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Article: American Classic Voyages Co. Reaches Back to Its Future: United States Lines Returns to the Seas.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 27, 1999
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NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- American Classic Voyages Co. (Nasdaq: AMCV) has acquired one of the most storied names in the history of ocean-going passenger transportation, United States Lines(R), to be used for its fleet of cruise ships now being developed under the company's Project America initiative.
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United States Lines was among the most prominent names in passenger shipping throughout the golden era of transatlantic crossings: a period that spanned from the beginning years of this century through the early 1960s. The lines' ships, such as the ss America, ss Manhattan, ss Leviathan ...