NEW GIANT LINERS
ACROSS ATLANTIC IN EOUR DAYS. The United 'States Shipping Boa.rd announces that plans have" Seen completed for the construction of two gigantic ocean liners, 1000 ft. long, witlh a speed of 30 knots, designed to cross the Atlantic in four days. They are tu be so equipped that they can be used as commerce destroyers in the event of war. The liners, which will be built undsr the supervision of the Navy Department, will, have a gross tonnage of SS.kl'u, draught 35ft., depth 71ft., beani 102i't. with accommodation for 3000 passengers and 1000 crew. They will be equipped with oil-burning engines and wili Have u cruising radius of .7000 miles. The construction of a snecinl terminal at Port Pond Bay (Montauk Point) is contemplated.'.This would reduce the Toyngo to Plymouth by 113 miles, and would relieve the . congestion in New York Harbour. The four largest liners now afloat—' Leviathan, .Impcrator, Aouitcnia, and Olympic-range In length "from 907 ft. -to £52tt.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 1, 26 September 1919, Page 7
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163NEW GIANT LINERS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 1, 26 September 1919, Page 7
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