Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding Under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War IIDuring World War II, America's shipbuilding industry, mobilized under the U. S. Maritime Commission, set records of production that have never been equaled. Given the daunting task of building ships faster than they were being sunk, shipbuilding firms across the country found new ways to increase their efficiency and scale of production. Huge new shipyards were built, a labor force of 640,000 was employed, and over 55 million deadweight tons of ocean