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Bureau of Navigation

Bureau of Navigation
Seal of the United States Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation.png
The seal of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, as the bureau was known from 1936 until its abolition.
Flag of the United States Bureau of Navigation.svg
Flag of the Bureau of Navigation
Agency overview
Formed 1884 (1884)
Dissolved 1946 (1946)
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Parent agency United States Department of the Treasury (1884–1903)
United States Department of Commerce and Labor (1903–1913)
United States Department of Commerce (1913–1946)
Footnotes
Known as the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection 1932–1936 and as the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation 1936–1946.

The Bureau of Navigation, later the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection and finally the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation — not to be confused with the United States Navy's Bureau of Navigation — was an agency of the United States Government established in 1884 to enforce laws relating to the construction, equipment, operation, inspection, safety, and documentation of merchant vessels. The bureau also investigated marine accidents and casualties; collected tonnage taxes and other navigation fees; and examined, certified, and licensed merchant mariners.

When established, the Bureau of Navigation was a part of the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1903, the organization was transferred to the newly formed United States Department of Commerce and Labor. In 1913 that department was split into the United States Department of Commerce and the United States Department of Labor, and the bureau was assigned to the new Department of Commerce. In 1932 the bureau was combined with the Steamboat Inspection Service to form the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection. The Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection was in turn renamed the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation in 1936.

In 1942, Executive Order 9083 transferred many functions of the bureau to two other agencies: Merchant vessel documentation was transferred to the United States Customs Service, while functions relating to merchant vessel inspection, safety of life at sea, and merchant mariners were transferred to the United States Coast Guard. The merchant vessel documentation functions were also transferred to the Coast Guard in 1946.


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