United States Lines SS Washington
Original vintage cruise ship poster featuring a great image of the SS Washington sister ship of the SS Manhattan - United States Lines - sailing over a choppy ocean with land visible behind her against a colourful sky on the horizon. Artwork by Worden G. Wood (1880-1943). The SS Washington was launched in 1932 providing passenger cruise services across the Atlantic until she was commissioned as a troop ship during World War Two; from 1947-1951 she resumed commercial services, after which she was used by the US Government to transport soldiers and their families between Germany and New York from 1951-1953; in 1953 she was held in reserve in the Hudson River until being scrapped in 1965. The United States Lines was an American shipping company that operated cargo and passenger services from 1921-1989. Horizontal. Excellent condition, light stains.
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