Steamship Minnesota Departs for the Last Time Under U.S. Flag
The largest freight carrier flying the American flag is being sold to British owners, rendered unprofitable by new federal maritime regulations.
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The largest freight carrier flying the United States flag, the steamship Minnesota, owned by the Great Northern Steamship company, will sail from Seattle on November 12 on her last voyage from an American port under an American flag. She will carry an immense cargo for Liverpool, where it is planned to sell her to English owners. The operation of the LaFollette seaman’s bill was the final factor in determining the Great Northern Steamship company to dispose of the Minnesota, as she could not be operated at a profit in competition with Japanese lines, under the new law. Her departure will be marked by farewell ceremonies, in which all steamships on the Sound will take part.
“The operation of the LaFollette seaman’s bill was the final factor in determining the Great Northern Steamship company to dispose of the Minnesota.”
This reflects the ongoing tension between globalized maritime labor costs and domestic protectionism, a theme that has defined Puget Sound's shipping industry for over a century.
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