Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Clearly it would be extravagant were this body of experienced men of the sea not to be used as promptly as possible.

Letter to Churchill on the Transfer of Merchant Craft to Great Britain

08/02/1943

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I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order 9360 of July 7, 1943.

It was only natural for us then to decide that this country was to be the predominant cargo shipbuilding area for us both.

We cannot afford this.

I am directing the War Shipping Administration, under appropriate bare boat arrangements, to number to your flag for temporary wartime duty ...