Move of Records: United States Shipping Board (Record Group 32)
Staff at the National Archives at College Park are moving 3,465 containers of records of the United States Shipping Board (Record Group 32) to the National Archives at Washington, D.C. These records complement the mission, function, and holdings of the National Archives at Washington, DC. These series include records created or maintained by the United States Shipping Board during the early twentieth century; and, logically belong with similar maritime records in the National Archives at Washington, DC. This relocation to Washington, DC will facilitate more efficient archival research and public access to these records.
The records transferred to Washington, DC are listed below.
Closure Date at the National Archives at College Park: October 6, 2017
Estimated Date Available for Researchers at the National Archives at Washington, DC: January 12, 2018
Please keep in mind that the date listed above for opening the materials is an estimate. If there is a significant change to this schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at the National Archives at College Park and National Archives at Washington, DC. You can also check the status of the records by contacting the National Archives at Washington, DC in one of the following ways:
Telephone: (202) 357-5400
Or send a letter to:
National Archives, Washington, DC
700 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20408
Records being Moved to Washington, DC
Maintenance and Repair Division: General Records, 1919-1931; ENTRY A1 426 (NAID 1067951)
Maintenance and Repair Division: Records Relating to Diesel Conversion and Other Major Alterations, 1923-1926; ENTRY A1 428 (NAID 1067956)
Purchases and Supplies Department: General Correspondence, 1920-1926; ENTRY A1 430 (NAID 1069394)
Maintenance and Repair Division: Records Relating to the Reconditioning of the S.S. Leviathan, 1922-1924; ENTRY A1 429 (NAID 1067961)
Traffic Department: Records of W.F. Taylor, Apr. 1918 - Jan. 1920; ENTRY A1 431 (NAID 1067963)
Records of the Office of the Head of The Traffic Department, 1919-1936; ENTRY A1 432 (NAID 1067645)
Traffic Department: General Records, 1920-1936; ENTRY A1 433 (NAID 1067646)
Traffic Department: Index to General Records, 1920-1936; ENTRY A1 434 (NAID 1067649)
Traffic Department: Records of the Export Coal Department, Apr. 1919 - Jan. 1920; ENTRY A1 436 (NAID 1067650)
[Traffic Department:] Lists of Vessels; ENTRY UD 635 (NAID 7586195)
Traffic Department: Records of the Shipping Trades Department, 1919-1920; ENTRY A1 437 (NAID 1067658)
Traffic Department: Reports of the Corporate Organization of Steamship Companies, 1918-1926; ENTRY A1 438 (NAID 1067668)
Traffic Department: Weekly Market Reports Relating to the Brazil, River Plate, and Far East Trades, 1921-1930; ENTRY A1 440 (NAID 1067669)
Traffic Department: Reference Material Relating to the South American and West Indies Trades, 1920-1924; ENTRY A1 441 (NAID 1067672)
Traffic Department: General Records of the Rate Section, 1918-1920; ENTRY A1 443 (NAID 1067692)
Traffic Department: Monthly Reports of Passenger and Cargo Services, 1924-1927; ENTRY A1 442 (NAID 1067686)
Traffic Department: Records of A.G. Jackson, Jr., 1919-1920; ENTRY A1 444 (NAID 1067697)
Traffic Department: Approved Tariff Schedules, 1919-1920; ENTRY A1 445 (NAID 1067700)
Traffic Department: Special Freight-Rate Quotations, 1919-1920; ENTRY A1 446 (NAID 1067701)
Traffic Department: Minutes and Circulars of Freight Conferences, 1921-1936; ENTRY A1 447 (NAID 1067706)
Traffic Department: Statistics Relating to the Far East Trade, 1924-1935; ENTRY A1 448 (NAID 1067708)
Traffic Department: Records Relating to Passenger Service, 1921-1935; ENTRY A1 451 (NAID 1067709)
Traffic Department: Sample Bills of Lading, 1928-1932; ENTRY A1 449 (NAID 1074779)
Claims Division: General Records, 1919-1931; ENTRY A1 452 (NAID 1067724)
Claims Division: Indexes to General Records, 1919-1937; ENTRY A1 453 (NAID 1067729)
Records of the Claims Section of the Rate And Claim Department, 1918-1920; ENTRY A1 454 (NAID 1067730)
Traffic Department: Records of J.F. Gehan, 1920-1923; ENTRY A1 455 (NAID 1067731)
Records of the Supervisory Committee on Claims, 1923-1930; ENTRY A1 457 (NAID 1074126)
Claims Division: Records of F.T. Underwood, 1923-1929; ENTRY A1 456 (NAID 1067734)
Ship Sales Division: General Records, 1919-1936; ENTRY A1 468 (NAID 1067742)
Records Relating to General Claims, 1919-1931; ENTRY A1 458 (NAID 1067738)
Ship Sales Division: Administrative Records, 1923-1935; ENTRY A1 469 (NAID 1074136)
Insurance Division: General Correspondence, 1918-1936; ENTRY A1 477 (NAID 1067877)
Ship Sales Division: Reports and Blueprints, 1919-1923; ENTRY A1 476 (NAID 1112023)
Insurance Division: Insurance Case Files Relating to Major Casualties to Vessels, 1918-1936; ENTRY A1 478 (NAID 1112015)
Casualty and Insurance Index; ENTRY UD 636 (NAID 7586196)
Insurance Division: Index to Case Files of Casualties, 1918-1929; ENTRY A1 479 (NAID 1112017)
Statistical Department: General Records, 1919-1934; ENTRY A1 486 (NAID 1112019)
Statistical Department: Cargo, Bunker and Vessel Movement Reports, Feb. 1918 - Dec. 1919; ENTRY A1 491 (NAID 1069899)
Statistical Department: Reports, 1919-1935; ENTRY A1 487 (NAID 1069419)
Statistical Department: Registers of Vessels Owned by the Shipping Board, 1919-1921; ENTRY A1 498 (NAID 1069910)
Statistical Department: List of Vessels Controlled by the USSB, Apr. 2 - Nov. 1, 1919; ENTRY A1 493 (NAID 1069901)
Statistical Department: Lists of Ship-owners and Operating Companies, Mar. 15 And May 15, 1919; ENTRY A1 495 (NAID 1069907)
Statistical Department: Miscellaneous Lists of The Division of Planning and Statistics, 1919; ENTRY A1 496 (NAID 1069909)
Statistical Department: Vessel Status and Assignment Cards, 1918-1922; ENTRY A1 499 (NAID 1074781)
Statistical Department: Vessel Movement Bulletins, 1919-1923; ENTRY A1 500 (NAID 1074783)
Statistical Department: Miscellaneous Foreign Reports, 1919-1920; ENTRY A1 501 (NAID 1069911)
Statistical Department: Clippings Relating to the Seaman's Strike, May-June, 1921; ENTRY A1 502 (NAID 1069917)
Statistical Department: Reports Concerning the Laid Up Fleet, 1921; ENTRY A1 503 (NAID 1069920)
South Atlantic District Office, Norfolk: Service Record Cards for Vessel Personnel, 1918-1930; ENTRY A1 529-A (NAID 1069486)
[Statistical Department:] Schedules and Sailings of Steam Vessels; ENTRY UD 637 (NAID 7586197)
Gulf District Office, New Orleans: Records Relating to Personnel on Vessels, 1918-1936 {Division Of Operations}; ENTRY A1 538-B (NAID 1068228)
Office of the Special Agent at Cleveland: Crew Lists, 1917-1919; ENTRY A1 548 (NAID 1068229)
Office of the Special Agent at Cleveland: General Correspondence With the Montreal Office, 1918-1920; ENTRY A1 549 (NAID 1068230)
General Correspondence Of The Montreal Office, 1918-20; Office Of The Special Agent at Cleveland; ENTRY A1 550 (NAID 1068231)
European Headquarters Office In London: General Correspondence, 1919-1932; ENTRY A1 551 (NAID 1067995)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Liverpool, England, 1919-1926; ENTRY A1 554 (NAID 1067997)
American Shipping Mission Ship Files; ENTRY UD 638 (NAID 7586198)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Dublin, Ireland, 1921-1924; ENTRY A1 559 (NAID 1068001)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Glasgow, Scotland, 1923-1924; ENTRY A1 560 (NAID 1068015)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Barcelona, Spain, 1924-1930; ENTRY A1 561 (NAID 1068017)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Paris, France, 1919-1921; ENTRY A1 562 (NAID 1068023)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Le Havre, France, 1920-1925; ENTRY A1 564 (NAID 1068034)
Correspondence of the Port Agency at Brest, France 1919-1921; ENTRY A1 563 (NAID 1068030)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Antwerp, Belgium, 1922-1925; ENTRY A1 567 (NAID 1068038)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Copenhagen, Denmark, 1920-1925; ENTRY A1 568 (NAID 1068118)
Records of the General Agency at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1920-1924; ENTRY A1 572 (NAID 1068120)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Hamburg, Germany, 1919-1925; ENTRY A1 573 (NAID 1068123)
Correspondence of Port Agencies in the Eastern Mediterranean Area, 1920-1925; ENTRY A1 574 (NAID 1068124)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1921-1926; ENTRY A1 576 (NAID 1068128)
Correspondence of the Port Agency at Santos, Brazil, 1926-1929; ENTRY A1 577 (NAID 1068130)
Correspondence of the General Agency at Havana, Cuba, 1920-1921; ENTRY A1 580 (NAID 1068132)
United States Lines: Records of the Paris Office, 1922-1929; ENTRY A1 586 (NAID 1068133)
Record of the Port Agency at Dakar, French West Africa, 1919-1921; ENTRY A1 583 (NAID 1074861)
Correspondence of Foreign Agents [Miscellaneous Correspondence of Foreign Agents; General and Port Agencies]; ENTRY UD 640 (NAID 7586200)
Reports [Reports by Subject; Foreign Offices; General and Port Agencies] ; ENTRY UD 639 (NAID 7586199)
Vessel Movement Cards; ENTRY UD 646 (NAID 7585821)
Steamship Leviathan Passenger Invoices [S.S. Leviathan Passenger Invoices]; ENTRY UD 645 (NAID 7585820)
Records of South Trimble [General Records of the Interdepartmental Committee on Shipbuilding Policy]; ENTRY UD 647 (NAID 7585822)
Index Cards Pertaining to Applications for Summer Employment [Index Cards Pertaining to Applications for Summer Employment Aboard USSB Ships]; ENTRY UD 648 (NAID 7585824)
Engineer's Passage Reports for Steamship Yadkin [Engineer's Passage Reports for S.S. Yadkin]; ENTRY UD 649 (NAID 7585825)
Records of A.D. Girolamo [Records Relating to Shipping Board Commissioners and Fleet Corporation Officials; Records of A.D. Girolamo, Translation Secretary]; ENTRY UD 588-B (NAID 7585829)
Orders and Bulletins [Chairman's General Orders, Office of the President Emergency Fleet Corporation (E.F.C.), General Orders, Joint General Orders, Executive Letters, Office Bulletins]; ENTRY UD 588 (NAID 7585831)
Vessel Records [Miscellaneous Vessel Records Relating to Record Group 32]; ENTRY UD 641 (NAID 7431924)
Correspondence [Correspondence of the Chief Clerk]; ENTRY UD 589 (NAID 7585832)
Administrative Records Relating to Vessels [Unidentified Records]; ENTRY UD 642 (NAID 7585875)
Records Relating to Management of Vessels [Records to be Interfiled]; ENTRY UD 643 (NAID 7585876)
Printing Plates, Flags, Postcard, and Seal Press, ca. 1918 - ca. 1920; ENTRY UD 644 (NAID 574006)
Issues of "The Blockade Runner", "Emergency Fleet News" and "Merchant Fleet News", 1918-1930; ENTRY A1 1-A (NAID 574775)
Specifications for the Reconditioning of the Steamship Leviathan and the Conversion of the Vessel to Burn Oil as Fuel [Specifications for the Reconditioning of the S.S. "Leviathan" and the Conversion from Coal to Oil]; ENTRY UD 651 (NAID 7585828)
Engineer's Abstract Log of the Steamship Winnebago [Engineer's Abstract Log of the S.S. Winnebago]; ENTRY UD 650 (NAID 7585826)