The United States Mail Steamship Company – also called the United States Mail Line, or the U.S. Mail Line – was a passenger steamship line formed in 1920 by the
United States Shipping Board
The United States Shipping Board (USSB) was established as an emergency agency by the 1916 Shipping Act (39 Stat. 729), on September 7, 1916. The United States Shipping Board's task was to increase the number of US ships supporting the World War ...
(USSB) to run the USSB's fleet of ex-
German
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ocean liners that had been seized by the United States during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
or awarded as
war reparations
War reparations are compensation payments made after a war by one side to the other. They are intended to cover damage or injury inflicted during a war.
History
Making one party pay a war indemnity is a common practice with a long history.
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after the end of the war. Receivers were appointed for the line after financial improprieties and massive losses came to light. After review of the financial data, a
United States District Court
The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district, which each cover one U.S. state or, in some cases, a portion of a state. Each district co ...
ordered that all the U.S. Mail Line ships be returned to the USSB.
Passenger ships of the United States Mail Line
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* SS Talamanca
* SS Segovia (burned in the builder's yard)
References
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Transport companies established in 1920
Defunct shipping companies of the United States
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