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title: "Bureau of Ships: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "The United States Navy's Bureau of Ships (BuShips) was established by Congress on 20 June 1940, by a law which consolidated the functions of the Bureau of Construction and Repair (BuC&R) and the Bureau of Engineering (BuEng). The new bureau was to be headed by a chief and deputy-chief, one selected from the Engineering Corps and the other from the Construction Corps."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-bureau-of-ships
type: Organization
wikidata: Q1010549
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Ships
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
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# Bureau of Ships

> The United States Navy's Bureau of Ships (BuShips) was established by Congress on 20 June 1940, by a law which consolidated the functions of the Bureau of Construction and Repair (BuC&R) and the Bureau of Engineering (BuEng). The new bureau was to be headed by a chief and deputy-chief, one selected from the Engineering Corps and the other from the Construction Corps.

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## Facts

- Category: Security and defense
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1940-01-01
- Dissolved: 1966-03-09
- Status: closed
- Also known as: BuShips

## Key people

- Grace Hopper (American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992))
- Oscar Seborer (Soviet atomic spy on Manhattan Project)

## Coverage on the Monitor

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## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1010549, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Ships

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