Word: cunarder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Touted as a rival of Cunard's two Queens, the $70 million United States was designed primarily as a naval vessel. She will be fitted to carry 14,000 troops at 30 knots (fast enough to outrun submarines). Also marked for completion as troopships last week were three passenger-cargo liners being built by the American President Lines, the 13,000-ton Presidents Jackson, Adams, and Hayes...