page_title: United States Shipping Board
hierarchical_section_title: United States Shipping Board
caption_attribution_description: The Ships Are Coming: United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
context_page_description: The United States Shipping Board was established as an emergency agency by the 1916 Shipping Act, on September 7, 1916. The United States Shipping Board task was to increase the number of US ships supporting the World War I efforts. United States Shipping Board program ended on March 2, 1934.
context_section_description: The United States Shipping Board (USSB) was established as an emergency agency by the 1916 Shipping Act (39 Stat. 729), on September 7, 1916. The United States Shipping Board task was to increase the number of US ships supporting the World War I efforts. United States Shipping Board program ended on March 2, 1934.
caption: A World War I poster designed by James Daugherty for the US Shipping Board, ca. 1917–1918.
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