maritimes For I A H Bali Co 

GALVESTON

GALVESTON TO UNITED KINGDOM

Columbia Transport Co Am

Harriss Magill Co Dixie

Lines Am

Harrison Line Br

Head Line Br

Kerr Steamship Co Br

2 Nationality uncertain

NEW ORLEANS TO MEXICO

NEW ORLEANS TO SOUTH AMERICA

NEW ORLEANS TO WEST INDIES

NEW ORLEANS TO ORIENT

Segari Line 

Royal Holland Ll

Union Fruit Co 

United Steamship 

Vaccaro Bros 

Ward Line 

Wolvin Line 

New Orleans 

America Steams

Norton Lilly Co 

Pacific CaribbeanG

J H W Steele 

United Steamship 

United Fruit Co 

Ward Line 

New Orleans 

American Steam

Porto Rico Line 

Southern Pacific 

Co Morgan L

United Steamship 

United Fruit Co 

J H W Steel Co 

Toyo Kisen Kaish

Transoceanic Co 

Texas Transport 

nal Co 

Larrinaga Line

Leyland Line 

Lykes Bros 

Steele Steamship 

Texas European 

S Sgitcovich C
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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPIN

Compagnie Generale Trans

atlantique Fr

Castle Line Br

ElderDempster Br

FrenchAmerican Line Am

French Line Fr

Texas Transport Ter

minal Co Br

GALVESTON TO FRANCE

Gulf llavre Line

Larrinaga Line 

Lykes Bros 

S Sgitcovich Co 

Steele Lines 

GALVESTON TO BELGIUM AND HOLLAND

Castle Line Br Lloyd Royal Beige 

Harriss Magill Co Am Daniel Ripley 

A R Campbell Co Am

Texas European Line

SocietA Nazionale di Navi

gazione It

GALVESTON TO ITALY

Texas Transport 

minal Co 

C Nicoiini Italian Lin

GALVESTON TO SPAIN

Comp a n i a Transmediter Lykes Bros 

ranea Sp Texas European Line 

Gulf Barcelona Line

GALVESTON TO GERMANY

Lykes Bros Am

I

Wilkins Biehl 

Texas Transport Ter Royal Mail Steam P

mina Co Br 1 Co Wm Parr C

GALVESTON TO SCANDINAVIA

Harriss Magill Co Am Swedish American M

Lykes Bros Am Line 

NorwayMexico Gulf Line Norw

GALVESTON TO SOUTH AMERICA

Caravel Steamship Lines 1 United Steamship Co 

GALVESTON TO CENTRAL AMERICA

United Fruit Co Am I United Steamship Co 

Ward Line Am

GALVESTON TO WEST INDIES

Lykes Steamship Line Am United Fruit Co 

Munson Steamship Co Am A H Bull Co 

Pinilon Line Sp Ward Line 

Nationality unknown Nationality uncert

73892 2119
Line 

Leyland L

Gulf Exp

Co Bo

Kerr Lines 

General S

Pacific Mo

Rolph Ma

W R Grac

Albers Bro

Atlas Stea

California 

ship Co 

Davenport 

W R Gra

Osaka Sho

Los Angele

tion Co 

Osaka Sho
292 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITE aiArEO ena

European Pacific Line

Harrison Direct Line Bal

four Guthrie CoBr

Holland American Line Du

Johnson Line M F Mc

Laurin For

Holland American Line Du

Johnson Line M F Mc

Laurin For

SAN DIEGO CALIF

Calmat Navigation Co

Lower California Freight

ing Co

Nationality unknown

LOS ANGELES TO EUROPEAN PORTS

LOS ANGELES TO SCANDINAVIA

SAN DIEGO TO MEXICO

SAN FRANCISCO 10 SOUTH AND

Atlas Steamship Co Am

California Mexico Steam

ship Co Am

Davenport Steamship Co

General Steamship Co Am

W R Grace Co Mer

chants Line Am

Stark Steamship Co

Isthmian Lines 

Pacific Mail Stea

Societe Generale 

port Maritimes 

Royal Mail Ste

Navigation Co 

Norway Pacific 

Pacific Steamsh

miral Line 

VancouverSan D

gation Co

SAN DIEGO TO THE ORIENT

Toyo Kisen Kaisha Co Jap

SAN PEDRO CALIF

SAN PEDRO TO ORIENT

Toyo Kisen Kaisha Jap I

Los Angeles P

ship Co 

SAN PEDRO TO SOUTH AMERICA

Toyo Kisen Kaisha Jap

SAN PEDRO TO CENTRAL AMERICA

Pacific Mail Steamship CoAm

SAN FRANCISCO

CENTRAL AMERICA 

Isthmian Lines 

Pacific Motorsh

Pacific Mail Ste

Pacific Steams

miral Line 

Pan American 

Swayne Hoy

Toyo Kisen Ka
Dodw

Frank 

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Norto

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Cana

Co 

Colum

Co 

Pacif

mir

Euro

lum

Co

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rat
SAN FRANCISCO

Pacific Mail Steamship Co Am

SAN FRANCISCO

China Mail Steamship Co Am

East Asiatic Co Ltd Dan

JavaChinaJapan Line Du

Java Pacific Line Du

Nederland Royal Mail Rot

terdam Lloyd Du

SAN FRANCISCO TO HA

Robert Dollar Lines Am

Matson Navigation Co Am

Oceanic Steamship Co Br

Pacific Mail Steamship Co Am

SAN FRANCISCO TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAN

General Steamship Co Am

Oceanic Steamship Co Br

East Asiatic Co Dan

Johnson Line For

Blue Funnel Line Dod

well Br

Harrison Direct Line Bal

four Guthrie Br

Norton Lilly Co Am

Robert Dollar Co Am

Canadian Pacific Steam

ship Co Br

Dodwell Co

Dollar Steamship Co Am

A M Gillespie Inc Am

James Griffiths Sons Br

Universal Shipping Trad

ing Co Am

General Steamship Corpo

ration Am

TO WEST INDIES

Swayne Hoyt 

TO ASIATIC PORTS

SEATTLE

Osaka Shosen Kaisha 

Pacific Mail Steamsh

Robert Dollar Co 

Struthers Dixon A

Toyo Kisen Kaisha 

i Frank Waterhouse 

WAII AND PHILIPPINES

SAN FRANCISCO TO SCANDINAVIA

SAN FRANCISCO TO UNITED KINGDOM

Royal Netherlands M

Rotterdam Lloyd 

Struthers Dixon 

Toyo Kisen Kaisha 

1 Union Steamship Co 

Zealand 

Norway Pacific Line

W R Grace Co 

Holland American L

Isthmian Lines 

Frank Waterhouse 

Williams Dimond 

SAN FRANCISCO TO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS

Pacific Mail Steamshi

SEATTLE TO CHINA JAPAN AND ASIATIC PORTS

Frank Waterhouse 

Mitsui Blissau Kaisha 

Nippon Yusen Kaisha 

Osaka Shosen Kaisha 

Pacific Steamship Co 

miral Line 

Struthers Dixon 

Suzuki Co 

Thorndyke Tren

A

Nationality unknown v Nationality unce
Domi

Norw

Cana

Cana

cha

Na
North China Line Am

Struthers Dixon Am

Nippon Yusen Kaisha Jap

Osaka Shosen Kaisha Jap

Java Pacific Line Du

Green Star Line Am

HollandAmerican Line Du

European Pacific Line

Harriss Line Br

Ithmian Line Am

Norway Pacific Steamship

Co Norw

General Steamship Corpora

tion Am

Grace Line Am

General Steamship Corpo

ration Am

AnchorDonaldson Line Br

Canadian Pacific Ocean

Services Br

Canadian Steamship Lines Br

Canadian Government Line Br

Cunard Line Br

Furness Withy Co Br

TACOMA WASH

TACOMA TO ORIENT

TACOMA TO UNITED KINGDOM

TACOMA TO SCANDINAVIA

TACOMA TO SOUTH AMERICA

TACOMA TO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS

Societe Gen de Transports

Maritimes 3 Vapeur Fr

TACOMA TO AUSTRALIA

Frank Waterhouse Co 

Pacific Steamship Co 

Mitsui Line 

Blue Funnel Line 

Curtis Line

Blue Funnel Line 

Royal Mail Steam 

Co 

Johnson Line 

Johnson Line 

Pacific Motorship Co 

Pacific Argentine 

Line

Atlas Steamship Co 

Curtis Line

TACOMA TO MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Pan American Line I Providencia Steamsh

TACOMA TO HAWAIIAN PORTS

Matson Navigation Co Am

MONTREAL

MONTREAL TO UNITED KINGDOM

Dominion Line 

Manchester Line 

McLean Kennedy 

Head Line 

Robert Reford Co 

Thomson Line 

White Star Dominion 

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TABLE IIDormitories and cafeterias constructed or p

gency Fleet Corporation

TABLE IIIDetails of housing contracts and e

Submitted in compliance with an act of Congress entitled A

empower the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet 

lease requisition or otherwise acquire and to sell or otherw

or unimproved land houses buildings and for other purp

1915

LIST OF PERSONS OR CORPORATIONS WITH WHOM UNITED ST

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION HAS MADE CONTRACTS FO

WITH PARTICULARS AS TO EXPENDITURES ETC

HOG ISLAND

Dormitories Ninety fourth and Tinicum Streets

American International Shipbuilding Co

Land 

William Crawford construction contract 

W G Cornell Co heating 

Owen Brainard architect and engineer 

Albert Pick Co furnishings lum

953 houses Sixtyfirst and Sixty seventh Streets and 

Avenue Philadelphia Pa

414 houses H P Schneider

Land 

H P Schneider construction contract lum

539 houses Moss Taylor Crawford

Land 

Moss Taylor Crawford construction contract lump 

600 houses Seventieth Street and Elmwood Avenue P

phiaLandPa 

H P Schneider construction contract lum

Public utilities for all the above projects 

This amount has been loaned to the city of Philadel

HILTON VILLAGE

Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co Newport New

Land purchased by realty company

Mellon Stuart Co construction contract 

Blumenthal Kahn Electrical Co electric wiring and fi

lump 

Field Barker Underwood paving etc unit p

Loan to the Newport News Light Water Co for water et

Loan to Newport News Hampton Railway Gas Elec

electric service

1 These contracts were made to complete work originally includ

tion contracts but subsequently eliminated therefrom

Men to 

house

Hog Island 20

Essington 

St Helena 10

Chester boarding house 

Chester hotel and cafeteria 

Port Jefferson dormitories only 

Groton cafeteria only 

Portsmouth N H 

Bath If 

TABLE IIDormitories and cafeterias constructed or p

gency Fleet Corporation

TABLE IIIDetails of housing contracts and e

Submitted in compliance with an act of Congress entitled A

empower the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet 

lease requisition or otherwise acquire and to sell or otherw

or unimproved land houses buildings and for other purp

1915

LIST OF PERSONS OR CORPORATIONS WITH WHOM UNITED ST

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION HAS MADE CONTRACTS FO

WITH PARTICULARS AS TO EXPENDITURES ETC

HOG ISLAND

Dormitories Ninety fourth and Tinicum Streets

American International Shipbuilding Co

Land 

William Crawford construction contract 

W G Cornell Co heating 

Owen Brainard architect and engineer 

Albert Pick Co furnishings lum

953 houses Sixtyfirst and Sixty seventh Streets and 

Avenue Philadelphia Pa

414 houses H P Schneider

Land 

H P Schneider construction contract lum

539 houses Moss Taylor Crawford

Land 

Moss Taylor Crawford construction contract lump 

600 houses Seventieth Street and Elmwood Avenue P

phiaLandPa 

H P Schneider construction contract lum

Public utilities for all the above projects 

This amount has been loaned to the city of Philadel

HILTON VILLAGE

Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co Newport New

Land purchased by realty company

Mellon Stuart Co construction contract 

Blumenthal Kahn Electrical Co electric wiring and fi

lump 

Field Barker Underwood paving etc unit p

Loan to the Newport News Light Water Co for water et

Loan to Newport News Hampton Railway Gas Elec

electric service

1 These contracts were made to complete work originally includ

tion contracts but subsequently eliminated therefrom
E D 

I Hic

Hugh 

Lockw

Mark 

Mark 

Fiese

Robe

Loans to 

compan

Bethlehem 

St HeL

C

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Loans to 

and ele

Loans to 

Helena 

Atlantic C

Land 

Natio

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lum

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erage e

Loan to p

Newport 

purchas

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s These 

struction c
Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock CoContinued

Welts Architectural Iron Co ironwork lum

Reliance Fireproof Door Co fireproof doors 

Morris L Ackers painting 

G W Binks plastering 

Henry Struble Cut Stone Co cut stone 

CHESTER PA

Sun Shipbuilding Co

Sun Village and Sun Hill land purchased by rea

pany Price Johnston construction contract 

Rhodes Bros plumbing and ranges unit 

Haney White Co millwork and stair matedo

Sabine Co heating 

Nicholson Electric Co electric wiring 

Horn Brennan light fixtures 

Stewart Iron Works Co fences 

8 C Trego plastering and stucco work 

American Paving Co street paving 

Chester Shipbuilding Co

Buckman Village land purchased by realty company

McArthur Bros construction contract 

Brumbaugh Simon Bassett architects in

Chester Hotel 

Walter Purks Mellon plumbing heating and 

including Chester Hotel labo

0 H Bauer interior decorating and calcimining 

ing Chester Hotel lum

Chester Hotel

McArthur Bros construction contract 

J S Thorn Co skylights and vents lum

William A Wafer marblework 

Levering Garrigues structural steel etc 

Chester Shipbuilding Co excavations etc 

Chester Shipbuilding Co boilers 

Chester Shipbuilding Co installation of stea

line lum

Loan to city of Chester for public utilities as per agreemen

Loan to privately owned gas company 

LORAIN OHIO

American Shipbuilding Co land purchased by realty com

Moreno Burkham construction contract 

Koblitz Plumbing Heating Co plumbing and h

lump sum 

A S Hecker Co street improvements lum

H Miller planting and seeding 

Loan to city of Lorain for public utilities and street i

ments 

Loan to Lorain County Electric Co electric installation 

RATH ME

Texas Steamship Co

L P Soule Son Co construction contract 

Litchfield Prest outfall sewer unit 

Small Ingalls street improvements 

F A Rumery Co construction contract school 

Loan to city of Bath for public utilities sind street 

ments 

1 These contracts were made to complete work originally in

struction contracts but subsequently eliminated therefrom
Loan to W

Loan to c

Merchants 

Land 

Wells

Stew

Fred Gent 

Willia

Pusey J

McAr

Bisse

W

Stew

A 

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Loan to P

Loan to P

Westingho

Dorm

W

House

W

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Loan to S

This 

Merrill St

pany W P 

H L 

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proveme

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to

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Shipyard Location

Individual houses Apart meets 

Number Men accommodated aagmnN Men accommodated 

American International Ship

building Corporation 4 pro

Newport jeots News Shipbuilding

Dry Dock Co 2 projects

New York Shipbuilding Co 4

proecrs Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor

oration Sparrows Point

Plant

A Dentin nnrnnratinn

Hog Island Phil

adelphia Pa

Newport News

Camden Va N S

5

1St HelenaM

Dundalk do lid

Portsmouth N H

11989

473

1578

6 296 529 278 52

3978

946

3156

1848 0555642

330

4 59

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WYANDOTTE MICH

Detroit Shipbuilding Co land purchased by realty comp

Loan to city of Wyandotte for public utilities street im

ments etc 

MANITOWOC WI8

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co land purchased by realty com

Walter W Oefiein Inc construction contract 

Manger McGucken street improvements1unit p

Gray Robinson Construction Co utilities 

Loan to city of Manitowoc for public utilities street im

ments etc including electric extension 

Loan to Manitowoc Gas Co for gas installation 

GROTON CONN

Groton Iron Works land purchased by realty company

National Engineering Co construction contract 

G A Wells street improvements lump 

Loan to borough of Groton for public utilities street im

ments including electric extension 

Loan to town of Groton for public utilities street improv

including electric extension 

NEWBURGH N Y

Newburgh Shipyards land purchased by realty compan

T C Desmond Co construction contract 

Harper Guilfoil street and house walks unit 

TABLE IVSchedule of housing projects including chara

number of men housed

510 houses sold to individuals balance en masse to syndeate

Dormitories certified to Supply and Saks Division and old

3 Capital stook of realty company taken over by Emergency Fleet Corporat

4 Underneath the apartments are 6 stores on Collings Road and three m Mo

5 Sold as a whole

e Convertible Boarding houses

s Capital stock of realty company taken over by Emegrency Fleet Corpora

project sold to individual purchasers

4 These contracts were made to complete work originally in

struction contracts but subsequently eliminated therefrom
Sun Shipbuil

e ital sto

77 Capital stosto 

77 Capital sto

17 These are 

pany u Negotiatioto Emerg

72 Owned by 

14 Women

sold toMAOB

Co77 Sold Maras31a 1w

77 Cottages

m Abandone

27 One old ho

Capital sto

24 Ofthe 92 ho

houses were un

pleted by the E

There are also 

Supply 27 Entireireprojeand Sal

77 Cottages

hotels Total1430 numbeto

73892 
Contract drawn with Date estimated Revised

equity

Securit

Lewiston Augusta ugu Waterville

Street Ry Bath Me

Receiver Bay State Street Ry

Boston Mass

Richmond Light R R Co

New Brighton Staten Island

Public Service Ry Newark

N J work at Kearney N J

Southern Pennsylvania Traction

Co Philadelphia Po

PublicDo Service Ry Newark N J work at Camden N J

Public Service Ry Newark N J Yorkship Village track

United Rys Electric Co Bal

timore Md

Newport Vas Electric News CoHampton Hampton ton

Va

Tidewater Power Co Warning

ton N C

City ofTacoma Tacoma Wash

Portland Ry Light Power

Co Portland Oreg

San Francisco Oakland Terminal

Co

San Diego Electric Ry Co

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co Philadelphia pa

Philadelphia Rys Co Philadel

phis Pa Public Service Ry Co Newark

N J

Total

1918

July 15

June 26

Aug 28

Aug 12

July 31

jDec 3

tSept 4

Apr 18

July 11

July 10

May 21

Aug 28

Sept 11

fuly 13

Aug 16

Sept 10

Mar 20

Mar 7

68974

67000

530 00

26189

319 634 89919

935 674 960 00

238 373

947 489

318 555

335 000

232 398

120 006

9675

2161 65546884

885 50

687 995

Title to all new mater

cost of

First mortgage refund

bonds of par value

Title to all new mater

first cost ot

Receivers certificates 

amount advanced

Title 10 allofnewlienate 

pane s earnings co

tenth of cost powe

shipyards during th

half of cost power 

the war

jFranchise consents e

LTilek ststreet colofofc

First mortgage bonds 

piW elphia Tra

p cent of their p

net amount of

Full title to track of 

Title to power appa

and street cars at f

bond executed a b

corporation g

ance of contract

Title to track constru

Titleof to stree cars at

Titleetseteandcars 

cost of

Title to power appara

estimated first cost 

Franchises consents 

First mortgage 6 per 

amount advanced f

head and at estima

A lien on the power 

ings consisting of 

power delivered to 

Title to cars track a

ties provided at fir

Bonds of the municip

guaranteed est by thcityhe citytof T

value of

All rights franchises 

construction and o

Tit

chises

to at

etc

firstcost

neces

tion and operation

Note of the Emerge

tion Co guarante

Francisco Oakland 

Intereststock to principalofthe 

portation Co of pa

Title to trackage and 

Tittle acrs trolley te 

ment provided at 

do

Ti tlesheadtrolley car

8 981 000

306 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPP

TABLE VSecurity held by Emergency Fleet Corporation f

expended on account of contracts for provision of transp

bead
Lorain

St Helen

Gas a

Wate

Dundalk 

Hilton V

Elect

Wate

Portsmou

Chester 

Jacksonv

Manitowo

Essington 

TABLE V

nection 

approxi

Wilmingto

Camden 

Bath

Lorain

Me

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Portsmou

Chester P

Manitowo

Wyandott

South Jac

Duval Co

Borough o

Town

already

of 

Warwick City of Ph
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TABLE VIIIStatement of total net disbursements for cons

developments up to June 30 1921

Atlantic Corporation Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock

NewCo York Shipbuilding Co

Pusey Jones

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co

Pusey Jones

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation

Texas Steamship Co

Chester Shipbuilding Co

Merchants Shipbuilding Corporation

American International Slupbuilding Cor

poration

Sun Shipbulding Co

G M Standiter Construction Co

Bayles Shipyard Inc

American Shipbuilding Co

MerrillStevens Shipbuilding Co

Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co

Terry Sh building Co

Detroit ShipbuildinggCo Traylor atowocShipbuilding Co

Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Co

Groton Iron Works

Newburgh Shipyards

Missouri Valley Bridge Iron Co

Total

Company Location 

Portsmouth N H

Newport News Va 2 projects

Camden N J 4 projects

Gloucester N J

Wilmington Del

Sparrows Point Md 2 projects

Bath Me

Chester Pa 2 projects

Bristol Pa

Philadelphia Pa 4 projects

Chester Pa 2 projects

Vancouver Wash

Port Jefferson Long Island

Lorain Ohio

Jacksonville Fla

Essington Pa 2 projects

Savannah Ga

Wyandotte Mich

Cornwell Heights Pa

Manitowoc Wis

Clyde Calif

Groton Conn

Newburgh N Y

Quantico Va

r Cancellation settlement made with the Terry Shipbuilding Co by p aymen

r The cost of this project paid through Ship Construction Division
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SCHEDULE 1Statement of general cash and rash funds as 

General cash

a In United States Treasury 18 274 33

4

0 In banks 268 39 47

c In transit 3 576 194 

Cash funds

Total general cash 

d Imprest 824 017 61

e Insurance 2 072 487 

Working 323 560 43

g Recruiting service 6140

7

h Treasurer srevolving 23

140

i In escrow for restrictions against ves

sels 526 26

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k Special 91

1999

l Operating agents 6 966 13

2

Total cash funds 

Total general cash and cash funds

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