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Largest US ship built at Newport News Shipyard marked by Siberia visit
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company and Newport News Shipbuilding drew finance leaders to the steamship Siberia at Pier 40 as the two ocean giants showcased America’s shipbuilding prowess. The Korea and Siberia, built for the Oriental service, top the list of the yard’s feats including speed and capacity with famed visitors like Huntington, Harriman, and Hawley amid praise for the yard’s expansion and repairs.
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New York
Pacific Mail
Newport News Shipsiming and Dry Dock Company
Siberia
Tyo-Tohl
Get- Pacific Mail Company
China
Korea
Newport News Shipbuilding
Dry Davks Company
H. P
Oriental Service
Pacific Mall
Yokohama
San Francisco
Horn
trans-Pacific
Particu
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Virginia
Nashville
Helena
Prairie
Yosemite
Dixie
Buffalo
Solace
Nictheroy
Lloyd
Main
Hoboken
Merchant Marine
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Tinois
Newport News Company
Sinots
Siips
Ala
Bama
Wisconsin
Newport, News Yard
Atlantic
Jersey
Gulf
Hampton Roads
Times
Huntington
Harriman
Hawley
H. E. Huntington
E. H. Harriman
Edwin Hawley
America
Shipyard
United States
C. P. Huntington
Hamp
Central Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Newport News
Calvin B. Orcutt
Orcutt
Collig Puntington
Ameng
Charles H. Tweed
I. EH. Gates
F. H. Davis
Marthol