{"id":10755406332185,"title":"AMERICAN SHIPPER \u0026 AMERICAN IMPORTER: 1920 - Deluxe deck plan w\/ interiors","handle":"american-shipper-american-importer-1920-deluxe-deck-plan-w-interiors","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnited States Lines:  A fold-out deck plan brochure from 1935 for the budget-minded combo liners AMERICAN SHIPPER and AMERICAN IMPORTER.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brochure is in the style typical of I.M.M. owned companies of the 1930s. It first  unfolds to eight panels, then flips up to reveal a large color portrait of the ship on the top section.  Below are twelve pages of deck plans and interior photos.  Usually this design confounds the user and ends up being ripped in the middle.  Not so with this plan which has survived ninety-one years with owners who took care.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-one photos show off simple interiors with lots of wicker furniture and thin drapes.  Public rooms were actually part of the hallway.  The IMPORTER had a roomier passenger area with space on three decks while the SHIPPER squeezed everything into one deck except for a lower dining room.  Deck plans for both ships are presented here.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe AMERICAN IMPORTER and AMERICAN SHIPPER were built in 1920 for the U.S. Shipping Board as part of the \"Hog Island\" class of ships.  They served as army troop transports during much of the 1920s and then were assigned to USL at the start of the Depression to replace the large and uneconomical ex-German liner REPUBLIC.  William Francis Gibbs designed the passenger areas.  Both the IMPORTER and SHIPPER had been an lay-up when USL reactivated them in 1934 for an economical New York - Liverpool service via Belfast.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen war spread in Europe in 1940, both these ships were given to the Belgians as transports.  The IMPORTER was sunk by torpedo on August 18, 1940, off the coast of Ireland.  Ironically the SHIPPER met same fate in the same location two weeks later.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2026-08-10T10:24:50-04:00","created_at":"2026-08-10T10:24:48-04:00","vendor":"FR","type":"- Deck Plans","tags":["- Deck Plans","New Items","United States Lines"],"price":7500,"price_min":7500,"price_max":7500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":52972924600601,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"AMERICAN SHIPPER \u0026 AMERICAN IMPORTER: 1920 - Deluxe deck plan w\/ interiors","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":7500,"weight":142,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/2665.jpg?v=1786371833"],"featured_image":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/2665.jpg?v=1786371833","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":52688492790041,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.851,"height":2142,"width":1823,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/2665.jpg?v=1786371833"},"aspect_ratio":0.851,"height":2142,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/2665.jpg?v=1786371833","width":1823}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eUnited States Lines:  A fold-out deck plan brochure from 1935 for the budget-minded combo liners AMERICAN SHIPPER and AMERICAN IMPORTER.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brochure is in the style typical of I.M.M. owned companies of the 1930s. It first  unfolds to eight panels, then flips up to reveal a large color portrait of the ship on the top section.  Below are twelve pages of deck plans and interior photos.  Usually this design confounds the user and ends up being ripped in the middle.  Not so with this plan which has survived ninety-one years with owners who took care.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-one photos show off simple interiors with lots of wicker furniture and thin drapes.  Public rooms were actually part of the hallway.  The IMPORTER had a roomier passenger area with space on three decks while the SHIPPER squeezed everything into one deck except for a lower dining room.  Deck plans for both ships are presented here.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe AMERICAN IMPORTER and AMERICAN SHIPPER were built in 1920 for the U.S. Shipping Board as part of the \"Hog Island\" class of ships.  They served as army troop transports during much of the 1920s and then were assigned to USL at the start of the Depression to replace the large and uneconomical ex-German liner REPUBLIC.  William Francis Gibbs designed the passenger areas.  Both the IMPORTER and SHIPPER had been an lay-up when USL reactivated them in 1934 for an economical New York - Liverpool service via Belfast.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen war spread in Europe in 1940, both these ships were given to the Belgians as transports.  The IMPORTER was sunk by torpedo on August 18, 1940, off the coast of Ireland.  Ironically the SHIPPER met same fate in the same location two weeks later.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}