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The largest and most luxurious American passenger ship of her era, [3] she was the first of a number of ships designed by William Francis Gibbs for the Matson line, which did much to develop tourism in the Hawaiian Islands. Malolo (flying fish) was built for the first-class luxury service between San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Honolulu.
Maritime flag of Matson, Inc.. Matson, Inc., is an American shipping and navigation services company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.Founded in 1882, [2] Matson, Inc.'s subsidiary Matson Navigation Company provides ocean shipping services across the Pacific to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Micronesia, the Pacific islands, China, and Japan.
Matson Lines; Home Lines; Port of registry: Los Angeles: Builder: Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation: Launched: 18 July 1931: Completed: December 1931: Maiden voyage: 16 January 1932: In service: 1932, as Mariposa; 1953, as Homeric; Identification: US official number 231312; Code letters MJPN (until 1933) Call sign WGEN ...
Only a few months later, Lurline arrived in Los Angeles with serious engine trouble in her port turbine, and was laid up, with the required repairs considered too expensive. Matson instead brought the Matsonia out of retirement, and characteristically, changed her name to Lurline. The original Lurline was sold to Chandris Lines in 1963.
SS Monterey was a luxury ocean liner launched on 10 October 1931. The ship was completed April 1932 and is shown in registers as a 1932 ship. [2] [5] [note 1] Monterey was the third of the four ships of the Matson Lines "White Fleet", which were designed by William Francis Gibbs and also included SS Malolo, SS Mariposa and SS Lurline.
(Reuters) -Los Angeles-based asset management firms overseeing more than $4 trillion in assets are grappling with the impact of the region's destructive wildfires on their operations, with some ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department referred all questions regarding the Jan. 1 and Jan. 7 fires to the ATF. Following the clues. No homes were damaged or destroyed in the Jan. 1 fire, but ...
An exhibit that includes William Matson's Swedish Consul General's uniform as well as artifacts from the Matson-Roth families may be seen on the San Mateo County Historical Association Online Collections Database. [13] In 1987, Matson was inducted into the National Maritime Hall of Fame at the American Merchant Marine Museum in New York City. [14]