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Eastern Steamship Lines was a shipping company in the United States that operated from 1901 to 1955. It was created through successive mergers by Wall Street financier and speculator Charles W. Morse. The line sailed along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada, operating out of Boston and New York. Much of its fleet was sold Boston to the US government for use in World War I. After the war the company would order additional ships for the Post-war period. Eastern Steamship Lines served as operator for the War Shipping Administration in World War II. The United States government requisitioned all of the fleets vessels for military duty on both the Atlantic and Pacific.

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  • Eastern Steamship Lines was a shipping company in the United States that operated from 1901 to 1955. It was created through successive mergers by Wall Street financier and speculator Charles W. Morse. The line sailed along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada, operating out of Boston and New York. Much of its fleet was sold Boston to the US government for use in World War I. After the war the company would order additional ships for the Post-war period. Eastern Steamship Lines served as operator for the War Shipping Administration in World War II. The United States government requisitioned all of the fleets vessels for military duty on both the Atlantic and Pacific. (en)
  • La Eastern Steamship Lines est une entreprise de transport créée à la suite de fusions successives du financier et spéculateur de Wall Street Charles Wyman Morse. Il construisit de nombreux navires pour le gouvernement des États-Unis au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale et exploita un grand nombre de navires pour le compte de l'Administration des transports de guerre pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. En 1911, Morse fusionna la Metropolitan Steamship Company, la avec la Eastern Steamship Company pour former la Eastern Steamship Corporation. La holding fut placée en redressement judiciaire en 1914 et réapparu en 1917 sous le nom de Eastern Steamship Lines. (fr)
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  • Charles W. Morse (en)
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  • Eastern Steamship Lines was a shipping company in the United States that operated from 1901 to 1955. It was created through successive mergers by Wall Street financier and speculator Charles W. Morse. The line sailed along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada, operating out of Boston and New York. Much of its fleet was sold Boston to the US government for use in World War I. After the war the company would order additional ships for the Post-war period. Eastern Steamship Lines served as operator for the War Shipping Administration in World War II. The United States government requisitioned all of the fleets vessels for military duty on both the Atlantic and Pacific. (en)
  • La Eastern Steamship Lines est une entreprise de transport créée à la suite de fusions successives du financier et spéculateur de Wall Street Charles Wyman Morse. Il construisit de nombreux navires pour le gouvernement des États-Unis au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale et exploita un grand nombre de navires pour le compte de l'Administration des transports de guerre pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. En 1911, Morse fusionna la Metropolitan Steamship Company, la avec la Eastern Steamship Company pour former la Eastern Steamship Corporation. (fr)
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  • Eastern Steamship Lines (en)
  • Eastern Steamship Lines (fr)
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