15. Truman to Advisory Committee on the Merchant Marine, March 11, 1947, from Report of the President’s Advisory Committee of the Merchant Marine, Washington, DC, November 1947, p. (d).
16. Basil Harris to Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, May 16, 1945, File No. 130-29, Part 7, RG 178, Records of the United States Maritime Commission, 130-29 (PT-5) to 130-29, Exhibit 5, Box 927, HM 2005, National Archives, College Park, MD.
17. Vice Admiral Emory S. Land to Basil Harris, May 30, 1945, File No. 130-29, Part 7, RG 178, Records of the United States Maritime Commission, 130-29 (PT-5) to 130-29, Exhibit 5, Box 927, HM 2005, National Archives, College Park, MD.
18. John R. Kane. “The Speed of the S.S. United States,” Marine Technology, April 1978, p. 121.
19. Memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic H. Gibbs, June 26–27, 1951, 12201 SI-I (16-13400) Confidential, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 2 of 2, pp. 679–1214, VM383 U5 G52, p. 1232, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
20. Ibid.
21. Matthew G. Forrest, Notes on the Design of the Transatlantic Liners, Comment on the S.S. United States, Presented at the Meeting of SNA & ME, September 17, 1952, collection of Lawrence W. Ward.
22. John R. Kane. “The Speed of the SS United States,” p. 122.
23. Henry Billings, Superliner S.S. United States (New York: Viking Press, 1952), p. 101.
17. PRIMACY ON THE SEAS
1. Memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic H. Gibbs, February 6, 1946, 12201 SI-I (16-13400) Confidential, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 1 of 2, pp. 1–678-B, VM383 U5 G52, p. 5, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
2. Ibid.
3. “Mr. Gibbs’ Baby,” New Yorker, November 16, 1957.
4. Memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic H. Gibbs, March 4, 1946, 12201 SI-I (16-13400) Confidential, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 1 of 2, pp. 1–678-B, VM383 U5 G52, p. 5, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
5. Memorandum from John M. Franklin to the U.S. Maritime Commission, March 26, 1946, 12201 SI-I (16-13400) Confidential, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 1 of 2, pp. 1–678-B, VM383 U5 G52, pp. 7–8, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
6. Memorandum from Henry C. E. Meyer to William Francis Gibbs, May 12, 1947, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 2 of 2, pp. 679–1214, VM383 U5 G52, p. 461, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
7. Memorandum from Henry C. E. Meyer to William Francis Gibbs, June 3, 1947, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 2 of 2, pp. 679–1214, VM383 U5 G52, p. 461, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
8. Memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic Gibbs, May 12, 1947, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 2 of 2, pp. 679–1214, VM383 U5 G52, p. 465, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
9. Memorandum from Admiral Frederick E. Haeberle to Admiral E. W. Mills, April 25, 1947, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 2 of 2, pp. 679–1214, VM383 U5 G52, p. 384, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
10. Truman to Advisory Committee on the Merchant Marine, March 11, 1947, from Report of the President’s Advisory Committee of the Merchant Marine, Washington, DC, November 1947, p. (d).
11. “Tattered Ensign,” Time, July 24, 1950, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812855,00.html#ixzz0mXIBNzDD, accessed May 10, 2010.
12. “American Queen,” New York Times, November 16, 1946.
13. George Horne, “Skipper of the Blue-Ribbon Liner,” New York Times, July 13, 1952.
14. Richard Austin Smith, “The Love Affair of William Francis Gibbs,” Fortune, August 1957, p. 153.
15. William H. Miller Jr., The Great Luxury Liners, 1927–1954: A Photographic Record (Mineola, NY: Dover, 1981), p. 131.
16. “Ships Carried Major Portion of Trans-Atlantic Passengers in 1947,” Marine Age, January 1948, as quoted in memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic H. Gibbs, 1948, 12201 SI-I (16-13400) Confidential, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 1 of 2, pp. 1–678-B, VM383 U5 G52, p. 25, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
17. Memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic H. Gibbs, ibid.
18. Memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic H. Gibbs, May 11, 1946, 12201 SI-I (16-13400) Confidential, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 1 of 2, pp. 1–678-B, VM383 U5 G52, p. 41, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
19. Winston Churchill, The Sinews of Peace, quoted in Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of World History (New York: HarperCollins, 1995), pp. 298–302, as quoted in The History Guide: Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe, http://www.historyguide.org/europe/churchill.html, accessed January 20, 2009.
20. George Kennan, “The Long Telegram,” February 22, 1946, http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/coldwar/documents/episode-1/kennan.htm, accessed July 29, 2008.
21. Report of the President’s Advisory Committee of the Merchant Marine, Washington, D.C., November 1947, p. 5.
22. Report of the President’s Advisory Committee of the Merchant Marine, p. 12.
23. Report of the President’s Advisory Committee of the Merchant Marine, p. 64.
24. Center for Defense Information, “U.S. Military Spending 1945–1996,” http://www.cdi.org/issues/milspend.html, accessed November 15, 2009.
25. James V. Forrestal to William Francis Gibbs, approximately September 1, 1945, as quoted in Frank O. Braynard, By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them, p. 135.
26. “Methods of Financing US Lines’ Ship Based on Newport News Bid, December 14, 1948,” memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic H. Gibbs, 12201 SI-I (16-13400) Confidential, Subject: Design 12201—S.S. United States—Design Particulars and Information, January 24, 1950 Edition, Revised to June 27, 1950, March 19, 1951, and April 24, 1951, vol. 1 of 2, pp. 1–678-B, VM383 U5 G52, p. 104.