Building the emergency fleet; a historical narrative of the problems and achievements of the United States shipping board emergency fleet corporation (1920)
Mattox, William Courtney · Cleveland : The Penton publishing co. · leaf 269
Thefiles of the operating division of the Emergency Fleet Cor-poration contain a great number of unsolicited testimonialsfrom sea captains and operating companies telling of thesterling work of their vessels. The winter of 1919-20 was exceptionally stormy uponthe Atlantic and many ships met with… … z ou I I Q U. S. Ships ill Operation which were built abroad and were commandeered during thewar, some of them of very poor construction. They included,too, certain vessels which had been in operation on the GreatLakes before the war and which were cut in two and takenthrough the Welland canal for…
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation · Shipbuilding -- United States
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