United States Navy shipbuilding program during World War II

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Navy_shipbuilding_program_during_World_War_II

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military shipbuilding program
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States Navy shipbuilding program during World War II
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States Gulf Coast shipyards major shipyards on East Coast major shipyards on West Coast
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:Consolidated_Steel_Corporation gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company gptkb:Richmond_Shipyards gptkb:Seattle-Tacoma_Shipbuilding_Corporation gptkb:Sun_Shipbuilding_&_Drydock_Company gptkb:Todd_Shipyards gptkb:Western_Pipe_and_Steel_Company gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard gptkb:marine gptkb:ship gptkb:Brooklyn_Navy_Yard gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding gptkb:Cramp_Shipbuilding gptkb:Boston_Navy_Yard gptkb:Ingalls_Shipbuilding gptkb:Avondale_Shipyard gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards gptkb:Wilmington_Shipyard gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel gptkb:Moore_Dry_Dock_Company gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard gptkb:Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard gptkb:Charleston_Navy_Yard gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard Consolidated Steel Orange Pascagoula Shipyard Swan Island Shipyard
gptkbp:numberOfShips	over 6,000
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:period	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:produced	gptkb:ship aircraft carriers destroyers submarines cruisers auxiliary ships patrol boats battleships minesweepers amphibious ships escort carriers
gptkbp:purpose	expand naval fleet
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Lend-Lease_program gptkb:Arsenal_of_Democracy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Bureau_of_Yards_and_Docks gptkb:Two-Ocean_Navy_Act gptkb:Bureau_of_Aeronautics gptkb:Bureau_of_Ordnance gptkb:island_hopping_campaign gptkb:Pacific_War gptkb:Rosie_the_Riveter gptkb:Liberty_ship_program gptkb:Victory_ship_program gptkb:Bureau_of_Ships gptkb:Emergency_Shipbuilding_Program labor unions modular construction wartime propaganda naval innovation amphibious operations anti-submarine warfare naval logistics prefabrication war production convoy escort industrial mobilization mass production techniques welding technology wartime rationing mothball fleet African Americans in shipbuilding Atlantic War Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees) Naval Expansion Act of 1940 U.S. Army shipbuilding program U.S. Coast Guard shipbuilding program U.S. Maritime Commission shipbuilding program U.S. industrial history Women in World War II workforce postwar surplus ships
gptkbp:resultedIn	major role in Allied victory rapid ship production support for Allied operations U.S. Navy became world's largest navy employment for millions increased industrial capacity significant technological advancements
gptkbp:supportedBy	private contractors naval architects industrial workforce U.S. shipyards
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:USS_Samoa
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7