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Tasked with standardizing and expanding American merchant shipping during World War II, the United States Maritime Commission executed one of the most ambitious shipbuilding programs in naval history. Maritime historians L. A. Sawyer and W. H. Mitchell present an exhaustive four-part reference work detailing the merchant vessels, standard cargo ships, tankers, and troop transports constructed during this vital era of emergency fleet production. The narrative examines the operational service histories, wartime convoys, postwar commercial sales, and technical design changes across every vessel class produced under the Commission\'s oversight.
Richly illustrated throughout, each volume contains extensive fleet registers, hull numbers, builder details, launch dates, and rare archival photographs. Published by the World Ship Society, this definitive four-book set provides an invaluable research foundation for World War II naval historians, merchant marine researchers, and ship collectors seeking precise documentation of mid-century American maritime logistics.
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