American Line
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |
| Defunct | 1932 |
|---|---|
| Fate | Absorbed into United States Lines |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia |
The American Line was a
HAPAG
.
The company became much larger when it bought out the
trust's failure in 1932 that the American pieces of the combine were once again solely under the American flag, this time in the guise of United States Lines
.
Ships
- City of Berlin, chartered to the Red Star Line 1895–1898 for seven voyages
- City of New York
- City of Paris (also sailed as USS Yale, SS Philadelphia, and USS Harrisburg)
- Haverford, chartered to the Red Star Line 1901–1902 for four voyages
- Merion, Haverford's sister ship, torpedoed and sunk in 1915 while acting as a decoy "battlecruiser"
- Illinois, chartered to the Red Star Line 1886–1897
- Indiana, chartered to the Red Star Line 1889
- Kensington, chartered to the Red Star Line 1895–1903
- Kroonland, purchased from the Red Star Line in 1923, then sold to Panama Pacific Line
- Pennsylvania, chartered from American Line 1887–1897
- Pittsburgh, chartered to the Red Star Line 1925–1926. Sold to the RSL 1926 and renamed Pennland, sold to Bernstein Red Star Line, Hamburg 1935
- St. Louis
- St. Paul
- Southwark, chartered to the Red Star Line 1895–1903
References
General references
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (May 2021) |
- Flayhart, William Henry III (2000). The American Line 1871-1902 (New York, W.W. Norton & Co.), ISBN 0-393-04710-5
- "International Navigation Company / Red Star Line". The Ship List. 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010.
- "City of Paris (British Passenger Liner, 1889)". Archived from the original on February 18, 2009.
External links
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- American Line History and Ephemera GG Archives