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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the immediate designation of four new Marine Highway Projects as part of the America’s...
The National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory is a monthly federal property accounting report for vessels under the ownership or custody of MARAD. The report further officially assigns vessels to an Accountable MARAD Division.
Produced and Distributed by MAR-610, Office of Ship...
The National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory is a monthly federal property accounting report for vessels under the ownership or custody of MARAD. The report further officially assigns vessels to an Accountable MARAD Division.
Produced and Distributed by MAR-610, Office of Ship...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
U.S. Maritime Commission type T1-M-A1
The T1 was a small “coastal” gasoline tanker designed to be used either by the military (mostly sub-type A2) or transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport as part of the Lend-Lease program (mostly sub-type A1). The two sub-types were very...
U.S. Maritime Commission type S4-S2-BB3
Before the United States even entered World War II, the U.S. Maritime Commission participated in the Allies’ desperate chase for aircraft carrier superiority. Planners were learning that military air cover was a crucial component of convoy...
U.S. Maritime Commission type T3-S2-A1
From 1934-1942 the U.S. Maritime Commission focused on mainly building dry cargo carriers to replace the aging and slow World War I-era vessels that made up the majority of the U.S. cargo fleet. The commission refrained from constructing tankers...