War Shipping Administration

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/War_Shipping_Administration
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1946
gptkbp:established 1942
gptkbp:firstManager gptkb:Emory_S._Land
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label War Shipping Administration
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFor chartering and allocating merchant ships
managing Liberty ships
managing Victory ships
supporting Allied logistics in World War II
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Department_of_the_Navy_(wartime_coordination)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:United_States_Maritime_Commission
gptkbp:responsibleFor operation of civilian shipping during World War II
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_States_Maritime_Commission
gptkbp:website https://www.maritime.dot.gov/about-maritime-administration/history-war-shipping-administration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Merchant_Mariners_of_World_War_II
gptkb:United_States_Merchant_Marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5