Pilot lore; from sail to steam . e, most of the timealone. The names of the American Line ships have become house-hold words to Americans who travel by sea. A new and significant activity of the American Line was inaug-urated in December, 1919, when this line established the first Ameri-can passenger service between the ports of New York and ships employed in it are American built and American Ay the American flag, and are managed by Americans, fromI. M. M. headquarters at New York. The passenger ships employed in opening the Hamburg serviceof the American Line were the
Pilot lore; from sail to steam . e, most of the timealone. The names of the American Line ships have become house-hold words to Americans who travel by sea. A new and significant activity of the American Line was inaug-urated in December, 1919, when this line established the first Ameri-can passenger service between the ports of New York and ships employed in it are American built and American Ay the American flag, and are managed by Americans, fromI. M. M. headquarters at New York. The passenger ships employed in opening the Hamburg serviceof the American Line were the Mongolia of 13,600 gross tons regis-ter, and the Manchuria, a sister ship; and several large and modernfreighters. — 150 — Oa J>Q ft! a Vi. e« 0= «-?. n *• <Q O o &5 w h-( to -* i—| W ^3 t 3 «- 2^ ^ * H 3 ^ ^?» • T H 1 &! > £« r/2 *e K &5 i—i ^ 3- •-d <^5 TO is *© s- O *-ta Oi OS Sa O O o ^*» o 3. FBl^ JI\ u ^cx. j^\ a \j MX v7 T7 T7 T7 t7 /C\ W -£X -£X -^- ^X -<rN. -XX T7 ^Zi XT RFI One of the strongest commercial ties between the United Statesand Belgium, long before these two countries were drawn closelytogether by their common sympathies in the great war, was thedirect service between New York and Antwerp of the Red Star Line,one of the operating units of the I. M. M. To think of communication between the United States and thegreat little country that was the theater of the most tragic scenesin the worlds greatest war, is to think of the Red Star Line andits ships. Two of the finest of these ships, flying the American flag are theFinland and the Kroonland. These vessels, built at the Crampyards in Philadelphia, embrace in their design all the good pointstested by years of service in the ships of the American Line. Thesame may be said of the other ships of this line, Lapland and Zee-land, some of which fly the Belgian flag, and others the management of the f
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