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The ships could average 21 knots and steamed to San Francisco in just 18 hours. Just a few years earlier the ships had been axed from New York - Boston service when Metropolitan Steamship Company collapsed and its president went to jail.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimple plans show two decks laid out in the 19th century style of tiny cabins opening up into central saloons.  Photos show the Dining Room, the stairway in the Main Saloon, Men's Room on Hurricane Deck, Writing Room, and a cabin.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese popular ships sailed for various owners for decades.   An unfortunate meeting with a reef ended HARVARD's career in 1931 while the YALE sailed on until 1936.  After war duties, she was broken up in 1949.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}