Editing Public Works Administration (section)

==Termination==
[[File:USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enteprise (CV-6) fitting out at Newport News Shipbuilding, 8 February 1937.jpg|thumb|Image of Yorktown and Enterprise Aircraft carriers]]
When Roosevelt moved industry toward [[World War II]] production, the PWA was abolished and its functions were transferred to the [[Federal Works Agency]] in June 1943.<ref>{{cite web |author=Roosevelt |first=Franklin D. |date=June 30, 1943 |editor=Woolley |editor-first=John T. |editor2-last=Peters |editor2-first=Gerhard |title=Executive Order 9357 - Transferring the Functions of the Public Works Administration to the Federal Works Agency |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210188 |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=University of California}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Olson |first=James Stuart |title=Historical Dictionary of the Great Depression, 1929-1940 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2001 |isbn=9780313306181}}</ref> The PWA played an indirect hand in the war by helping fund the construction of two aircraft carriers, Yorktown and Enterprise. Both of these ships played a significant role in the victory in [[Midway Atoll|Midway]] when they sank four Japanese aircraft carriers.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Lisa |date=November 18, 2016 |title=Public Works Administration (PWA), 1933-1943 |url=https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/public-works-administration-pwa-1933-1943/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=The Living New Deal}}</ref> The PWA also built four cruisers, four heavy destroyers, light destroyers, submarines, planes, engines, and even instruments for these vessels.<ref name=":02" /> The PWA helped get the US get ready to fight in World War II, giving the US an advantage with fresh boats, planes, and equipment.