[quote=@aladdin_sane] [@Gaebrael] Two 32,500 ton Passenger Liners had a combined cost of approximately $21,000,000 in 1931 https://books.google.com/books?id=u-IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA275&dq=Popular+Mechanics+1931+curtiss&hl=en&ei=3bTyTKD7AZPfnQeEr635Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result#v=onepage&q&f=true [/quote] Danke!