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There are good ships and wood ships, and ships that sail the sea,
but the best ships are friendships,
and may they always be.
~ Irish Proverb Lubec, Maine
the largest longship ever found—thirty-two metres long, with a single-watch crew of eighty that could have been doubled for war. Dating to the early eleventh century, it is of the dimensions the sagas give for the highest rank of royal warships.
Neil Price • The Children of Ash and Elm
In addition to the landing force, the fleet carried more than two hundred thousand tons of supplies, half of which were munitions. John C. H. Lee, it was said, always doubled whatever his staff thought the Army needed “just in case.”
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
The median income for a household in the borough was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $28,750. The per capita income for the borough was $16,083. All of the population was below the poverty line.