Naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed the SS United States. He was proud of his creation, calling it the perfect ship. Today, his granddaughter Susan Gibbs serves as president of the SS ...
William Francis Gibbs, in statement just before ship left. After spending nearly three decades docked empty in Philadelphia, the tow to Mobile is expected to take about two weeks. Observers of the ...
Naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed it to be a luxury ocean liner in peacetime that could quickly switch to transporting 14,000 troops in wartime if needed. The vessel broke the trans ...
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The Historic S.S. 'United States,' the Fastest Liner to Cross the Atlantic, Is Heading to a Watery Grave“You can’t set her on fire, you can’t sink her and you can’t catch her,” as William Francis Gibbs, the ship’s designer, once said, according to the S.S. United States ...
Designed by naval architect William Francis Gibbs, the liner was constructed in the early 1950s as both a luxury ocean liner and a wartime transport capable of carrying 14,000 troops. Its maiden ...
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