 In the same year, the company purchased their first ship, the 10,699 gross ton "Bergensfjord" from Norwegian America Line, which was renamed SS "Argentina" and placed on transatlantic routes from Genoa to South America in 1947.Although operated by Home Lines, the ship was managed by Cosulich Lines.Already in 1946 Home Lines had purchased a second ship, the Swedish American liner "Drottningholm" (11,182 gross tons), but that ship was not delivered to the company until 1948, when she was renamed "Brasil" and placed alongside the "Argentina" on Genoa—South America service.