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Design 11811 as alternative to, see Design 11811

musical score compared with, 194–95, 273

profiteering charges and, 181

setback of, 84–85

Taylor’s support for, 143

World War II and, 63

see also Design 12201; S-171; United States

superstructure, 92, 333

of Design 12201/ United States, 200–201, 237, 238, 240, 258, 260, 265

Swan, Hunter and Wigham, 26, 30, 32–33

Swanson, Claude, 157

Swift, Earl, 357

Switzerland, 16

Taft, Robert, 302

Taft, William Howard, 45

tankers, 212

Tate, Harry, 275, 276

Taurus the Bull, 268, 269

Taylor, David W., 56–58, 60, 107–9, 120, 156, 211, 236

Ferris superliners as viewed by, 126

as Gibbs’s mentor, 58, 85, 143, 200

stroke of, 143

Taylor, Elizabeth, 339

technology, x, 10, 19, 28, 29, 161

aesthetics and, 122

U.S. independence in, 146

World War II and, 207, 249, 261

see also engines; specific engines

telephones, 259, 323

tennis, 16, 20, 341

theater, 337–38, 344

Thomas Edison Foundation Mass Media Awards dinner, 339

Tilden, Bill, 16

Time, 161, 176–77, 182, 296–97

Tissot, Charles Lin, 253, 270

Titanic, 10 n, 37–51, 61, 75, 112, 291, 333–34

Carpathia as rescue boat for, 40–42

lifeboats of, 40, 41, 42

Malolo compared with, 110, 201

Morro Castle fire compared with, 132

United States compared with, 260, 261, 299

Todd Shipyards, 166, 170, 171, 176

torpedoes, 52–53, 98, 168, 180, 202, 213, 225, 260

“Tourist Third Cabin” (“Tourist Class”), 92, 136, 137, 152, 214

of United States, 250, 258, 259, 293

Townley, John, 165

transatlantic ocean liners, 55, 85

airplanes vs., 214–15, 344–48

boom time for, 114–16

as living beings, 93

mystique of, ix–x

size, luxury, and speed of, 3–12

Trans World Airlines, 159

Travelers Aid Society, 286

Treasury Department, U.S., 33

triple expansion engines, 10

Trippe, Juan, 159

troop transports, 50, 52, 64–68, 89, 107, 142, 198, 362

Design 12201 and, 206, 210–11

Forrestal’s views on, 219

of Nazi Germany, 164, 165

United States and, 234–36, 345, 348

in World War II, 164, 165, 166, 174, 176, 180, 204, 211–12, 214, 217, 218

Tross, Mildred, 287

Truman, Bess, 241, 295–96, 330–31

Truman, Harry, 183, 198, 209, 215, 217–19, 225–29

defense budget and, 219

election of 1952 and, 280, 302

Forrestal replaced by, 225

Korean War and, 280

Maritime Commission abolished by, 228, 229

merchant marine and, 211–12

post-presidential life of, 330–32

supercarrier canceled by, 225–27

threat of seizure of United States and, 234–36

United States disputes and, 226–29, 241, 279–84, 287, 313, 318–19

Truman, Margaret, 295–96, 297, 299, 308, 309, 310, 331

trusts, 39, 61, 100

see also International Mercantile Marine

turbine engines, 120, 121

Curtis, 54–57, 125, 141

of Design 12201/ United States, 202, 203, 231, 266, 267, 305, 356

geared, 55, 122, 141, 150

high-pressure, high-temperature, 124–25, 141–44, 148, 202, 203, 362

of Leviathan, 81

Parsons, 54, 55, 123, 125, 141, 144, 146, 202

Turbinia, 29

turbo-electric plant, 54–57, 59–60, 122, 123, 138, 141, 209

Turkey, 357, 368

U-20, 52–53

Ukraine, 357–58

Union Pacific, 77

unions, see labor unions

United American, 77

United Dry Docks, 142, 143, 145–46

United Gas Improvement Company, 4, 14, 23, 45, 98

United Nations, 302

United Press, 302

United States:

immigration to, 8, 31, 39, 91–92, 213, 348

neutrality of, 161, 166, 167, 168

SOLAS and, 45

strength of, 194

wealth of, 205

in World War I, 63–69, 79

in World War II, 161, 169, 171

worldwide military bases of, 27

United States, SS, 223–337, 339, 341, 342, 344–63, 365–70

as anti- Titanic, 47

Blue Riband and, 225, 269, 281–82, 291, 294, 309–10, 313, 337, 346, 356

christening of, 241, 244–45

class segregation in, 250, 303

crew selection and training for, 273–79

cruises and, 349, 353

declassification of design features of, 355–56, 365

delivery date for, 224–25

delivery voyage of, 279, 284

future of, 359, 365, 366, 368–70

halcyon years of, 320–32

interior decorating of, 234, 235, 246–59, 295, 300, 360

keel-laying of, 227–30

labor problems and, 344, 347–48, 349

launching of, 242–46

maiden voyage of, 265, 277, 278, 279, 285, 292–312, 317, 324, 356, 360

as masterpiece, 362–63

military personnel carried by, 345, 348

naming of, 223

as peace ship, 244, 245–46

propeller design for, 231, 233–34

public visiting day and, 286–88

retirement of, 354

revalued purchase price for, 319

safety of, 246–49, 251, 258–61, 291, 302, 362

sales of, 356–58, 368–69

sister ship of, 335–37, 344, 366

smoking rooms of, 253, 257, 258, 265, 300, 303

staterooms of, 246, 247–48, 255–58, 295, 302, 326–27, 329, 330

stewards of, 273–79, 294, 298, 300, 301, 306, 310, 361

swimming pools of, 250, 256, 257, 302

threat of military seizure of, 234–36

trials of, 263–72, 356

Truman disputes and, 226–29, 241, 279–84, 287, 313, 318–19

Voyage Number Two of, 317–18

see also Design 12201; superliner project

United States, USS (supercarrier), 226

United States Lines, 82, 83, 89, 90, 91, 112, 115–19, 126–28, 154–60, 194–99, 212–17, 336, 347–50, 366

board of directors of, 215, 291, 348

colors of, 81, 240

crew selection and training for, 273–75

eagle emblem of, 249, 251, 270, 279, 289

Europa rejected by, 214

Ferris’s superliner plans for, 126–27, 128, 133, 134

floundering of, 106, 116, 123, 154, 367

formation of, 77, 94

Gibbs’s interest in purchase of, 97, 113, 116–18

Gibbs’s superliner project and, 194–97, 203–208, 210, 215–17, 220–23, 227–28, 234, 236, 261–62, 267, 268, 273–75, 280–84, 294

Harris as interim president of, 197, 198–99

IMM deal for, 127–28

labor problems of, 347–48, 349

Manning’s replacement and, 318

Panamanian registry considered for, 161–63

superliner construction rejected by, 156

Trumans’ trip and, 331–32

United States’ retirement and, 354

United States’ revalued purchase price and, 319

Windsors and, 327

World War II and, 166–69, 180, 197–98

upholstery, 247, 253

Urquhart, Anne, 158

United States and, 234, 235, 246, 247, 296

Vanderbilt, Alfred, 53

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, III, 114

Vanderbilt, Cornelius “the Commodore,” 9, 11

Van Vechten, Carl, 103

Vaterland, 51, 62, 70, 74, 93–94

U.S. seizure of, 63–64, 69, 94

see also Leviathan

Veitch, Colin, 358

Verrazano Narrows, 314, 320–21

Vestris, 117

vibrations, 233, 361

cavitation and, 55, 233

Design 12201/ United States and, 202, 231, 250, 257, 258, 324–25

of Leviathan, 88

of Normandie, 137, 202, 231

Vickery, Barbara, 183

Vickery, Howard L., 182–83

Victoria, Queen of England, 29, 151

Victory ships, 212