The United States Maritime Commission was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1
Seal of the United States Maritime Commission
WWII United States Maritime Commission poster
Type C2 ship
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Type C2 ships were designed by the United States Maritime Commission in 1937–38. They were all-purpose cargo ships with five holds, and U.S. shipyards built 328 of them from 1939 to 1945. Compared to
USS Whiteside anchored in San Francisco Bay, circa 1948, a Type C2-S-B1 ship
USS Wayne, a C2-S-E1
American Forester of type C2-S-B1 (1969
USS Polaris operating off Korea, 1953, a C2