Passengers making the transpacific voyages will have 47 days on ship- 

 board during the round-trip, including time spent in ports along the 

 route. Travelers on the round-the-world ships will spend approximately 

 three months on board, every day one of relaxation and enjoyment at sea, 

 or of sight-seeing adventure at the fascinating ports of call. 



In rounding out the picture of the American President Lines' opera- 

 tions, the subject of cargo and cargo ships forms an important part. As 

 American President liners leave nothing undone for the pleasure and 

 convenience of passengers so, too, do their freighters provide every mod- 

 ern means of protecting and preserving cargoes in transit. 



In addition to express-package cargo handled by the large passenger 

 liners and the abundant "reefer" space they provide, the company's 

 freighter fleet is equipped to carry the most perishable commodities in 

 specially designed refrigerator compartments, where, whatever the out- 

 side temperature, cargoes such as easily spoilable agricultural products are 

 kept in temperatures best suited to their preservation. Ample deep-tank 

 space is provided for bulk liquid cargoes. Special lockers and "specie" 

 tanks assure safe stowage for valuable or particularly fragile freight. 



The President Pol\ began her maiden voyage on December 7, 1941, 

 but it was halted by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. On August 21, 

 1946, she sailed again from San Francisco, after four years of war duty. 



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