Grace establishes merchant
steamship line to serve the
Americas.		 W. R. Grace & Co. formally chartered
 William Russell Grace accepts
the Statue of Liberty from the
people of France.

Grace establishes the Grace
National Bank, forerunner of
Marine Midland Bank. Grace
sends the first commercial
vessel through the newly
constructed Panama Canal.

 Grace and Pan American
Airways jointly form Panagra,
establishing the first air link
between the Americas.		 Sterling Grace Affiliates
purchases Liberty Ship,
T2 Tanker		 Sterling Grace Affiliates
purchases MV Clipper
Gold Hind,MV Santa Fe
 Sterling Grace Affiliates purchases the
Swift-Fair, Swift-Favour, Swift-Fortune,
Swift-Fame
  1860 1872 1885 1914 1928 1955 1995 2003
  1854 1865 1880 1890 1917 1939 - 1945 1969 2002
  William Russell Grace founds
W. R. Grace & Co. in Peru.		 W. R. Grace & Co. relocates to
New York City and begins
triangular trade with South
America and Europe.
 Grace opens offices in Chile.
William Russell Grace is elected
mayor of New York City for two
terms.		 Grace inaugurates steamship
service between New York
and the west coast of
South America.
 The Santa Ana is christened as the first
of the Grace Line passenger ships. She
and sister ships, Santa Elisa, Santa Teresa,
Santa Rosa and Santa Paula, all are
drafted into war service to ferry troops
for the next two years.		 Grace Line joins the war effort.
American Steamship companies
conducting the greatest water
transport operations in history.
With out such operations the
military of successes of our
Armed forces would be impossible

W.R. Grace
Sells Grace Line

Sterling Grace Affiliates purchases
the Swift-Sure
Reestablishing Grace line