Badge: Shipbuilding War Service

The United States entered World War I in April 1917. Within days, the federal government created the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to construct a fleet of merchant ships. The EFC hired the American International Shipbuilding Corporation to build and operate the largest shipyard in the world: Hog Island, near Philadelphia.

This badge identified the wearer as a member of the World War I Hog Island shipbuilding team.

ID Number:

2009.0157.01

Material:

copper alloy

Date:

1918-19

Dimensions:

2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in x 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm x .635 cm

Source:

U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Corp.