United States Lines [company] (English spelling) United States Lines

Japanese: ユナイテッド・ステーツ・ラインズ[会社](英語表記)United States Lines
United States Lines [company] (English spelling) United States Lines
America's most prestigious liner company. Founded in 1872 as the passenger ship operating company American Line, organized by a group of railroad entrepreneurs in Philadelphia, the company focused on operating passenger and cargo ships until World War II. Its liner route network covered domestic coastal routes as well as the North Atlantic coast of the United States, the Gulf Coast, and Pacific ports to Europe, the Far East, Australia, and New Zealand. After the war, the company operated liner routes mainly under subsidized contracts with the government, and with the assistance of subsidies for shipbuilding and operation, it introduced a succession of high-speed, large ships such as the Big U, Mariner, and Challenger types that foreign liner companies could not keep up with.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
アメリカ第一の名門定期船会社。1872年にフィラデルフィアの鉄道事業家グループが組織した客船運航会社アメリカン・ラインAmerican Lineとして発足し,以来第2次世界大戦まで客船および貨客船の運航に集中した。その定期航路網は国内沿岸航路のほかアメリカ北大西洋岸,メキシコ湾岸,太平洋諸港からヨーロッパ,極東,オーストラリア,ニュージーランドの各地域を網羅していた。戦後は主として政府との補助契約に基づく定期航路の経営に当たり,造船差額補助および運航差額補助を受けて,ビッグU,マリナー型,チャレンジャー型といった外国定期船会社が追随できないような高速大型船を次々に導入した。

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