Economic survey of the American merchant marine.

by United States. Maritime Commission.

Publisher: U.S. Govt. Print. Off. in Washington

Written in English

Published: 1937 Pages: 85 Downloads: 116

Places:

United States.

Subjects:

Merchant marine -- United States.,
Shipping -- United States.

Edition Notes

Issued also as House doc. 392, 75th Congress, 2d session.

Classifications
LC Classifications	HE745 .A38 1937
The Physical Object
Pagination	vi, 85 p.
Number of Pages	85
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6360293M
LC Control Number	37028972
OCLC/WorldCa	3038897

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