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...sweep of a pen, American President Lines, biggest West Coast shipper, contracted with the U.S. Maritime Board last week for the complete replacement of a merchant fleet. Over the next ten years American President will retire all its 19 ships, including the 981-passenger President Cleveland, and its sistership the President Wilson, replace them with 18 to 20 new ships. Total cost of the program: $225 million, of which the U.S. Government will pay $90 million, American President Lines the balance...
Presently the Mary's new sistership, the Queen Elizabeth, quietly slipped into the berth beside her. Later the Mary's cabins were stripped, rugs and furniture (now irreplaceable) were packed and stored. Her bulkheads were taken down to make room for troops...
...Britain could console herself that no nation could dispute her No. 2 rank in the North Atlantic. Air France, which also has a treaty right to land transatlantic mail and passengers in the U. S., is still in the survey stage. When Imperial shakes down, the Caribou and her sistership Cabot will carry mail, no passengers, each week between the U. S. and Britain. Pan American once carried 27 passengers, 791 lb. of mail to Europe...
Built in 1911, her 46,439-ton hull was the biggest, most sumptuous ever launched in Great Britain. Year later she had a momentary rival in her sistership, the Titanic, but not until the Queen Mary slid down the ways in 1934 did British shipbuilders actually surpass the Olympic in tonnage...
...under construction again with money provided by the British Government. The 400 men are just a beginning. Soon 3,800 workmen will be employed and other jobs for other thousands are still to come. Money has been definitely promised, too, for the construction of a sistership so that the merged Cunard-White Star can offer a regular weekly service from both New York and Southampton with its giants...