NEW GIANT LINERS.
ACROSS ATLANTIC IN FOUR DAYS. The United States Shipping Board announces that plans have been completed l'cr. the construction of two gigantic ocean liners, 1000 ft. long, with a speed of 30 knots, designed to cross the Atlantic in four days. They are to be so equipped (that they can be used as commerce destroyers in the event of war. The liners, which will be built under the supervision of the Navy Department, will have a gross tonnage of 55,000, draught 35ft. depth 74ft., beam 102 ft., with accommodation for 3000 passengers and 1000 crew. They will be equipped with oil-burning engines, and will have a cruising radius of 7000 miles.
The construction of a special terminal at Fort Pond Bay (Montauk Point) is contemplated. This would reduce the. voyage to Plymouth by 118 miles, and would relieve the congestion in New York Harbor.
The four largest liners now afloatLeviathan, Imperator, Aquitania, and Olympic—range in length from 907 ft. to Ss2ft.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1919, Page 92
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164NEW GIANT LINERS. Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1919, Page 92
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