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United States Lines
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the United States Lines.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below.
The Table
beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a
Fleet List
in chronological order.
This page is still under construction!
Ships on This Page:-
America (1)
(1921-31)
America (2)
(1940-64)
George Washington
(1921-31)
Leviathan
(1923-1938)
Manhatten
(1932-1965)
President Garfield
President Harding
President Roosevelt
United States
(1952-1969)
Washington
(1933-1965)
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
America
Australis, Italis
1940
US Lines Fleet List
America (1)
(1921-1931)
America (1)
was built as the
Amerika
of Hamburg America Line (Hapag) in 1905. In 1917 she was taken over by the US and used as the Army transport
America
. In 1921
America
passed to United States Lines, but was laid up in 1931. She was re-activated in 1940 and converted into the troopship
Edmund B. Alexander
. She was scrapped in 1958.
Postcard of
America (1)
, still shown in Hapag colours.
United States Lines postcard of
America (1)
.
United States Lines postcard of
America (1)
.
United States Lines postcard of
America (1)
.
Postcard of
America (1)
.
George Washington
(1921-1931)
George Washington
was built for Norddeutsche Lloyd (NDL) in 1908. In 1917, she was taken over from NDL by the US Army, retaining her appropriate US name. In 1921,
George Washington
passed to to United States Lines. She was laid up in 1932, but reactivated as a troopship in 1941. In 1947
George Washington
burned out at New York, after which she was laid up at Baltimore. In 1951 she again caught fire and was scrapped.
Norddeutsche Lloyd postcard of
George Washington
.
Norddeutsche Lloyd postcard of
George Washington
.
Norddeutsche Lloyd postcard of
George Washington
.
President Adams - President Arthur
President Fillmore - President Garfield
President Harding - President Monroe
President Polk - President Roosevelt
President Taft - President van Buren
US Lines postcard of
President Roosevelt.
US Lines postcard of
President Roosevelt
and
President Harding.
Kingsway (W.H.Smith) postcard of
President Roosevelt
.
President Garfield
, after transfer to the Dollar line.
Leviathan
(1923-1938)
Complete history of
Leviathan
Postcard of
Leviathan
.
Postcard of
Leviathan
.
Postcard of
Leviathan
.
Bridge House (W.H.Smith) postcard of
Leviathan
.
Bridge House (W.H.Smith) postcard of
Leviathan
.
C.R.Hoffman (Southampton) postcard of
Leviathan
.
C.R.Hoffman (Southampton) postcard of
Leviathan
.
Cherbourg postcard of
Leviathan
.
C.R.Hoffman (Southampton) postcard of the gym on
Leviathan
.
Photographic postcard of the wartime troop decks on
Leviathan
.
Postcard of Southampton with
Olympic
, plus
Leviathan.
Manhatten
(1932-1965)
Washington
(1933-1965)
America (2)
(1940-1964)
America
was completed 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.
Complete history of
America (2)
An early US Lines official card of
America
.
A later US Lines official card of
America
.
A US Lines official card of
America
.
A US Lines official card of
America
with the
United States
.
Roberts & Wrate (Portsmouth), card RW 699 of
America
at Southampton.
Photo-Precision (St Albans), card 3433 of
America
.
A Photochrome (Tunbridge Wells) card of
America
.
Dearden & Wade (Bournemouth) card 671 of
America
.
Real Photographs (Liverpool) sepia art card 1020 of
America
.
CT Postcards
card 002 of
America
, leaving New York in 1940, by John Blake.
Simplon Postcards
sc2013, released May 1992.
Photo by W.Tinnemeyer, 1st July 1978, at New York with Venture Cruise Line.
Photograph of the