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The Bureau of Navigation also investigated marine accidents and casualties; collected tonnage taxes and other navigation fees; and examined, certified and licensed merchant-vessel sailors. When established, the bureau was a part of the Department Of The Treasury . In 1903 , the organization was transferred to the newly-formed Department Of Commerce And Labor . In 1913 that department was split in two and the bureau was assigned to the Department Of Commerce . In 1932 it was combined with the Steamboat Inspection Bureau as the Bureau Of Navigation And Steamboat Inspection . In 1942 , Executive Order 9038 transferred many functions to two other agencies. Merchant-vessel documentation was transferred to the Bureau of Customs. Functions relating to merchant-vessel inspection, safety of life at sea, and merchant-vessel personnel were transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard . The Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection was abolished as unnecessary and redundant by Reorganization Plan No. III of 1946 , with all functions being absorbed by the Bureau of Customs and the U.S. Coast Guard. SOURCES US National Archives
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