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NS Savanah Metting Minutes 7-18-23

NS Savanah Meeting Agenda 7-18-23

NS Savanah Meeting Agenda 9-19-23

Programmatic Agreement Regarding Operations, Maintenance, and Development Activities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

N.S. Savannah Decommissioning and Disposition

The purpose of this web page is to provide the public with an open informal notice and comment opportunity regarding the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) ongoing consultation about the future...

USS CHANDELEUR

U.S. Maritime Commission type C3-S1-B1

One of the many variations on the standard C3 design, USS Chandeleur (AV-10), was a seaplane tender, the only vessel of its type. Several earlier seaplane tenders had been constructed from converted C3 hulls, but only Chandeleur...

SS PRESIDENT WILSON

U.S. Maritime Commission type P2-SE2-R3

The most efficient means to transport large groups of people, even into the 1970s, was the troop transport ships, which were a key part of the U.S. Maritime Commission’s shipbuilding program.  The commission built transport-oriented subtypes...

SS UNITED STATES

U.S. Maritime Commission/Maritime Administration type P6-S4-DS1

In June 1952, SS United States became the final U.S. Maritime Commission vessel to be delivered, nearly two years after the agency ceased to exist.  Operated by U.S. Lines, United States had a 17-...

Ocean-going tug

U.S. Maritime Commission type V4-M-A1

The Maritime Commission’s V4 tug, with a length of 194 feet, displacement of 1,613 tons, and capable of a speed of 14 knots (6 knots towing), were among the largest and most powerful tugs in the world when they were built. Two diesel engines...