Description: Very Collectible Chelsea WWII Maritime Commision Clock. Serial # 455462, Dates it to 1940 - 1944 All Original in Great Running condition. Comes with presentation stand and key. Phenolic Case - Silvered Dial Metal shortages and scarcity during the war mandated that the clocks for the military during this period switched from the bronze & brass cases to phenolic Glass and dial in good condition. The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag. It also formed the United States Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship’s officers to man the new fleet. DIMENSIONS:Case max diameter 7 1/2″Dial visible area 5 1/4“ Depth 2 1/2”Weight 3 lbs. 7 oz.
Price: 204.5 USD
Location: Sahuarita, Arizona
End Time: 2024-11-11T17:30:46.000Z
Shipping Cost: 25 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Maker: Chelsea
Type: Ship's Clock
Time Period, War: WWII
Country/Region of Origin: United States
Military Branch: US Navy
Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
