LUXURY TOURIST-CLASS LINER READIED FOR MAIDEN TRIP FROM NEW YORK JUNE 11

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200090037-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2014
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: May 18, 1958
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THIS IS A SKETCH of Atlantic, first American-flag, tourist-class luxury, liner to make her maiden ,eral European countries, and sa
voyage from New York June 11. The 18,100-ton budget-fare liner will sail on a year-round sche e be- 'action as top officer on battleships
tween New York, Zeebrugge, Belgium and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.. jat Pearl Harbor, the South Padi
fic and Korea.
American Banner Lines plans
provide regular weekly service ti
Ithe continent by building two add
tional tourist-class luxury liners
within the next five years.
Luxury Tourist-Class Liner, Readied
For Maiden Trip From New York June 11
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New York?The 18,100-ton trans- ated. "tvery stateroom will con-
atlantic liner Atlantic, first lux-. am n a private bathroom, with
ury liner that is nearly exclusille- shower, toilet, washbasin, and
ly tourist class, will sail on her large-mirrored medicine cabinet.
maiden voyage from New York , Air-Conditioned Rooms
June 11. Constructed at the Ingalls , All staterooms and public rooms
the 564-foot turbine vessel will
Miss. iw' ill be air-conditioned and wall-to-
Shipyards in Passagoula,
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travel between New York and Zee- *all carpeted, and be concentrat-
brugge, Belgium and Amsterdam, ,fed toward the center of the sLip.
The Netherlands. Every tourist-class passenger will
enjoy the freedom of sports and
The Atlantic will carry 900 pas- sun decks, lounges, night club and
5engers-860 of them in luxurious bar. An American-Continental cui-
comfort at tourist-class rates, sine will be featured.
Mere will also be 40 first-class ' There will also be available a
:abins. American Banner Lines is 600-foot promenade deck, glass-
;his country's first steamship com- enclosed and heated when neces-
?any to enter North Atlantic pas- sary. Another Atlantic "first" is
ienger service in more than a in tourist-class conveniences with a
quqrter of a century, according to library, smoking room, card room,
Arnold Bernstein, president of gymnasium, wide-screen movie
American Banner Lines, Inc. theater, children's play room,
, The Atlantic, traveling at a beauty salon, gift shop. ?
Oervice speed of 20 knots, will Interiors and furnishinks for the
make the crossing in seven days, Atlantic were designed by Ray-
and will be on a year-round sched- mond Loewy in the latest fashions
ule to the two European ports.
Her first westhound sailing from
Zeebrugge will be June 2.
Most significant feature of the
vessel will be the modern comfort
with which budget-minded, tourist- I
class passengers will be accommo-
the Scandinavian nations, and Cen-
tral Europe. From Ostend, which
I s a 10-minute taxi ride from Zee-
brugge, there is convenient ferry
and air service to England, and
express train service to practically
all Europe.
Brussels Fair Tourists
'The Atlantic, with her Belgian
debarkation point, will be trans-
porting ocean travelers virtually
to the door-step of the Brussels
Fair.
Mr. Bernstein, who is responsi-
ble for the first tourist-class ves-
sel, has been known for three de-
cades as head of steamship com-
panies bearnig his name, and as
the pioneer of the tourist-class
'transatlantic liner.
I. Associated with Mr. Bernstein is
?Vice-Adm...11oscoe H. Hilienkoetter
,
'(U.S.N. ret.) the line's executive
vice-president. He served as the
first '
of color, fabric and room settings. ?,? .
director of the U. S. Central
All upper berths are of the Pull- ICM.2.1!!Yirren-
man fold-away type that leaves the ? ?
lower as a sofa and transforms,
the sleeping room into an attrac-
tive living room during the day.
Through the ports of Zeebrugge,
and Amsterdam, a direct gateway!
is onened to the Low- Countries,
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