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- These pages are devoted
to the United States Lines' America, which later served
for mant years as Chandris Lines' Australis. This page
shows postcards as America. Page 1 shows cards of her as Australis in Chandris
service, and Page
3 is a set of photos
I took of Australis at Southampton in 1977.
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- Australis was completed as the America in
1940. After war service as West Point, she re-entered
service with US Lines in 1946. She was bought by Chandris in
1964, operating on the service to Australia from 1965 to 1977.
After an unsuccessful attempt to run out of New York for Venture
Cruises, again named America, she returned to Chandris
as Italis, but was laid up again in 1979.
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- America
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Lines: 1946-64)
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- An early
US Lines official card of America.
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the original for this card was painted before completion, since
the bridge and forward superstructure bare little resemblance
to the finished ship. The short funnels may be as originally
built however - they were lengthened by 15 feet before entering
service. "The United States Lines SS America largest,
fastest and most luxurious ship ever built in the United States.
The America is the Queen of the American Merchant Marine and
flagship of the United States Lines fleet."
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- A later
US Lines official card of America.
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great American-Flag luxury liner of the United States Lines operates
in regular trans-Atlantic service to and from Cobh, Ireland;
Havre, France; Southampton, England and Bremerhaven, Germany.
It is the running-mate of the super-liner United states, the
fastest passenger ship in the world."
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- A US
Lines official card of the America.
- "This
popular American flag luxury liner of the United States Lines
operates in regular trans-Atlantic service to Ireland, France,
England and Germany. She is the running mate of the superliner
United States, world's fastest ship. United States Lines operates
53 fast modern cargo ships in regular service between East Coast
ports of the USA and Europe, Hawaii, Far East, Australia and
New Zealand."
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- A US
Lines official card with the United States.
- "SS
America - great American luxury liner operating in regular Trans-Atlantic
service with the superliner United states."
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- Roberts
& Wrate (Portsmouth), card RW 699 at Southampton.
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- Photo-Precision
(St Albans), card 3433.
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- A Photochrome
(Tunbridge Wells) card.
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- Dearden
& Wade (Bournemouth) card 671.
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- Real
Photographs (Liverpool) sepia art card 1020.
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- Modern
Editions Dubray (Conches, France) card 786 at Cherbourg.
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- Modern
Editions Dubray (Conches, France) card 787 at Cherbourg.
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- CT Postcards card 002, leaving New York in 1940, by John Blake.
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- Simplon Postcards sc2013, released May 1992.
- Photo
by W.Tinnemeyer, 1st July 1978, at New York with Venture Cruise
Line.
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