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title: Ships for victory. Speed - more speed
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ships-for-victory-speed-more-speed-1941/
description: 'U.S. Maritime Commission sheet: a white eagle with raised wings holding an anchor, on a blue field ringed with stars, under the words ''SHIPS FOR VICTORY''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Ships for victory. Speed - more speed, 1941 US poster: U.S. Maritime Commission sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ships-for-victory-speed-more-speed-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ships-for-victory-speed-more-speed-1941.jpg)

# Ships for victory. Speed - more speed

U.S. Maritime Commission sheet: a white eagle with raised wings holding an anchor, on a blue field ringed with stars, under the words 'SHIPS FOR VICTORY'. A quoted line, 'Speed - more speed', is credited to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Emblem, patriotic colours and a presidential quote ask for faster shipbuilding without citing any figures.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SHIPS
FOR VICTORY
U.S. MARITIME
COMMISSION
"SPEED-MORE SPEED"
- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [illegible]]
```

The Government Printing Office line at the foot is too faint to transcribe beyond its first words.

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