The Los Angeles Steamship Company or LASSCO was a passenger and freight shipping company based in Los Angeles, California.
House flag used by LASSCO
Description
The company, formed in 1920, initially provided fast passenger service between Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1921, LASSCO added service to Hawaii in competition with the San Francisco-based Matson Navigation Company using two former North German Lloydocean liners that had been in U.S. Navy service during World War I. Despite the sinking of one of the former German liners on her maiden voyage for the company, business in the booming 1920s thrived, and the company continued to add ships and services. In 1922, the City of Los Angeles, a renamed and refitted liner, was one of the largest American ships sailing in Pacific waters.[1] The worsening economic conditions in the United States, and the burning of another ship in Hawaii, caused financial problems for the company. After beginning talks in 1930, the Los Angeles Steamship Company was taken over by Matson Navigation on January 1, 1931, but continued to operate as a subsidiary until it ceased operations in 1937.
Ships of the Los Angeles Steamship Company
This is a list of passenger ships of the Los Angeles Steamship Company:
SS Calawaii (ex USAT Sherman 1899–1922, ex S.S. Mobile of African Steamship Company 1892–1898, Scrapped 1933 at Osaka, Japan)
angeles, steamship, company, lassco, passenger, freight, shipping, company, based, angeles, california, house, flag, used, lasscodescription, editthe, company, formed, 1920, initially, provided, fast, passenger, service, between, angeles, francisco, 1921, lass. The Los Angeles Steamship Company or LASSCO was a passenger and freight shipping company based in Los Angeles California House flag used by LASSCODescription EditThe company formed in 1920 initially provided fast passenger service between Los Angeles and San Francisco In 1921 LASSCO added service to Hawaii in competition with the San Francisco based Matson Navigation Company using two former North German Lloyd ocean liners that had been in U S Navy service during World War I Despite the sinking of one of the former German liners on her maiden voyage for the company business in the booming 1920s thrived and the company continued to add ships and services In 1922 the City of Los Angeles a renamed and refitted liner was one of the largest American ships sailing in Pacific waters 1 The worsening economic conditions in the United States and the burning of another ship in Hawaii caused financial problems for the company After beginning talks in 1930 the Los Angeles Steamship Company was taken over by Matson Navigation on January 1 1931 but continued to operate as a subsidiary until it ceased operations in 1937 Ships of the Los Angeles Steamship Company EditThis is a list of passenger ships of the Los Angeles Steamship Company SS Calawaii ex USAT Sherman 1899 1922 ex S S Mobile of African Steamship Company 1892 1898 Scrapped 1933 at Osaka Japan SS City of Honolulu I sunk in 1922 SS City of Honolulu II burned in 1930 SS City of Los Angeles SS Diamond Head SS Harvard SS Waimea SS YaleReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Los Angeles Steamship Company Cox Martin Los Angeles Steamship Company Maritime Matters Retrieved 18 April 2017 Cox Martin 1999 Los Angeles Steamship Company Maritime Matters Retrieved 2008 07 06 This article related to a United States ship transport company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Los Angeles Steamship Company amp oldid 1061983505, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
