She was described for many years as a first-class ship built of first-class materials.

They knew me on every first-class ship between here and Europe.

On the first-class ships, rates for the entire route range from $800 to $945 a person, double occupancy, depending on direction and duration.

Now, with two first-class fighting ships and three themes of humanity working together, Leviathan's enemies appeared to have a good chance of winning in this particular fight.

Her affluent passenger loads swayed the CGT in 1924 to convert her to an all first-class ship, save for just 150 third class berths.

His plan had called for a lean and compact little fighting force of thirty first-class ships in a triangular organization of three sub-patrols, ten ships to each.

"But if you have a first-class ship like the Noordam already selling for $50 or $75 a day, I don't have much faith in someone going up against her at $45."

Within a few years, Allan had served as Master and part-owner of several first-class ships trading out of Saltcoats.

In front of company headquarters, an austere brick building, 20 strikers, watched by nine police officers, sang variations of a labor anthem with verses that included, "We build first-class ships.

Handsome Mauritian waiters gently flourish napkins into our laps, making the often uninspired food seem more worthy than it really is of a first-class French ship.