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[10] [11] [12] On 1 October 1902, JP Morgan & Co. announced the founding of the International Mercantile Marine Company, more commonly called IMM. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] (Constituent elements of IMM, including INC (chartered in 1871), [ 15 ] had however been operating for many years already.) [ 7 ] IMM was incorporated in New Jersey .
In 1902, White Star Line was bought by the International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM), owned by the American banker John Pierpont Morgan. He hoped to obtain a monopoly of the North Atlantic route by buying several shipping companies, and by entering into agreements with others such as the German HAPAG and the Norddeutscher Lloyd.
Laid and launched in 1901 by John Brown & Company and serves the International Mercantile Marine Co.'s White Star and fellow trusts, American Line, Red Star Line, and Dominion Line until 1915, and serves the Admiralty for war effort, then returned to civilian use. Scrapped in 1935 in Italy: Homeric: 1913
In 1902, the company was bought by the US banker J.P. Morgan and in 1904 the company was under the control of the International Mercantile Marine Company. [4] Leyland line was given responsibility for the European part of the International Navigation Company but had to discontinue the Mediterranean service.
Panama Pacific Line was a subsidiary of International Mercantile Marine (IMM) established to carry passengers and freight between the US East and West Coasts via the Panama Canal. [ 1 ] History
SS Zeeland was a British and Belgian ocean liner of the International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM). She was a sister ship to Vaderland and a near sister ship to Kroonland and Finland of the same company. Although her name was Dutch, it was changed during World War I to the less German-sounding SS Northland.
The decade started with United States Lines absorbing the Roosevelt Line in 1940, leaving United States Lines as Roosevelt International Mercantile Marine's sole operating business. Roosevelt International Mercantile Marine Company finally changed its name to "United States Lines Inc." in 1942, reflecting its new focus.
[6] [27] [28] The ship began service with one of International Mercantile Marine's subsidiary companies, the American Line, in 1915. [6] [note 4] At 19:16 on 13 June 1917, Manchuria was standing out of New York Harbor in a thick fog when she collided with the United States Navy monitor USS Amphitrite, suffering damage below the waterline.