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 ...

The S.S. United States, the fastest liner ever to cross the Atlantic ... you can’t sink her and you can’t catch her,” as William Francis Gibbs, the ship’s designer, once said, according ...

The fastest ocean liner ever to cross the Atlantic ... the ship were the "pianos and the butcher’s blocks." "William Francis Gibbs, the vessel’s designer, only allowed mahogany pianos on ...

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 ...

The legendary and iconic ocean ... liner will glide down the Delaware River to begin the next chapter in her uniquely American story,” said Susan Gibbs, granddaughter of the ship’s designer ...

A storied ocean ... liner will glide down the Delaware River to begin the next chapter in her uniquely American story," said conservancy head Susan Gibbs, granddaughter of the ship' designer ...