Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
United States Lines
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Description area
Dates of existence
1921-1992
History
United States Lines was the trade name of an organisation of the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation, created to operate German lines seized by the United States in 1917. The ships were owned by the USSB and all finances of the line were controlled by the EFC