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
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Maritime Commission
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Maritime Commission. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1735 (NAID 515406).
Text on the object
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.
