The War Assets Administration was established in the Office for Emergency Management, effective March 25, 1946, by EO 9689, January 31, 1946.

Contents 1 Predecessor Agencies 2 Functions 3 Abolished 4 Successor Agencies 5 References

[edit] Predecessor Agencies

• Petroleum Reserves Corporation (PRC), Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC, June-July 1943)
• PRC, Office of Economic Warfare (OEW, July-Sept. 1943)
• PRC, Foreign Economic Administration (FEA, Sept. 1943-Sept. 1945)
• PRC, RFC (Sept.-Nov. 1945)
• War Assets Corporation (WAC), RFC (Nov. 1945-Mar. 1946)
• Surplus War Property Administration (SWPA), Office of War Mobilization (OWM, Feb.-Oct. 1944)
• Surplus Property Board (SPB), Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion (OWMR, Oct. 1944-Sept. 1945)
• Surplus Property Administration (SPA), OWMR (Sept. 1945-Mar. 1946) ‘

[edit] Functions

Disposed of surplus consumer, capital, and producer goods; industrial and maritime real property; and airports and aircraft located in the United States and its territories.

[edit] Abolished

By the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (63 Stat. 738), June 30, 1949.

[edit] Successor Agencies

General Services Administration, as liquidator.

[edit] References

Records of the War Assets Administration (WAA) in the holdings of the US National Archives and Records Administration.

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