 International Navigation lobbied the US Congress to replace the subsidy and allow the Inman speedsters to register in the US despite the law that only permitted US-built ships to be registered there.After considerable controversy, Congress enacted the subsidy provided that International Navigation build two similar ships in the US and all four twin-screw liners being available to the government in the event of a crisis.In one of his last acts in office, on February 22, 1893, President Benjamin Harrison boarded the now renamed "New York" during a snowstorm and raised the American Flag.