Topic summary

Maritime Commission

Extracted from the Wikipedia article United States Maritime Commission.

Timeline

1936: Merchant Marine Act abolishes Shipping Board and establishes Maritime Commission.
1937: Joseph P. Kennedy appointed by President Roosevelt as the first head of the Maritime Commission
1938: Maritime Commission authorizes large merchant fleet
1940: Maritime Commission agrees to build 60 Ocean class merchant ships for the British Ministry of War Transportation.
1941 Beginning of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program
1942: The War Shipping Administration was established
1942: The United States Coast Guard takes over Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
1942: United States Merchant Marine Academy opens at Kings Point, Long Island, New York
1942: Maine Merchant Marine Academy, later named Maine Maritime Academy, opens in Castine, Maine
1950: Functions of Maritime Commission transferred to Department of Commerce and MARAD, United States Maritime Administration