Interwar years SS Manchuria (1903)

manchuria @ new municipal pier, san diego, california 1925, increased demand made san diego panama pacific port of call.

in november 1924 ship , line s regularly scheduled ports of call manchuria, mongolia, finland , kroonland included san diego, new schedule being new york , san diego, los angeles, san francisco , oakland, california, portland, oregon , seattle , tacoma, washington. until scheduled departure of manchuria new york on 12 february 1925 passenger traffic had been accepted san diego, regional , city leaders urging service line began accepting freight beginning departure.

on 1 november 1928 renamed president johnson , sold 7 days later dollar steamship lines round‑the‑world cruises. on 3 november 1928 dollar delivered ship newport news shipbuilding & drydock company major refit , passenger space renovation completed 19 january 1929. old first class quarters stripped , replaced seventy-five staterooms , twenty-five new private baths 175 first class passengers. public rooms renovated, new deck house built on boat deck smoking room , verandah cafe 40 feet (12.2 m) 60 feet (18.3 m) play ground atop. of interior decoration , furnishing done in san francisco , shipped east shipyard installation. steel tank swimming pool added on top of after deck house.

president johnson being featured in first class around world service please 1930 fares low $1,110 or $1,370 private bath , tickets 2 years visiting twenty-two ports in fourteen countries. departures united states president liner every 2 weeks puget sound ports japan , around world while president liner departed new york every 2 weeks cuba , california panama canal , seattle , vancouver, canada voyage japan , around world. in 1933 ship chartered 7th annual floating university around world voyage of 137 days visiting 37 countries , islands, 45 ports , 140 cities , places credit granted special arrangement throu universities. ship, depart 4 february new york, described floating campus class rooms, library, athletic facilities student fares low $1,325 including tuition , shore trips.

the dollar steamship company, along other dollar companies , ships acquired united states maritime commission in adjustment agreement on 15 august 1938 in stock in line transferred release $7,500,000 of line s debt. commission invested $4,500,000 in new american president lines with, on years, $20,000,000 in grants line.

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