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U.S. Maritime Commission design type P4-S2

Built for U.S.-to-Europe liner service, America was launched on August 31, 1939, the day before Germany invaded Poland, marking the start of World War II; by the time it was ready...

The C1 type was the smallest and slowest of the three standard cargo designs in the U.S. Maritime Commission’s Long Range Shipbuilding Program. Intended as an economical choice for tramp services and coastwise trade where speed was not essential,...

U.S. Maritime Commission type C3-P P&C

The U.S. Maritime Commission’s C3 type was the largest and fastest of the agency’s original standard designs, and was also the platform with the most sub-types and modifications. The vessels’ size (...

Even as the U.S. Maritime Commission’s Liberty shipbuilding program got into full swing, the agency was also designing and building more types of ships as part of the emergency program. Many of these ships were built for wartime use, designed with...

As a part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program, the U.S. Maritime Commission, in addition to the construction of cargo ships and tankers, also built many commissioned U.S. Navy vessels. Between 1939 and 1945, the commission oversaw the delivery of...

After World War II, the surplus of cargo ships produced by the Emergency Shipbuilding Program meant that the U.S. Maritime Commission had several years to develop a successor to the Victory ship and Long Range Shipbuilding Program-era designs. ...

Maritime Administration design type C4-S-1A

The final ships designed by the U.S. Maritime Commission, the Mariner-class, did not go into production until after the U.S. government had reorganized the agency as the Maritime...