Sixth Annual Report OF THE UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD Fiscal Year Ended June 30 1922 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1922 THE UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD ALBERT D LASEER Chairman T V OOONNOB Vice Chairman MEYER LISSNER Commissioner WILLIAM S BENSON COmmiSSioner GEORGE E CHAMBERLAIN Commissioner EDWARD C PLUMMER Commissioner FREDERICK I THOMPSON Cwnmissioner CLIFFORD W SMITH Secretary TABLE OF CONTENTS UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD Page Letter of transmittal 7 Organization 11 Report of the Bureau of Traffic 11 Regulatory work of the bureau 15 Carriers conferences and contracts 17 Formal docket 17 Informal docket 18 Tariffs 19 General 19 Report of the Bureau of Operation 20 Industrial relations division 20 Functions 21 Labor policy 22 Marine or ship labor 22 Longshore or dock labor 23 Savings in wage costs on Shipping Board vessels 24 Recruiting service 25 Navigation and engineering schools 25 Schools for special turbine training 26 Sea service bureau 26 Report of the Bureau of Construction 29 Report of the Bureau of Law 30 Report of the Bureau of Research 33 Port facilities 34 Marine insurance 37 Volume of American marine insurance 37 Modification of Syndicate B Agreement 38 Classification of lines operating Shipping Board vessels for cargo insurance purposes 40 Enactment of the model marine insurance law 41 Loss through theft pilferage and nondelivery 43 United States shipping in foreign trade 44 Division of field information 46 United States foreign commerce in commodities 60 Report of the Secretary 90 Membership of the board 90 Sale of vessels to aliens and or transfer to foreign registry section 9 ship ping act 1916 as amended 91 Personnel 93 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS lI UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION Organization 1s99 Report of the Allocation Contract and Chartering Departments 99 Allocation department 99 Contract department 100 Demurrage and offhire section 100 Inventory section 101 Vesseldelivery section 102 Miscellaneous 102 Chartering department 103 Report of the Traffic Department 104 Shipping conditions 105 Solicitation of cargo for American vessels 105 Egyptian cotton 106 Maintenance of dependable sailing schedules 107 Services 107 Cargo services 110 Marine insurance department 116 Advertising department 118 Activities of Shipping Board vessels is import and export trade 121 Report of the Division of Operations 133 Operating department 133 Division of docks and wharves 139 Radio division 146 Stevedoring 148 Department of maintenance and repair 152 Construction division 153 Ship construction 153 Yards and docks 165 Repair division 166 Department of purchases and supplies 175 Statistical department 177 Fuel department 177 European organization 184 Report of the Sales Department 188 Material sales division 195 Transportation and housing division 201 Drydock division 207 Plant division 210 Report of the Legal Department 212 Admiralty division 814 Contract opinion recoveries and specialassignment division 217 Claims division 220 Litigation division 222 Bureau of investigation 225 Report of the Finance Department P26 Administrative offices 226 General comptrollers department 229 Secretarys office 231 Treasurers department S82 Collection department 240 Securities sales section 242 APPENDIX TABLE I Vessels owned and controlled by the United States Shipping Board pass as of June 30 1922 246 II Recapitulation of vessels owned by the United States Shipping Board as of June 30 1922 247 III Steel cargo vessels owned by the United States Shipping Board segre gated according to dead weight tonnage and speed 248 IV Managers and or operators and charterers of Shipping Board vessels as of June 30 1922 249250 V General cargo and passenger services as of June 30 1922 251253 VI United States Shipping Board terminals recapitulation operations fiscal year ended June 30 1922 4 VII Hoboken terminal Piers Nos 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 254 VIII Brooklyn Army base Pier No 3 255256 IX Brooklyn Army base Pier No 4 256 X Philadelphia Army base 257 XI Boston Army base 258 XII Accumulated program of ship construction 259 XIII Accumulated program of ship construction by geographical sections of the United States 260 XIV Summary of keels laid 261263 XV Summary of ships launched 264 XVI Summary of ships delivered 266268 XVII Status of contract steel 13000 dead weight tonnage passenger and cargo vessels as of June 30 1922 268 XVIII Ships delivered by years arranged according to class in the various districts 269270 XIX Summary of deliveries according to the States in which shipyards are located 271273 XX Summary of cancellations by types and by districts 274 XXI Summary of cancellations arranged according to the States in which shipyards are located 276 XXII Active program by class of construction 278 XXIII Active program by type of ship 278 XXIV Steel shipyards which have completed ship construction for Emer gency Fleet Corporation 279281 XXV Status of ship construction program active steel ships designed tonnage 282 XXVI Drydock and marinerailway contracts 283284 s 5 6 APPENDIX Page TABLE XXVII Summarized consolidated cash statement for the fiscal year beginning July 1 1921 ending June 30 1922 285293 Exhibit A Statement of assets and liabilities as at June 289 30 1922 Schedule 1 Cash exclusive of construction loan fund cash available for settlement of claims and unexpended appropriations 290 Schedule 2 Reconciliation of cash balance June 30 1922 as shown by treasurers cash statement with cash balance as shown by statement of assets and liabilities as at June 30 1922 290 Schedule 3 Unexpended appropriations as at June 30 1922 291 Exhibit 13 Schedule showing gross appropriations and allotments from inception to June 30 1922 292 XXVIII a Names and compensation of employees of the United States Shipping Board in service for some period within the year ended June 30 1922 who have resigned prior to that date 294 5 Names and compensation of employees of the United States Shipping Board in service on June 30 1922 295296 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD Washington D C December 1 1922 To the Congress In compliance with section 12 of the shipping act of 1916 we have the honor to transmit herewith the sixth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Emer gency Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30 1922 The report covers the various activities of the board and the corpora tion under the provisions of the shipping act of 1916 the merchant marine act of 1920 and other legislation The present Shipping Board was organized on June 15 1921 and there have been no changes in the personnel of the board during the fiscal year covered by this report ALBERT D LASEER Chairman T V OCoNNou Commissioner MEYER LISSNER Commissioner W S BENSON Commissioner G E CHAMBERLAIN Commissioner F I THOMPSON Commissioner E C PLUMMER Commissioner I PART I UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 0 3 i 0 0 CA rTh 13 0 IA 2 2 tAi o3 v3 r w 3 2 rnaA rn O 3 O 3 cicq z 20 A API 0 Fa N3co 3N CAzO O Z Zrn UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD ORGANIZATION In order that the numerous and important duties delegated to the Shipping Board under the shipping act 1916 the act of July 15 1918 the merchant marine act 1920 and other legislation might receive the careful attention of the board as well as specialized study by the various members thereof a complete reorganization of the methods of handling the regulatory duties imposed on the board by Congress was effected early in the fiscal year Prior to the reorgani zation referred to it had been the custom broadly speaking for the entire board to give its attention to the various matters arising under the boards jurisdiction It was thought that by assigning to each commissioner certain specific classes of subjects the business of the board could be expedited and the increasing number of matters re ferred to the board could be given more specialized attention Ac cordingly the following organization was perfected Chairmans office Finance division Secretarys office Bureau of traffic Bureau of operations Bureau of construction Bureau of law Bureau of research The functions and accomplishments of the various bureaus are outlined in the following pages of this report Each of the bureaus referred to above was designed to be headed by a commissioner except in the case of the bureau of traffic to which two commissioners were assigned because of the large volume and diversified character of the work falling under this bureau BUREAU OF TRAFFIC The functions of the bureau were divided into two general groups 1 Its work in relation to the growth and development of the privately owned and privately operated merchant marine and 2 its regulatory work Its work in relation to the growth and development of private steamship lines had reference to traffic matters defined in various sections of the merchant marine act having a direct or indirect 11 12 SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD bearing upon the requirements of vessels in waterborne commerce both domestic and foreign by which they might be assured cargo and obtain facilities for the proper operation of the vessels Among these provisions were the following The study of foreign and domestic markets with a view to deter mining what steamship lines should be established in the development and maintenance of the foreign and coastwise trade of the United States also studying the proper requirements of vessels which should be operated in such trades in respect to their type and size and the schedules essential to an adequate regular