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firm. The shipping and passenger line of this enterprise was the Oceanic Steamship Company, which was founded by J.D. Spreckels in 1881. Its inaugural

was founded by Alfred Holt and Philip Holt, as the Ocean Steamship Company, to provide a steamship service known as the Blue Funnel Line, between the

SS Oceanic was the White Star Line's first liner and first member of the Oceanic-class; she was an important turning point in passenger liner design.

A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more

was built in 1883 by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia for the Oceanic Steamship Company. After the ship was completed in July 1883, eighteen-year-old

Hawaii. In 1934, Yuji Kimoto of Osaka, Japan bought the ship from the Oceanic Steamship Company for the price of $59,500. "S.S. Sierra To End Century Run

of the Oceanic Steamship Company which provided service between San Francisco and other Pacific ports SS Mariposa (1931), Matson Lines ocean liner; renamed

oceanic whitetip sharks was 86.4 kg (190 lb). In the 1990s, the sharks of the species from the same area averaged only 56.1 kg (124 lb). The oceanic whitetip

would be used for other partnership companies with Spreckels. The Oceanic Steamship Company, and J. D. Spreckels and Brothers (sons of Claus), were wholly

as president of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, but continued to act as vice president of the Oceanic Steamship Company, and agent and superintendent