Head of America's vast shipbuilding projects. Rear Admiral Emory S.

Head of America's vast shipbuilding projects. Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission, has supervised U.S. shipbuilding operations for the Allied war effort which resulted in more than five launchings of cargo vessels every day by the end of 1943, including more than 1700 Liberty ships, more of a single type of ship than ever before sailed the oceans.