World War II emergency war agency of the US government
WSA press release photo showing wartime production of shipping tonnage
The War Shipping Administration (WSA) was a World War II emergency war agency of the US government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the United States needed for fighting the war. Both shipbuilding under the Maritime Commission and ship allocation under the WSA to Army, Navy or civilian needs were closely coordinated though Vice Admiral Emory S. Land who continued as head of the Maritime Commission while also heading the WSA.[1][2]
^Division of Public Inquiries—Office of War Information 1945.
^War Shipping Administration 1944.
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