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UNITED STATES M

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EMORY S LAND 

HOWARD L VIC

JOHN M CARMO

EDWARD MACAU

THOMAS M VOO

A i WILLIAMS 

LETTER OF 

UNITED ST

To The Congress

I have the honor to present 

States Maritime Commission fo

pursuant to section 209 of the 

amended

The Commission is not subm

tions for legislation other than t

enactment of legislation which 

disposal to private ownership of t

fleet This is a very important 

to peacetime operations From 

the Commission will submit furt

to Congress
UNITED STATES MA

INTRO

The efforts of the United State

fiscal year ending June 30 1944 

struction of vitally needed ships 

Ration swar effort While the 

lessened curing the fiscal year th

need for ships and more ships in o

widening fields of operation

lore ships were required fiat 

operations in the Mediterranean 

second in preparation for the inva

occurred late in the fiscal year an

central and western Pacific areas 

tack against Japan

The Maritime Commission wh

minister the provisions of the Me

past 2 years and for the duration 

primatily in building ships As t

immediately turned over to the W

Army or the Navy for use and op

film Commission at no time ho

of the Congress to foster the deve

tenance of an adequate merchant 

It has carried on such of the repib

the Merchant Marine Aet of 1936 

ferred to the War Shipping Admin

February 7 1942 awn it has c

Jlcrchant Marino

The functions of the Idmit fine C

Adntiuistra1ion are currently he

duction and operating capacity 

continue until the n with G

happening of that event and v

authorities there may lac so n1e 

program llowever it is obviou

terminated our War Shipping Ad
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tics must continue with full v

diverted from the European area 

With the termination of both th

anticipated that there will rema

portation facilities for the armed 

the resumption of commercial t

the moment to have any clear p

merchant vessels for the transpo

and rehabilitation and such othe

developed It is clear that since 

merchant fleet many times the siz

emergency construction program 

fleet will be of much greater mag

tically all merchant vessels flying 

for either title or use during the w

the desire of the Commission an

the Merchant Marine Act 193

owners or dispose of them for no

The Maritime Commission is 

agency which is now engaged al

The War Shipping Administratio

were assigned many of the duties 

the War Shipping Administration 

Many of these functions will have 

it is assumed that they will rever

What the immediate future co

upon the continuance of the con

considered most urgently needed 

sideration will likewise have to be 

tion that may be required to mee

companies for the resumption of 

This latter type of construction 

any considerable degree until all 

have been constructed

The scope of future activities 

dependent in some respects upon 

operators While it is anticipate

for private operation can and wil

already constructed and now in o

mission that demands for certain 

ations cannot be satisfied by man

primarily temeet wareeds that 

termination of the war The 

applications for the purchase of o
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before prices or sales terms are 

that there will be a substantial c

tion

CONSTRUCT

In the first half of the 1944 fi

10410 971 deadweight tons were 

half of the fiscal year 864 vessel

tons were constructed The d

arose as a result of the shift from 

Victory type with many conver

struction of special military type

Notwithstanding the material 

occurred when the switch from L

due to the far greater manhour

and special military types than 

the construction of 1881 vesse

deadweight tons for the full yea

before reached and one which it 

If the vessels that have been 

military use had been completed 

gate deadweight tonnage would 

of a vessel is the number of tons 

stores it can carry down to the 

additional equipment or passeng

vessel correspondingly reduces t

can carry and remain within the 

A Liberty ship of 7176 gross 

10800 tons while the former cab

had a deadweight capacity of on

superliner Normandie of 83423 g

of only 13288 tons With both 

the deadweight cargo capacity w

oil fresh water and stores that w

T

Of the 1881 ships completed 

1065 were of the Liberty type 

were coastal tankers 62 were tan

46 were the new Victory type 

were coastal cargo ships 10 we

Great Lakes 34 were large oceang

concrete barges 10 were selfp

were military types
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In comparison nitlt t previn

in the 1944 fiscal year of 484 sh

over the previous year

Total Numb

The total number of vessels 

supervision of the Maritime Com

program in 1937 to the end of t

estimated completed cost of8368

struction or on contract at an e

628 91 The overall picture at 

vessels constructed under constr

estimated completed cost of 83

had been disbursed as of June 30 

tonnage was 3605 427 with 16340

of 53938 827 deadweight tons 

program from its inception to Jun

of this report including an item

or on contract at that time toget

and disbursements made to that 

Shipbuild

No new shipyards were estab

31142 777 were expended during 

in existing yards primarily to out

Liberty to the Victory type The 

facilities with their regional locat

Credit Due to Shipbuild

The shipbuilders and their em

contractors and subcontractors w

for vessels under construction ha

put in them to provide the ships 

The Commission would be remiss 

shipbuilding industry the shipya

a wide variety of materials from 

with a remarkable performance

There have been times when th

insurmountable but the month b

the demands of the military needs 

of this record are shown in appe

the number of ships produced du

previously stated was occasione

type to the Victory standard C 

More man hours per ship slows do
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TECHNICAL D

As the war developed and milita

defined there arose a definite need 

adapted to the solution of new 

port facilities for landing troops 

places around the globe where Al

to the enemy Particularly wasth

the prevalence of island fighting re

presented problems of special desig

Special Mili

The Maritime Commission leas 

sign and production of the special 

Some of the problems have been 

vessels to military needs Othe

virtually

technical

new

staff

designs

have worked

be created

close

ices and private designers in de

types but cargo carriers adapted 

of this global war

The special types include comb

loaded cargo ships essential for mil

Some of these have been delive

scheduled for delivery in the fall and 

A large number of small cargo ca

now under construction at the re

They are 339 feet in length driven 

stern a nd so arranged as to meet th

There have been a few large troo

and deliveries will begin soon on th

carriers have seen several months 

efficient in the services for which 

were designed for combination pa

be converted to that service when n

A satisfactory production of air

was attained on the Vest coast 

1943 and a number of these have 

the Nation sroll of honor for co

frigates small fast and highly 

principally for convoy escort se

many of them on the Great Lakes 

on convoy duty

Victo

The first deliveries of Victory s

and initial reports on their perfo
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They exceed somewhat their d

is reported to be excellent

Woo

The programs of wooden ve

building emergency are now co

hold scows large non self prop

group of small 65foot tugs M

seen successful service

Conc

The concrete ship constructio

measure when the regular ship

is now being brought to comp

completed in this program also 

and nonselfpropelled cargo lig

given months of effective service 

These concrete vessels contr

program was useless have prove

operations Some of the barge

Pacific area and a number of th

houses in that area Others h

service for Army use and two w

cob operations at the Normand

W

A large amount of study and e

involved in welding ships stru

alterations in certain details of 

studies the Commission believe

Ga

The Commission is carefully d

of ship propulsion A contract 

construction of the new type of t

encountered for whose solutions 

the Navy in the development of 

Great 

The Nation sshipbuilding cap

the fiscal period by developmen

sized oceangoing vessels built on 

sippi River Several shipyards 

ing these vessels but the route 

imposed limitations of length 

through the Chicago Drainage C

Rivers had only the limitations 
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rivers and bridges to face Thes

steel pontoons to the aft ends of 

masts and parts of the superstruc

By this means the sterns were raise

water The superstructure and 

ports These innovations permitt

shipyards and available manpowe

oceangoing ships

PRODUCTION A

Steel plate remained the larges

tion and the scheduling of this vita

allocating its distribution in line w

diting its delivery so that shipbui

to be the most important functio

work of the Commission

Several hundred persons were 

field to keep these functions ope

be maintained an orderly flow 

sources of production to the poin

With 50 shipyards actively en

construction of vessels for the M

change over from Liberty ship 

the enlarged construction prog

production and scheduling of m

received very careful attention

A close integration between 

activities of the Commission was m

Materials and parts for many typ

gram were purchased by the Co

were placed they came under th

them with ship production sched

tion priorities and other regulat

ment and delivery of critical mat

The basis of material purchase

tion schedule The ship program 

manufacture and delivery of ship

all over the Nation in which su

pumps and other fabrications mo

industry are manufactured under 

Board

This WPB order directs fabri

facture their products on an ag

requirements of claimant agencie

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over production and delivery of 

been and continues to be of ines

program

Exp

Expediting offices were maintain

and Oakland to follow Commissio

tories to the shipyards and make 

material for the construction pr

shipyard requirements

The controlled materials plan h

construction program Under its 

continued to receive satisfactory 

critical materialssteel copper a

Special priority subjects invo

Production Board and the Army an

of material supply were handled 

all shipyards making their own pu

to shipyards

During the fiscal year both ma

been in tight supply and extreme

to meet the requirements of the 

augmented as it is by the Commiss

at an accelerated rate in the fiscal 

PROCU

Responsible for carrying out 

policy of the Commission the Pro

ciated with the construction progr

It is responsible for the procure

and custody of all materials sup

the Commission inventorying of v

in which the Commission has an in

of warehouses sale and transfer o

the disposal of surplus marine eq

other Government agencies

With the approaching terminatio

program the enormous procureme

of the wartime building program c

In the fiscal year the Division 

ment of material and supplies fo

grams Victory cargo Victory tra

combat loaded cargo tankers c

designs and Liberty colliers
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A total of 593 ships of the abo

year and the procurement of ma

was underway

Tota

A total of 33017 orders were pl

the fiscal year with an aggregate 

the same period the district off

829 02 77 65or a total of

separate orders

In addition to the district pur

delphia Baltimore Norfolk Ne

and Chicago new offices were o

Pedro The Philadelphia office 

chasing the material for the ent

New Orleans office purchased al

24 Liberty ships which are bein

land office purchased all materia

heat exchange equipment for the 

Equipment and supplies requir

tion centers under the jurisdiction 

were obtained by the Procureme

Small 

Contracts with small war plan

first three quarters of the fiscal 

percent of the total number of 

with an approximate value of 

with plants With less than 500 e

a representative of the Smaller 

the Commission sProcurement 

Storag

To meet the requirement of 

stantly expanding operations of 

well as the surplus property dis

additional storage facilities were 

Wash Mobile Ala San Pedro 

Cristobal and Balboa C Z R

Hoboken N J

During the year material valu

the warehouses with material va

out At the end of the fiscal ye

in Maritime Commission and W

houses aggregated 824 356 13 95
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Checking 

Activities in checking rates and 

heavy due to increased purchasi

transportation bill for the movem

this Division daring the fiscal yea

entailed the preparation of 48003 

108 99 transportation vouchers

Vessel I

Physical inventories of 3931 ves

326 inventory examinations we

ments with the owners and chart

ventories in process at the end of t

Necessary actions were taken to 

priorities for all shipbuilders co

purchase orders so that there wo

needed materials and supplies to t

Surplus Prop

A Surplus Property Disposal Se

Division to handle the details of 

and handling the disposal of mar

winches anchor windlasses capst

marine fixtures compasses and acc

taffrail logs wire rope cargo nets a

Maritime Commission but for all ot

ance with the Surplus Property Ac

Following arrangements made 

Administration small lots of ma

found to be unrequired property a

the yard where located after it has 

used elsewhere by the Commissi

Where the material other than th

the Maritime Commission is the 

at more than 1000 it is turned 

disposal agency designated to han

CONTRACT T

The Commission sTermination 

with the Office of Contract Settle

been followed in the termination 

Commission or by contractors of t

This procedure had in view th

of all amounts due under such cont

setup of the Nation
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Up to the end of the fiscal yea

of

7

1417 34035 were terminat

541 667 claims were filed an

have been approved with an agg

three claims were withdrawn or 

a value of 62379 and at the e

claims in process of adjustment i

SHIPYARD LA

The manpower situation iu shi

in the connection with shipyard 

1944 Continuous efforts were 

of what they might expect con

ployees Conferences were held w

and the Inter Agency Committee 

of which determinations of nation

war workers who were held to be 

able requests for guidance along 

but also from prime and subcont

In order that shipyard labor re

perspective a survey of manpow

and tabulations of the results in 

to the National Manpower Prio

power Commission for considera

tions permission of the War Man

inter regional labor recruitment 

Island and Richmond shipyards 

also undertook intensive recruiti

at Wilmington Calif and one at 

Feedin

The Maritime Commission in 

a food consultant to conduct a 3 

Commission shipyards the point 

feeding facilities were a considera

turnover

The most serious situation was 

determined to make the initial ins

at a Wilmington Calif yard A 

was presented to the Commissio

partially completed plan for a ya

The cost of the first installatio

Maritime Commission and the 

participating by providing offpl
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yard employees as well as a num

Elie federal Works Agency howe

from this proposed plan and fo

mission approved a total expendit

to serve only shipyard employees 

are now in operation in two West 

Discussions of feeding problems 

Food Administration War Produ

and other agencies and members

on Food for Workers bas been ma

Wotren 

Increased employment of wom

national average of 10 percent of 

as high as 25 percent in two We

by the Commission of an experie

problems A Nationwide surve

direction of the consultant covet

women spersonnel departments 

venience proper safe and adeq

safety provisions peculiar to wom

child care housing and transport

Since that plan of survey was ina

a preponderance of the smaller on

coordinators Information and p

made available to all Those in c

Production Board Federal Hous

partment of Labor and Office of 

concerning the Commission sprog

and conferences have been held 

problems

Wage S

The Maritime Commission cont

building Stabilization Committee 

tives of the Maritime Commission 

Production Board employers a

stabilize shipyard wages in variou

to the principles enunciated in Ex

Five zone conferences were atte

tive during the fiscal yeas At 

Minneapolis and New York

Safety a

The Safety and Health Secti

program to guard the health an

employees of Maritime Commiss
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surveys of respiratory illnesses i

the fiscal year Three of them h

doctors with assistance of IVlari

are making the studies selecting 

exposed to fumes dust and smok

be made when all surveys are co

A shipyard safety contest was 

Liberty ships in March the yard 

rate under uniform standards in 

of building and sponsoring a Liber

F Clapper in honor of the war c

Pacific war theater

St John sRiver Shipbuilding 

the winner with J A Jones Con

gaining second place Unfortu

have not been maintained

Frequent inspections and surve

continue to turn up areas for imp

frequency reports have been is

shipyards for purposes of com

stressing safety have been issue

held frequent group meetings and 

and health conferences over the c

and management have set high

lowering the accident rate and p

the industry

Disputes a

Prompt action in handling disp

aided greatly in holding the few s

occurred to a minimum of lost pro

involving

Committee

alleged

on Fair

racial

Employment

discrimina

tion with great success At the re

the House of Representatives the 

respect was made available to tha

Tr

A considerable improvement in 

cedures has been brought about du

tion of supervisors duties a nd res

the Commission sconsultant on 

ment top supervision and trainin

the most acute problems were 

with shipyard executives supe

officials have led to fuller defin
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responsibilities may be delegated 

in order to increase production pe

INSU

The Commission passes upon 

insurance required by mortgages 

agreements vessel and facilities 

ments executed by the Commissio

damage to property workmen s

legal liability protection Many 

the Commission particularly th

operations were transferred to t

Executive order when that Admi

Supporting A

The Commission has continued 

it of requiring as much of the in

in the American market This ha

ening the American marine insu

portance to the future of Americ

past year when practically all o

tered under some form of agreeme

tion a large part of the insurance 

ment thereby greatly reducing th

mortgagors

Builds

On most of the vessels under 

assumed all risks except on those 

contracts where builder srisk in

contractor as guarantee that the

tract because of serious accide

constructed entirely at the expe

been protected by builder srisk 

Commission has received the adva

supplied by the underwriters

On contracts with manufacture

program the Commission has req

protect its interests as well as th

Workmen s

compensation

Since 1941 the

automobile

emergency

and

ship

o

a cost basis in accordance with a 

would permit

Under this plan the cost of com

mined by the sum of 1 the ac
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loss expenses 2 an agreed perc

the fixed charge and overhead o

such as legal expenses incurred in 

and 4 taxes chargeable to each 

90 percent of the standard prem

where the contracts are being pe

The Commission requires the i

putation of insurance costs at 

contracts have been completed 

settlements are completed

Where shipyards are still n o

settlement is made annually afte

Statements have been examin

jects The total cost of the insu

6029 or 55 percent of the cost 

chased commercially at stand

513 07 7062 36

In connection with projects on 

at present the indications are tha

those on which settlements have 

Group 

Since June 1943 when the C

respect to group insurance it 

number of shipyards for the 

insurance plans

The principal change in the Cs

clusion in overhead in yards no

sum basis as a proper item of 

percent of the employer sshare 

instead of the 50 percent that w

ment absorbing 23 percent Als

insurance and health and accide

of coverage such as hospitalizat

plans were alike and the Comms

it considered to be the merits of 

REGULATOR

Functions of the Maritime C

the regulatory provisions of the 

and regulation of shipping confer

that are authorized to establish 

cooperative working arrangemen

acts to prevent preferences d

practices and provides supervisio

foreign and to some extent inter

616443 453
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Many of the regulatory functio

during the war because the Gove

Administration has taken over p

in the war effort and regulation

system rather than regulation

A large part of these activities 

toward aiding the War Shipping 

ocean freight rates within establi

plished only by close scrutiny of 

by the carriers and their carefu

advises of War Shipping Admin

The Allies success in opening 

gave indication that the volume 

particularly noticeable in the m

volving renewals of some and mod

conditions

Formal In

Three formal investigations on

terminal operations on the West 

mission in the fiscal year and furt

had been closed

The first of these Pan Americ

S S Corp 2 U S M C 693 

coastal Shipping Act These ca

found to have received shipments 

Rico but to have failed to perfor

order was issued One of the ca

were received at the pier althou

for the transportation The sche

The second case Rates etc of 

2 U S M C 706 involved a v

common carriers in foreign comme

mission within 30 days after the

though not a conference member o

of the company sinterpretation of 

not made but there was found n

the respondent was declared not s

The third proceeding Wharfage 

Ports Docket No 632 was of m

nia terminals filed increases in th

and dockage whose estimated cost 

annually

Seven Government agencies as w

increases on grounds that they were 

tory and detrimental to commerc

in war service under control of War Shipping Administration Nine
y y 
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completed and 2 are still under co

actions have been completed are 

Mortgag

Under provisions of title X1 o

Commission is authorized to m

eligible mortgages which secure l

in domestic North American an

During the year activity in th

applications were received thus 

194 3 retrains the maximum of c

of title XI

Outstanding balances of loans 

the fiscal year were reduced 283

payments and prepayments and 

the beginning of the year have 

mortgage debt at the Nal of the f

The June 30 1944 balance 

amounts to 8577 702 46an incre

year nhielt represents the net p

defaults were recorded conseque

TRANSFER OF VESSEL REG

A total of 216 vessels aggreg

ferred to alien ownership or reg

Shipping Act of 1916 luring the 

were small vessels with the exce

Thirteen proposed sales were dis

Type member gross tonnage average 

Commission for transfer to Allen ow

9 and 37 of the Shipping Ad 1916 

June 30 1944

1 Smlmg vessels schooners

2 Tugs and barges

3 Pleasure vessels yachts etc

a3 Motorboats undocumented of less than 5 

4 Tankers

5 Commercial vessels under 1000 gross tons fis

motorboats etc 1

6 Commercial vessels over 1000 gross tons cargo 

cargo passenger

a Subsidized proceeds reserved for new co

el Nonsubsidtzed proceeds reserved for new 

c Nonsubsidized

d United States owned vessels

Total
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Statement showing nationality number 

Maritime Commission for transfer to 

pursuant to secs 9 and 37 of the Shipp

1943 through June 30 1944

Arabian Brazilian British Canadian Chilean Colombian Costa Rican

Cuban French

Guatemalan Haitian Honduran Icelandic Mexican Netherlands Newfoundland Nicaraguan Norwegian Panamanian Philippine Portuguese Swiss

Uruguayan Venezuelan

Total

Sale alien only

Grand total

Charters 

In the fiscal period there wer

vessels to aliens approved by the 

small craft operating in the Car

representative of all charters to al

as blanket authority has been 

vessels under War Shipping Admin

American owner filing a certified 

the proposed voyage

Surrender of M

During the fiscal year the Ma

suant to section 30 subsection 0 

the surrender of marine documen

also approved pursuant to subs

surrender of the marine documen

acquisition for use by the armed s

MAINTENANCE 

Practically all of the operations 

and repair of vessels heretofore 

been assumed by the War Shipp

order The remaining staff of t
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with this duty collaborated 

Administration

Reser

Additional duties were assigned 

Repairs during the fiscal year with 

Section Examination of location

for the layup of merchant vessel

plans for the procurement and in

be required are the principal duti

Appraisals 

Within the fiscal year appraisa

ernmentowned and private ves

tradein were as follows

Tankers Passenger Freightersvessels 6 scellaneous types

Totals

Passenger Tankers Freighters vessels

Miscellaneous types

Totals

U S Maritim

Num

appm

Num

appm

A greater number of appraisals 

Administration to ascertain ship 

and title requisition The War S

were

TFar Shipping 

ORGANIZATION 

There were no changes in the me

the fiscal year

The personnel of the Commissio

fiscalfyear 1943 to 10580 as of J

7127 were in the field and the rem
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During the year the Division o

Shipping Administration was con

nel Supervision and Management 

ing in an improved structure for 

LEGI

To continue the construction p

fiscal year appropriations and 

regular Independent Offices Ann

struction of approximately 20

fiscal year

An authorization act for au

craft was enacted and provided 

Maritime Commission construct

tion of vessels which are transfe

shall be made from naval app

agreements and that vessels acq

sion without reimbursement shal

to the Commission

Sugges

The success of the voluntary 

Commission to provide awards 

the enactment of legislation au

War Shipping Administration t

deemed to be of value in provid

general improvement in carryin

These cash awards may be mad

agency and several suggestions 

considerable merit

In less than 2 years more than 

hours and material in building s

tions submitted by shipyard em

speedup suggestion program Au

fiscal year 2400 suggestions were 

yard efficiency awards committe

meritorious enough for distributi

All this has been accomplishe

War Bond awards ranging from 

cessful suggestions plus the exp

carry some of the suggestions into 

savings realized there have bee

some on health promotion whose 

These suggestions improved mor
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Contract Settlement Recon

Important and extensive legis

agencies but specifically applicabl

Commission have been placed upo

are the Contract Settlement Act 

Reconversion Act of 1944 and 

Under the latter act the Commis

sole disposal agency for vessels w

be merchant vessels or capable o

such vessels are to be disposed of 

sions of the Merchant Marine Ac

authorizing the sale of such vesse

Ship 

Legislation is pending in both h

fixing of basic prices for the sale o

that were constructed in the Unite

period which are available for disp

legislation is of vital importance 

and to avoid continued Governme

fleet of merchant ships The Merc

provides that the Merchant Mar

operated insofar as practicable

STATUTORY R

The status of the statutory cap

funds and in the contractual con

ators is shown in appendix G

While the payment of operating 

pended due to the abandonmen

on essential routes for the durat

contracts with the Commission co

reserve funds proceeds from the 

funds on the subsidized vessels an

ance with the Merchant Marine A

ically authorized by the Commiss

In view of the uncertainty as 

the Commission has from time to t

extended the period within which 

ance with section 511 G of th

amended expend their constructio

however have been for limited 

owners know more clearly what 

war is over it seems unwise to for
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CONTRACT R

Well over 8200 000 has 

renegotiation of contracts and 

of about 300 0 or onetenth o

Between the time of the esta

Board in June 1942 and Octobe

2800 cases and the amount rec

A total of 802 contractors wer

total sales of2519 000subj

A total of 368 contractors 

embodying refunds or are in th

The total amount of excessive 

146 855 000on renegotiable sale

Four hundred and thirtyfour 

not to have realized excessive pro

to 488 000

In addition to the above recov

been negotiated with an estimate

The balance of approximately 

were found either to be not subj

other Government departments

PUBLIC 

In carrying out the declared 

Merchant Marine Act 1936 to fo

age the maintenance of an ade

and more specifically to carry ou

to it in section 212 b of the A

news and general information to 

operations and programs of the 

Shipping Administration

Close contacts have been ma

radio and other media through 

have been disseminated and inf

ordinated so as to explain to the p

ships the men who build them 

who sail them play in the Unite

Contacts have been maintaine

industry shipbuilders shipown

maritime unions as well as with 

trade and similar organizations 

have been arranged to dissemina

value of maintaining at all times 

quate to serve as an auxiliary to 

gency and in times of peace and 
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transporting all of our domestic 

stantial portion of our foreign w

and import

In the shipnaming program an 

Nationwide interest in the mercha

have special interest to the differ

ground material and data to the pr

The exploits of the unsung hero

sacrificed their lives or who have 

have been disseminated through th

pictures not only to the home town

further means of creating an intere

and its possibilities in the future

As an incentive to the workers i

from which come the material and 

keep on the job until the final ba

Commission has distributed effect

factories In addition it has carrie

various plants and from time to 

M pennant to shipyards and 

awarded in recognition of outstan

Through programs arranged with 

were made for men to man the shi

yards with very good responses

HOU

At the close of the fiscal year 

National Housing Agency all of its 

exception of six properties on the 

as they were primarily used for oth

With this transfer the housing 

mission 54000 and provide

shipyard workers came entirely un

Public Housing Authority with 

above

LEGAL OP

Conduct of the litigation of all c

is handled in the office of the gen

by the Attorney General of the Un

During the fiscal year covered b

time Commission involving 43994

the total amount paid being 743

33680 27

There were 56 cases involving 574

1 1943 Added during the fisc
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7943 067 52and there were 1

involving 9245 562 06 This 

proceedings in which no amounts 

Claims pending but not in litig

on July 1 1943 numbered 2 in

8 were added involving 8336 49 a

on which nothing was paid or r

June 30 1944 involving 879 36

The above is exclusive of ca

Administration

RES

in further development of 

has been studying all the phases 

shipbuilding

Chief among these were the ba

of reports relating to the postwa

mission sPostWar Planning C

has been shown by congressiona

and the general public

Included in the scope of curren

tonnage required to provide ade

borne commerce in respect to d

routes that were considered es

which might be considered essen

of ships in the coastwise interco

war days and as to the effect of 

of American and foreign seagoing 

Studies have been made and are 

with the manning of ships now a

to seamen wages and working c

possible postwar adjustment

Records are maintained coveri

operations for the use of the Com

any point of issue

POST WA

Ever mindful of its responsibi

adequate merchant marine the 

appointed a PostWar Planning 

in the Commission and the War 

comprehensive study of the prob

marine industry when the war en

resumed
REPORT OF THE UNITED STA

The Commission also set up 

specific subjects and invited all 

trade and shipping to cooperate 

postwar plans should be

A number of these studies have 

reach that stago The main com

sideration and make up a report o

mission

At the appropriate time the Com

its specific recommendations for 

quate to meet the declared polic

A number of the ship operators 

foreign trade before the outbreak 

have been operating ships for the 

requisitioned but who were not p

an interest in postwar operations

PostWar 

It is the general belief that ther

waterborne commerce of the Nat

to he no legitimate reason why Am

pate in this increase In fact it d

for an American flag fleet in the 

carry about 50 percent of our exp

Disposa

With a fleet of ships aggregating 

tons when the war ends there w

needed for commercial operations 

will pose a problem of their disp

sales bill now before congression

toward simplifying the problems 

to private operators of these an

Government fleet

Basic 

The basic plan of Congress is t

rine privately owned and operate

of the best equipped safest and 

structed in the United States and 

citizen personnel

In preparing its postwar plans 

fact that there will be a trained an

the ships of whatever fleet may be 

requirements of our commercial op

be a group of well established and 
30 REPORT OF THE UNITED ST

the United States who can succ

in foreign trade provided they a

as to investment with the foreign 

compete and that through Go

able to bring their operational co

flag competitors

The standard Ctype cargo sh

T3 type tankers that were desig

its order will be the bestequippe

vessels but just when they will 

any quantity cannot be definitely 

servica and their return from th

mercial use will take time

Shortage 

There undoubtedly will be a sh

passenger and cargo ships for all 

port use and must remain in that 

over To place our merchant m

be necessary to construct some 

and it will also be necessary to 

vessels for coastal trade

Overa

The Commission will have so

obtained through tradein allowa

of for other than commercial us

gether with such of the vessels th

20 years of age should be broken 

Ships i

It is not believed that any of 

that are or can be put in firstc

should be scrapped Those whi

be placed in sanctuary as a na

against a heavy expenditure of t

war is forced upon us or better 

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COMPLETED

UNDER 011rt NOV

Av

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115 port Lines Inc 

Ilo olehenr Steel Co 

Buck eyo Steamship Co 

Waco Lines Inc 

Great Lakes Steamship Co Ine 

The Gulf Oil Corporation 

Interlake Steamship Co 

Kurz Charles R Co Inc 

7 Eceussil pi Shipping Co Inc 

Nalmnal Balk CIrrierr Inc 

Now York @ Cuha 5tail8cmnslip Co 

Paco Tanker Inc 

Pan Atlantic Stearnsdi Corporation 

Pioneer St eamshlp Co 

Pittsburgh Slea111 ahip CO 

S9nonyVlcnu111 011 Cc Inc

Standard 011 Co of Nen Jersey 

rho Texas Co 

Waterman Steamship Coryorrt on 

P0161 Sues of ships completed

Grace Line Inc 

lanAtlantr Steamship orroralion 

SoconyVuenum Oil Co Inc 

Standard Oil Co of Nca 112

Dotal sales of ships undo Lonst action

Iolal 26804 of ships completed and undo

construction

Total 151 428 975 336 51 

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Inclndrs cost ofa4of exisline ncIt5s

111 409 1 cost 0 expansion of eaisbnc 9931117 

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REPORT OF TI FE UNPI ED STAT

APPE

Vessels over 20 years of age on which 

during the period July 1 1943 to Jun

tioning by the Government

Name of conl rnctor

Termin

al years Ions fiscal1s

1941 American President Lines Ltd San 1941

Francisco Cal

1911410

Grace Line Inc San Francisco Calif 1940191 101 41

Moore McCormack Lines Inc Now 1941

York N Y

1940194 1938

Seas Shipping Co Inc New York f 1942

N Y 191

Total

APPP

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statutory capital and special I se or fu

subsxdi zed operators as at June 30 19

Operator Cal41 r

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Anmriean Vail lines Ltd

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Lykes Bt os Steamship 9 Inc 

New YorkrofIik Lin s Incn 53411 8 

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