NYK Line Series

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

NYK Line Series

Entry/Object ID

K0001.107

Scope and Content

This series consists of ten folders: The NYK Line, or the Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, (Japan Mail Shipping Line) was founded in 1885 as the result of a merger between two privately-funded cargo/passenger liner services. The line offered/offers cruise and cargo services between the Japanese Islands and ports in Asia and North America. The line lost most of its fleet to destruction/reparations during WWII, but soon recovered its numbers. Today, (2011) the line operates about 50 cargo vessels, and cruise ships, (under its cruise subsidiary "Crystal Cruises").

Collection

Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Folder, File

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

May 10, 2011