Badge: Shipbuilding War Service

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Description:

The United States entered World War I in April 1917. Within days, the federal government created the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to construct a fleet of merchant ships. The EFC hired the American International Shipbuilding Corporation to build and operate the largest shipyard in the world: Hog Island, near Philadelphia.

This badge identified the wearer as a member of the World War I Hog Island shipbuilding team.

Date Made: 1918-1919

Subject: FishingRelated Event: The Emergence of Modern America

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Maritime, Military, Industry & Manufacturing, Transportation

Exhibition: On the Water

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Related Web Publication: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater

Related Publication: On the Water online exhibition

Credit Line: U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Corp.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2009.0157.01Accession Number: 2009.0157Catalog Number: 2009.0157.01

Object Name: badge

Physical Description: copper alloy (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in x 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm x .635 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-9c44-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1355085

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