Talk:United States Lines

Began as an organization of the government's Emergency Fleet Corporation
The lines actual origin was in the United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC). All the ships were USSB owned and EFC controlled all finances. That has been included, with cites, in today's revision. The origin in the failed U.S. Mail and its ships still needs work as does the operation of the line until sold and privatized. The former German ships operated in 1925, President Roosevelt and President Harding so far appear to have no pages here and should not be confused with other ships of those names. During WW I the government's USSB took control of almost all ships, built or took control of shipbuilding under the EFC, and controlled shipping lines. In the decade or more after the war there was constant effort to compete against heavily subsidized foreign shipping, particularly Britain and Japan, with various efforts (many failed) to privatize U.S. shipping. Renaming and name reuse was very common in the interwar years, particularly during the 1920s and early 1930s as USSB ships — and shipping line entities — came and went with economic turmoil in the industry. Palmeira (talk) 13:41, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Update: SS President Roosevelt (1921) and President Harding were not former German ships. They were USSB ships, Peninsula State and Lone Star State respectively. Palmeira (talk) 14:10, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

SS UNITED STATES
...test 24.146.175.166 (talk) 20:00, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

SS UNITED STATES
I have two original deck chairs from the SS UNITED STATES...thanks to an old tug captain buddy...had more but time has taken them... 24.146.175.166 (talk) 20:02, 19 November 2021 (UTC)