Sail on: The Story of the American Merchant Marine

ALLAN NEVINS Ameri American Line American merchant marine American shipbuilding American ships American yards became boats Boston Britain British building built Capt Captain cargo carrying cent Clipper coast colonies commerce Congress cost craft crews Cunard deadweight tons East River Edward Knight Collins emergency engine England enterprise Europe fish foreign trade freight freighters furnished globe gross tons hundred important industry Inman Line International Navigation Company iron Island launched Liberty ships liners Liverpool mail contract Maritime Commission materials merchant fleet merchant navy merchant shipping merchant vessels million naval North Atlantic ocean Pacific packet passenger ports President profits prosperity Red Star Line Revolution Salem seamen ship construction ship operators Shipbuilding Company shipowners Shipping Board shipyards speed steam steamers Steamship Company steamships subsidy tankers thousand tion tonnage tons of shipping took traffic transport United States Lines Victory ship voyage whaling wrote Yankee York