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Liberty ship and War Shipping Administration

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Difference between Liberty ship and War Shipping Administration

Liberty ship vs. War Shipping Administration

Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II. 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 US needed for fighting the war.

Similarities between Liberty ship and War Shipping Administration

Liberty ship and War Shipping Administration have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Franklin D. Roosevelt, Liberty ship, Merchant Marine Act of 1936, Ministry of War Transport, United States Maritime Commission, United States Merchant Marine, Victory ship, World War II.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Liberty ship

Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II.

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Merchant Marine Act of 1936

The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a United States federal law.

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Ministry of War Transport

The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources.

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United States Maritime Commission

The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag.

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United States Merchant Marine

The United States Merchant Marine refers to either United States civilian mariners, or to U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.

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Victory ship

The Victory ship was a class of cargo ship produced in large numbers by North American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Liberty ship and War Shipping Administration Comparison

Liberty ship has 170 relations, while War Shipping Administration has 24. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 4.12% = 8 / (170 + 24).

References

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