SS Matsonia Vintage Passenger Ship of Matson Lines. – The SS Malolo (later known as Matsonia, Atlantic, and Queen Fredrica) was an American Cruise liner built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia in 1926 for the Matson Line. She was the first of a number of ships designed by William Francis Gibbs for the Matson Line. The Matson Line did much to develop tourism in the Hawaiian Islands. In 1927 it commissioned its largest ship yet, the Malolo (flying fish) for the First-Class luxury service between San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Honolulu. The Malolo and other Matson liners advertised superb public rooms, spacious cabins, swimming pools, a gymnasium, and a staff, including a hairdresser, to provide superlative service. Vintage Ocean Liner, Luxury Passenger Ships and twenty century Steamship Travel to worldwide destinations. Vintage and Retro Shipping Lines and Passenger Ship travel advertisements and postcards of early twentieth century. Our historic designs are available on t-shirts, posters, prints, greeting cards, postcards, magnets, note cards, stickers and gifts. Great gift and collectible items for fans of history, navy, merchant marine and cruise ships.
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