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Albert D. Lasker, Chairman of the Shipping Board, became quite excited and wrote a letter to Mayor Hylan of New York when he learned that the Government's great ship, Leviathan, might not be able to find a pier in Manhattan...
...wrote: " The Leviathan is the property of the United States Government and is operated by the Government and therefore it is the property of all the people in the United States. ... It seems unbelievable that the Leviathan should be excluded from the pier in New York owned by the citizens of that city...
...situation is this: there are five ships serving the port of New York which require 1,000-foot piers: The Majestic, Berengaria, Olympic, Homeric and Aquitania-all operated by British lines. When the Leviathan comes into service on July 4, she will be the sixth ship of this class. The British vessels have been using the Chelsea piers, which, originally not so long, were extended during the War for the use of these long ships. The City of New York is also building a series of 1,000-foot piers farther north along the shore of Manhattan. Pier...
...announced by Chairman Albert D. Lasker of the Shipping Board that the Leviathan (formerly Vaterland) will leave New York for Southampton and Cherbourg on July 4. Not only will she make her first trip since receiving the $10,000,000 alterations which have equipped her for passenger service; she will go forth now as the largest vessel ever afloat. Hitherto the Majestic, a British ship (formerly the Bismarck) was the largest vessel, with a registered tonnage of 56,551 and a length of 915.5 feet. The Shipping Board announces, however, that on account of alterations on the Leviathan-chiefly because...
...relaunching of the Leviathan, second largest ship afloat, by the U. S. Shipping Board...