United States Lines was the trade name of an organization of the United States Shipping Board's (USSB) Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC), created to operate German liners seized by the …

United States Lines was the trading name of the United States Shipping Board (USSB) and the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC), which operated from 1921 to 1991.

Over 30,000 spectators showed up at the Newport News shipyard for the launch of the S.S. America. Americans were proud of their new ocean liner. A sailing ambassador the new ship …

For more information on the current status of the United States, Visit the SS United States Conservancy. The United States is currently docked in Philadelphia. For an update on her …

SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and …

United States Lines and the heydays of trans-Atlantic travel on the last two great American ocean liners, the S.S. America and United States. ,Since 1838, steam-driven ships have raced …

United States Lines operated cargo services from 1921 to 1989, and ocean liners until 1969—most famously, the SS United States and the Leviathan. The company was formed with …

Nov 18, 2022 · FreightWaves Classics examines storied ocean carrier U.S. Lines, which was persistent in its desire to operate a successful cargo ship named the American Shipper.

Jul 15, 2023 · The United States Lines was a transatlantic shipping company started in 1921 with three ships repurposed from the failed United States Mail Steamship Company. Throughout …

Oct 12, 2014 · Many people immediately associate United States Lines with the company's last two flagships: America (1940) and United States. Yet, in the 1930s, it was a pair of sister ships …