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Great Merchant Marine in the Making
Long article notes bold expansion of naval overseas transportation during 1918 and 1919, from 12 oil tankers to a fleet of 1,700 officers and 11,000 men, with aims to man a vast postwar merchant marine. Describes navy, shipping board, and private crews, training programs at Pelham Bay and Stevens Institute, and the push to build a self-sustaining U S merchant fleet through naval handling of cargo ships and avoidance of civilian labor strife.
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Naval Overseas Transportation Service
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Navy
Washington
New York
Europe
Navy Overseas Transportation Service
Army
United States
New England
European
Mexico
Germany
America
Charles M. Schwab
The
Shipping Board
Edward H. Hurley
Secretary of the Navy
Maine
Nto Ocean Service
Ciastwise
Rhca
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Quartermaster's Department
Navy Supply Department
Congress
All
Pelham Bay
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
Naval Auxiliary Reserve
Great Lakes
Annapolis
Overseas Transportation Service
Seamen's Union