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 ...

The SS United States had a distinguished career as a transatlantic steamship. Now, officials in Florida plan to turn it into ...

As we began following this story of the ship, I discovered my great grandparents and other family had once sailed upon SS ...

THE ocean liner that once carried presidents ... Designed by naval architect William Francis Gibbs, it served as a luxury liner in peacetime but could be swiftly converted to transport 14,000 ...

“The 50,000-ton vessel is the largest ocean liner built in the United ... designed to be ‘unsinkable’ by South Philly native William Francis Gibbs,’’ wrote reporter Matthew Korfhage ...