But it was also outfitted as a naval auxiliary that could be converted into a military transport, and its 241,000-horsepower steam engines could move a fully equipped division halfway around the world, nonstop, without refueling.
Bedlington wants to move up a division or two, incrementally.
There are other names in the mix, including the world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, who would move up a division to face him, and Antonio Tarver, who relieved Woods of hislight-heavyweight title.
The arrival of the Patriots, assuming N.F.L. and legislative approval, would add other elements: the team's executive offices, perhaps a soccer franchise, and good fortune for the University of Connecticut football team, which would move up a division in collegiate play.
"The philosophy is all about doing one's own personal best". In practical terms, that means dividing athletes into divisions so they compete against those of similar ability and, if they improve, can move up a division to compete against more capable athletes.
"The reality is that football schools who move up a division almost always lose even more money," said Daniel Fulks, an accounting professor at Transylvania University who has spent the last 15 years as a research consultant for the N.C.A.A. "There's not much defense of the economics in the short term or the long term.
If the Ibrox club do exit the top flight, the losing SFL play-off finalists will move up a division.
But unlike O'Driscoll, who chose to move up a division to take over at Championship side Nottingham Forest, Holdsworth has chosen to stay at a lower level.
Jack, who gave up his WBC title to move up a division, has a fine record against British fighters, having drawn with IBF super-middleweight champion James DeGale and beaten WBA king George Groves.
The Trump plan envisions a more modest shift, moving a small division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Marine Fisheries Service, to Interior.
