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United States Shipping Board

A World War I poster designed by James Daugherty for the US Shipping Board, ca. 1917–1918.

The United States Shipping Board (USSB) was established as an emergency agency by the 1916 Shipping Act (39 Stat. 729), on September 7, 1916. The United States Shipping Board's task was to increase the number of US ships supporting the World War I efforts. The program ended on March 2, 1934.[1]

  1. ^ Hurley 1927, p. Chapter III.

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