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104 MARINE REVIEW November, 1926 UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD (Thru United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation) Invites offers for the purchase or charter of the following passenger, combination passenger and cargo, and express freight and passenger vessels Sealed proposals are invited from Ameri- can citizens for the acquisition, by pur- chase or by charter, of all the following vessels now operated for the United States Shipping Board on United States Lines and on American Merchant Lines, under terms and conditions as more particularly set forth in the proposal, instructions as to bidding, and terms and conditions of sale and /or charter, mentioned below, viz: LEVIATHAN GEORGE WASHINGTON REPUBLIC PRESIDENT HARDING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AMERICAN TRADER AMERICAN BANKER AMERICAN MERCHANT AMERICAN FARMER AMERICAN SHIPPER under purchase and/or charter contract providing for the operation of said vessels under American registry, under the trade name of ‘‘United States Lines’’ between the port of New York and United Kingdom-Continental European ports on the English Channel and North Sea. Sealed proposals are also invited from American citizens for the purchase or charter of any or all of the vessels: AMERICA MOUNT VERNON AGAMEMNON =: ‘‘asis where is’? and upon the condition that said vessels shall be operated in the service described in the terms and conditions of sale and/or charter. Prospective bidders may obtain form of proposal, description of vessels, terms and conditions of sale and /or charter and instructions as to bidding upon application to the undersigned office and bona fide bidders will be afforded an opportunity to observe the past performance of said Lines at the offices of the Board in Washington. Bids will be received until Noon, Eastern Standard Time, November 8, 1926. ' DEPARTMENT OF SHIP SALES UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION Washington, D. C. USEFUL BOOKS For the Man Who Is Interested IN SHIPS Building the Emergency Fleet—Mattox—$5.90 (25s.) How Wooden Ships are Built—Estep—$3.00 (15s.) 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