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in 1917. In 1906 it began passenger service from Libau to New York after the

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acquired a controlling interest in the line. After the Russian Revolution, services ended in 1917. Some of the line's ships came under control of the

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and were operated as

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s during World War I and the Allied intervention in the

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. After the civil war most of the line's ships were sold or transferred to the

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, another subsidiary of the East Asiatic Company.

Ships of the Russian American Line

* (1896) * (1894) * (1912) * SS ''Czaritza'' (1915) * (1897) * (1889) * (1893) * (1899) * (1892) * SS ''Kursk'' (1910) * (1889) * (1902) * SS ''Russia'' (1908)

References

* {{cite web , title = Russian American Line , url = http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/rusamline.html , publisher = The Ships List , date = 2005-02-03 , accessdate = 2008-07-04 , url-status = dead , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516180640/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/rusamline.html , archivedate = 2008-05-16 Transport companies established in 1900 Defunct shipping companies Shipping companies of Russia Defunct companies of Russia Transatlantic shipping companies 1900 establishments in the Russian Empire