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References
- ↑ "Russian American Line". The Ships List. 2005-02-03. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ↑ "Baltic American Line". The Ships List. 2005-02-03. Archived from the original on 2002-08-15. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ "Baltic America Line History and Ephemera" . Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ Gibbs, CR Vernon (1970). Western Ocean Passenger Liners 1934–1969. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson. p. 174.