Two-Ocean Navy Act

Two-Ocean Navy Act

Other short titles	Vinson-Walsh Act
Long title	An Act to establish the composition of the United States Navy, to authorize the construction of certain naval vessels, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Navy Construction Act of 1940
Enacted by	the 76th United States Congress
Effective	July 19, 1940
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 76–757
Statutes at Large	54 Stat. 779, Chap. 644
Codification
Titles amended	34 U.S.C.: Navy
U.S.C. sections amended	34 U.S.C. §§ 494-497, 498-498k
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 10100 by Carl Vinson (D-GA) on June 19, 1940 Committee consideration by House Naval Affairs, Senate Naval Affairs Passed the House on June 22, 1940 (Passed) Passed the Senate on July 10, 1940 (Passed) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on July 11, 1940 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 19, 1940

The Two-Ocean Navy Act, also known as the Vinson-Walsh Act, was a United States law enacted on July 19, 1940, and named for Carl Vinson and David I. Walsh, who chaired the Naval Affairs Committee in the House and Senate respectively. In what was then the largest naval procurement bill to date in U.S. history, it increased the size of the United States Navy by 70%.^[1]