Matson, Inc.
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Matson, Inc., is an American ocean transportation and logistics company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.
A Matson container ship passing under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, US.
Early 20th century advertising for Matson's Hawaiian hotels
SS Lurline in the 1930s
SS Monterey during World War II
SS Malolo
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SS Malolo was a passenger liner, later cruise ship, built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in 1926 for the Matson Line. The largest and most luxurious American passenger ship of her era, she was
Matson, Inc.
…of their earlier cargo liners, Maui and Wilhelmina, were the first passenger ships to place their engines aft. Among the "white ships of Matson" were Malolo (rechristened Matsonia), Lurline, Mariposa, and Monterey. With the advent and expansion of routine air travel between the mainland and the islands…
Queen Frederica, formerly Malolo, in Halifax Harbour, 1962
Queen Frederica