The Italian Line, also known as the Società di navigazione Italia, was a passenger shipping line that operated regular transatlantic service between Italy and the United States.

The Società di navigazione Italia was started in 1932 as Italia Flotte Riunite (United Fleets Italy), when the Italian government encouraged the fusion of Genoa-based Navigazione Generale Italiana, Turin-based Lloyd Sabaudo, and Trieste-based Cosulich STN, which was previously an Austro-Hungaric company. 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Fleet can refer to several things: Two or more vehicles owned by a company A group of ships: Fishing fleet Naval fleet, such as those in the US Navy, which were numbered odd in the Pacific or West, and even in the Atlantic or East: US 1st Fleet - inactive US... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... Location Region Piedmont Province Turin Area   – Total   – Water 130 km² (50 mi²) ##.# km² (#.# mi²) #.##% Population   – Total (2002)   – Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude   45°04′ N 7°40′ E1. ... Location within Italy Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Italian Trieste, Slovenian and Croatian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001). ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

The new company acquired the Cosulich-owned SS Saturnia and SS Vulcania, the Lloyd Sabaudo-owned SS Conte Rosso, SS Conte Biancamano and SS Conte Grande and the NGI-owned SS Giulio Cesare, SS Roma and SS Augustus. The same year two previously commissioned ocean liners were launched: the SS Rex, who captured the Blue Riband in 1933, and the SS Conte di Savoia . MV Doulos (at Southampton, England in 2004) The MV Doulos is the worlds oldest active ocean going passenger ship. ... The ocean liner Rex of the Italian Line An ocean liner is a large passenger ship, typically a motorized vessel that undertakes longer voyages on the open sea primarily for the purpose of transporting people from one place to another. ... The Italian passenger liner Rex was a product of Navigazione Generale Italiana. ... The Blue Riband is an award held by the ship with the record for a transatlantic crossing. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Conte di Savoia was a large Italian ocean liner built in 1932 at Cantieri Riuniti delAdriatico, Trieste. ...

During World War II, the company lost many of its ships, including the SS Rex and the SS Conte di Savoia. Other vessels were captured by the United States and converted into troopships; four of them survived the war: the SS Conte Biancamano, the SS Conte Grande, the SS Saturnia and the SS Vulcania. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ...

The service was resumed only in 1947, under the company's new name Società di navigazione Italia. In addition to the four vessels returned by United States, two new vessels, the SS Andrea Doria and the SS Cristoforo Colombo, were soon commissioned to show the world that the country had recovered from the war and to reestablish the nation's pride. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... SS Andrea Doria listing in the morning after the collision in the Atlantic Ocean, July 26, 1956. ... The Cristoforo Colombo was an Italian ocean liner built in the 1950s in the wake of World War II. She is notable to most people as the sister ship of the famed and tragic Andrea Doria. ...