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United States Shipping Board
Emergency agency by the 1916 Shipping Act / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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