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Show UNSINKABLE SHIP TO BE GIVEN TESTS N ATLANTIC PORT, March 6. The former Austrian steamer Lucia, whicn i., been honeycombed with compartments designed to make her unsinkable, arrived here' todav to underpo te.sts to determine her ability to stand up under torpedo at- taThe special' interior construction of the ship' a' iiOO-ton vessel, was installed under un-der the auspices of the naval consulting bc'ard' and should the vessel prove her ability to remain afloat after being torpedoed tor-pedoed efforts will be made to fiave many other vessels, particularly army transports, trans-ports, similarly equipped. Manv naval and shipping men object to such ' construction because of the great amount of carco space it require and the ltn-th of time necessary to fit a ship with the compartments. Others, however, contend that the saving of ships from srbmarines would more than oi.set the loss in time of building and of cargo room. |