References: U. S. Merchant Ships




The Design 1046 freighter S.S. Huachuca, EFC hull 4183, on the ways on 2 April 1919. (Photo No. NH 43029)

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This page first provides access to scanned copies of two official U.S. Government publications on merchant ships. Select by clicking on the links below.

United States Shipping Board: Contract and Requisitioned Steamships Taken Over on August 3, 1917

Register of Ships Owned by United States Shipping Board, August 1, 1920

This page next provides access to two specialized databases created by Shipscribe covering U.S. standard merchant ship building programs during World War I and World War II. Select by clicking on the links below.

Shipbuilding Contracts of the U. S. Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1917-1920

Shipbuilding Contracts of the U. S. Maritime Commission, 1937-1945


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