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 [[Image:Usmc1936 logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Seal of the United States Maritime Commission]]
-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, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 1950. The commission 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.  It also formed the [[United States Maritime Service]] for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet.
+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, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 1950. The commission 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.  It also formed the [[United States Maritime Service]] for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet.
 As a symbol of the rebirth of the U.S. Merchant Marine and Merchant Shipbuilding under the Merchant Marine Act, the first vessel contracted for was {{SS|America|1940|6}}.  Owned by the [[United States Lines]], she briefly operated in the passenger liner and cruise service before being converted into a high-speed transport, per her design.