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.
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| Company type | Government, later Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipping, transportation |
| Predecessor | United States Mail Steamship Company |
| Founded | August 27, 1921 |
| Defunct | 1992 |
| Fate | Liquidated |
| Headquarters | 1 Broadway, New York City, United States (1943–1978) 45 Broadway, New York City (1921–1943) 27 Commerce Drive, Cranford, NJ |
Area served | New York, Cobh (Queenstown), Plymouth, Cherbourg, London, Bremen (1929 Hamburg), Southampton, Danzig, Liverpool, Manchester, Pauillac (Bordeaux), Le Verdon, Naples, Genoa |
Key people | Kermit Roosevelt(Co-Founder) Paul Wadsworth Chapman (1929–1931) Albert Lasker (1921–1923) (Co-Founder) A.V. Moore (Moore-McCormack)(Co-Founder) W. Averell Harriman (United American Lines)(Co-Founder) Walter Kidde (Company) (1968–1978) Malcolm McLean (1978–1986) |
She was known for having among her fleet, the SS Leviathan,[1] which for a time held the title of the World Largest Passenger Ship until the launch of the Queen Mary in 1934, the SS America[2] (which ran aground and sank off Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands) and the SS United States,[3] which currently holds the title of the Fastest Passenger Ship in history on the Transatlantic Route, with a speed of 38.32 Knots, the United States is currently anchored on the Delaware River at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
References
change- ↑ "The New Hamburg-American Liner Vaterland". International Marine Engineering. 19 (6). New York/London: Aldrich Publishing Company: 262–264. June 1914. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ Ghareeb, Gordon R. "A WOMAN'S TOUCH: The Seagoing Interiors of Dorothy Marckwald". Steamship Historical Society of America; Southern California Chapter. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ Hornethe, George (29 September 1963). "Liner America is Towed Across the Hudson and Laid Up". The New York Times.
Other websites
change- Passenger Lists from the United States Lines Archived 2022-03-22 at the Wayback Machine GG Archives
- Baltimore Mail Line History and Ephemera at GG Archives Archived 2022-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- United States Lines (USL) History and Ephemera at GG Archives Archived 2022-05-16 at the Wayback Machine