Emergency Shipbuilding Program

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	shipbuilding program
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1945
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:U.S._federal_government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Emergency Shipbuilding Program
gptkbp:impact	employed hundreds of thousands of workers significantly increased U.S. merchant fleet
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableAchievement	mass production techniques in shipbuilding record shipbuilding speeds
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Henry_J._Kaiser
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:Bethlehem-Fairfield_Shipyard gptkb:Oregon_Shipbuilding_Corporation gptkb:Permanente_Metals_Corporation gptkb:Richmond_Shipyards gptkb:ship gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards gptkb:California_Shipbuilding_Corporation T2 tanker
gptkbp:numberOfShips	over 5,000
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:United_States_Maritime_Commission
gptkbp:precededBy	pre-war shipbuilding programs
gptkbp:purpose	rapid construction of merchant ships for World War II
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:startDate	1941
gptkbp:successor	post-war shipbuilding programs
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bethlehem-Fairfield_Shipyard
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6