Latest Marine News in Pictures The American Legion, shown below, was built recently by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. for the United States shipping board and allocated for operation to the Munson line. It is now in passenger service between New York and South American ports The oil tanker Yankee Arrow, built for the Standard Transportation Co. by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., has a capacity for carrying 3,500,000 gallons. The overall dimensions are: Length, 485 feet; beam, 62 feet, 6 inches and depth 39 feet, 6 inches The American Legion is handsomely furnished for first-class passenger service. The vessel measures 535 feet over all and has a beam of 72 feet The American Legion has accommodations for 280 first-class passengers, and 194 third-class. The ship has a speed of 17% knots A golf meter is one of the many features of interest on board the Taiyo Maru. operated by Toyo Kisen Kaisha between San Francisco and Hong Kong. This vessel was built by the Hamburg South American Co. but was awarded to the Japanese government by the reparations commission. A 6-hour “sample cruise” for a select party marked its intro- duction at San Francisco 455