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United States Lines was a transatlantic shipping company that operated from 1921 to 1989. It started as a government-controlled operation of seized German liners, and later became a private company that built and acquired several ocean liners, including the famous United States.
SS United States is a retired ocean liner built in the 1950s for United States Lines. She is the fastest Atlantic liner and the largest American-built ship, but has been laid up in Philadelphia since 1994.
SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines. It served as a troop transport in World War II and later as a passenger ship under various names, until it was wrecked in 1994.
SS Washington was a luxury liner of the United States Lines, named after the US capital city. She served as a troopship in World War II and was scrapped in 1965.
SS Manhattan was a luxury ocean liner built for the United States Lines in 1931, named after the borough of New York City. She was later converted to a troop ship and renamed USS Wakefield during World War II, and scrapped in 1965.
States Line operated four subsidies: Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company, California Eastern Line founded in 1937 for lumber shipping, Oregon Oriental Line and the Quaker Line. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Charles Dant was a major stock holder in the China Import and Export Lumber Company , which had a large sawmill plant in Shanghai .
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This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched. These ships were maintained on the stocks, sometimes for decades, in case of an urgent need. [1] [2] [3]