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Show TEN AMERICAN VESSELS SOLD TO FOREIGNERS WASHINGTON. Sept 16.- The American Shipbuilding company has been authorized by the shipping board 1 to sell ten steel steamships of 3700 deadweight tons each for transfer to foreign registry. This Is the first au-; thorltv ror the sale to foreign account of American ihip.? granted by the board under the terms of the new merchant marine act. The hoards announcement todav Bald 'he American company has been unable to Interest steamship companies com-panies In this country in the purchase Of the Craft and consequently had negotiated ne-gotiated for their sale abroad. Hulk on the Great Lakes for the American company's account, the steamers will b transferred to French. British. Norwegian. Swedish. Danish. Belgian, BpanlSh and Italian registry Tho board said It had been Informed that the company would receive a bout 1 164)2,700 each tor the ships or about $171 per deadweight ton. |