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Show S. S. America Largest Ship The largest ship ever built in an American shipyard entered the Golden Gold-en Gate just before sunrise on February Feb-ruary 14, completing her maiden in-tercoastal in-tercoastal voyage between New York and San Francisco. She is the majestic S. S. America, flagship of the United States Lines. Eight hundred hun-dred passengers were aboard. The ship is 723 feet long, has a gross tonnage ton-nage of 26,454 tons and cost $17,-500,000. $17,-500,000. She is equipped with every safety device known to modern science sci-ence even the lifeboats are equipped with short wave radio sets and her appointments are the last word in luxury. |