GEORGE WASHINGTON: 1909 - Rare 1921 U.S. Mail Lines First & Second class deck plan

U.S. Mail Lines - A rare First and Second class deck plan from April 25, 1921, for the GEORGE WASHINGTON issued by this short-lived predecessor of the United States Lines. U.S. Mail Lines was founded in 1920 with great fanfare for the return of the Stars & Stripes to the North Atlantic and went belly-up just a year later. The tissue plan unfolds to 25" by 40" and shows seven decks in detail. At the time of her 1909 maiden voyage for North German Lloyd, the 25,000 ton ship was one of the largest in the world and it shows in all the space included here. Like so many German liners, at the start of World War One GEROGE WASHINGTON was interned in New York and confiscated when America joined the Allies. After arduous troopship duty she went to Todd Shipyard for an extensive overhaul. Too extensive as it turned out. U.S. Mail Line went bankrupt after the ship had completed one voyage. The United States Shipping Board took the GEORGE WASHINGTON back and assigned her to a new entity that th