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Merchant Ships For
United States j
j (Special to "The Miner.") ,
NEW YORK. December 16.
The United States'Maritime Com-
mission has announced that' itr is ask-
ing for 12 steel cargo vessels for im-
mediate construction at a total cost
of 18 million to 23 million dollars
(£4,600,000 to £5,750,000 in Austra-
lian currency).
It will be the largest peace. time
order of merchant cargo tonnage
ever placed by the United States.
With a speed of 151. knots^ the vesj^
sela"will' be armed and'^iTy adJüs't
able to war-time purposes. The part
that the vessels will play in America's
armament programme is evident from
the fact that the vessels will be
government-owned, and while they
can be sold to private-owners, they
need not be.
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