SHIPS OF THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE 



AS THE shipping industry, like the railroads — midst labor disputes, 

 - shortage bottlenecks and other delaying actions — slowly emerges 

 from a war to peacetime operation, there has been much speculation on 

 the part of the traveling public as to just what type passenger vessels will 

 be available in America's new postwar Merchant Marine. 



Insofar as American President Lines is concerned, its two main trade 

 routes — transpacific and round-the-world — will be serviced by a fleet of 

 fine new luxury liners and combination passenger-cargo ships which, 

 from the standpoint of passenger comfort and modern cargo facilities, 

 will be second to no ships in the world. 



Traditionally, American President Lines has been the connecting steam- 

 ship service between the United States and the countries of the Far East. 

 For seventy-six years this company, with its predecessors, has been Amer- 

 ica's "link with the Orient." 



Traditionally, also, the spread-eagle house flag and stack insignia of 

 American President ' Lines have been the links between America and 

 more than a score of ports in fourteen countries on the 24,000-mile round- 

 the-world route served by the company. 



Disrupted by the war, these two services, transpacific and round-the- 

 world (which have been listed as essential trade routes by the United 

 States Maritime Commission), are now restored. Once again travelers and 

 shippers throughout the world will find that American President Lines 

 are serving them with ships of advanced design, embodying the latest in 

 comfort, efficiency and safety. 



In APL's transpacific service, four great liners serve this route, with the 

 ports of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Shanghai, Hong Kong 

 and Manila. Japanese ports, when opened to travel, will also be included. 

 Two of the ships for this route were built at the Bethlehem Shipyards on 

 San Francisco Bay — the President Cleveland and President Wilson. Built 

 by the Maritime Commission for APL's transpacific trade, they are the 



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