17. Frank O. Braynard, By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them: The Life and Ships of William Francis Gibbs 1886–1967 (New York: Gibbs & Cox, 1968), p. 192.
18. Geoffrey T. Hellman, “Talk of the Town: And the Big Ship,” New Yorker, June 14, 1952, p. 24.
19. “Many Travel to Area to View Great Liner,” Newport News Times-Herald, June 20, 1952.
20. Diary of Vera Cravath Larkin Gibbs, as quoted by Susan L. Gibbs in foreword to Frank Braynard and Robert Hudson Westover, S.S. United States: Fastest Ship in the World (Paducah, KY: Turner, 2002), p. 4.
21. Ibid.
22. Kane, “The Speed of the SS United States,” p. 137.
23. “Design and Construction of the Superliner United States,” reprinted from the September 1952 issue of Marine Engineering and Shipping Review, p. 75, collection of Lawrence W. Ward.
24. Diary of Vera Cravath Larkin Gibbs, as quoted by Gibbs in foreword to in Braynard and Westover, S.S. United States, p. 4.
25. Ibid. p. 5.
26. Ibid.
21. CREWING UP THE BIG SHIP
1. Meyer Davis, Saturday Evening Post, April 20, 1963, http://www.parabrisas.com/d_davism.php, accessed August 30, 2007.
2. “Liner’s Stewards Near Shipshape,” New York Times, June 6, 1952.
3. Joe Curran to General John Franklin, January 5, 1949, as quoted in Frank Braynard and Robert Hudson Westover, S.S. United States: Fastest Ship in the World (Paducah, KY: Turner, 2002), p. 35.
4. Interview of William Krudener by Steven Ujifusa, March 4, 2008.
5. “Liner’s Stewards Near Shipshape,” New York Times, June 6, 1952.
6. Charles W. Puffenbarger, “Neptune’s Queen Rushing to Keep her May 14 Date,” Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, April 27, 1952.
7. Interview of William Krudener by Steven Ujifusa, March 4, 2008.
8. Ibid.
9. Braynard and Westover, S.S. United States, pp. 46–47.
10. Interview of William Krudener by Steven Ujifusa, March 4, 2008.
22. TRUMAN ON THE ATTACK
1. Lindsay Warren to Charles Sawyer, May 27, 1952, p. 40, Case of the United States Lines, vol. 2, Robert L. Denison Papers, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence, MO. Correspondence cited in this chapter is from the same volume of the Denison Papers at the Truman Library.
2. Admiral Robert L. Dennison to President Harry Truman, “Memorandum for the President: Maritime Board Construction Subsidy Redeterminations,” May 23, 1952.
3. Charles Sawyer to Lindsay Warren, March 31, 1952.
4. Lindsay Warren to Charles Sawyer, April 21, 1952.
5. Charles Sawyer to Lindsay Warren, May 6, 1952.
6. Lindsay Warren to Charles Sawyer, May 27, 1952, p. 7.
7. Charles Sawyer to President Harry Truman, June 7, 1952, p. 2.
8. General John Franklin to Admiral Edmund Cochrane, July 10, 1952.
9. Charles Sawyer to President Harry Truman, June 13, 1952.
10. President Harry Truman to Charles Sawyer, June 13, 1952.
11. Charles Sawyer to John F. Shelley, June 20, 1952.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. President Harry Truman to James P. McGranery, June 20, 1952.
15. Luther Huston, “U.S. Delivers Superliner; Truman Challenges Costs,” New York Times, June 21, 1952.
16. Lindsay Warren to President Harry Truman, June 23, 1952.
17. “Big Liner Delivered to U.S. Lines, Probe of Cost is Ordered,” Newport News Times-Herald, June 20, 1952.
18. James P. McGranery to President Harry Truman, June 27, 1952.
19. Luther Huston, “U.S. Delivers Superliner; Truman Challenges Costs,” New York Times, June 21, 1952.
23. THE NEW SEA QUEEN ARRIVES
1. Frank O. Braynard and Robert Hudson Westover, S.S. United States: Fastest Ship in the World (Paducah, KY: Turner, 2002), p. 66.
2. “Thousands Line Up to Visit Sea Queen,” New York Times, June 29, 1952.
3. “Christoffersen Appointed Field Marshall,” Compass Points, July 1952, p. 11, collection of Lawrence W. Ward.
4. “Thousands Line Up to Visit Sea Queen,” New York Times, June 29, 1952.
5. “Christoffersen Appointed Field Marshal,” Compass Points, July 1952.
6. “Thousands Line Up to Visit Sea Queen,” New York Times, June 29, 1952.
7. Interview of William Krudener by Steven Ujifusa, March 4, 2008.
8. “Thousands Line Up to Visit Sea Queen,” New York Times, June 29, 1952.
9. Confidential Gibbs & Cox memo to Elaine Kaplan, dated June 24, 1952, collection of Susan Caccavale.
10. “Winged Victory Presentation Aboard the S.S. United States, July 1, 1952,” Compass Points, July 1952, pp. 7–8, collection of Susan Caccavale.
11. “Thousands Line Up to Visit Sea Queen,” New York Times, June 29, 1952.
12. Memorandum from William Francis Gibbs to Frederic H. Gibbs, September 18, 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. 1 of 2, p. 40(6), VM383 U5 G52, p. 34, Mariners’ Museum Library, Newport News, VA.
13. Records of Proceedings at the Presentation of Medals by W. F. Gibbs to Crew Members of the S.S. United States Who Served Aboard the Vessel During Its Record Breaking Maiden Voyage, July 13–15, 1952, Ceremony Held in First Class Theatre, S.S. United States, 11:00 AM, Wednesday, July 22, 1953, MS 179, Gibbs Awards, William Francis Gibbs Collection, Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA.
24. A VERY FAST LADY
1. Henry Billings, Superliner S.S. United States (New York: Viking Press, 1952), p. 65.
2. George Horne, “Superliner Begins Her First Crossing,” New York Times, July 4, 1952.
3. Laura Franklin Dunn to Steven Ujifusa, February 18, 2009.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. George Horne, “Superliner Begins Her First Crossing,” New York Times, July 4, 1952.
7. Interview of Walter Scott, Raymond Foster Options, Ltd., The S.S. United States: From Dream to Reality (Newport News, VA: Mariners’ Museum, 1992).
8. Don Iddon, “Don Iddon’s Blue Riband Diary,” London Daily Mail, July 8, 1952, Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA.
9. “Report from Rainbow Land,” Time, May 28, 1951, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,890088,00.html?promoid=googlep, accessed March 17, 2009.
10. Iddon, “Don Iddon’s Blue Riband Diary.”
11. Sidney Malmquist, “A Visit to the Machinery Spaces of the S.S. United States as the Ship Leaves New York,” Compass Points, n.d. (ca. July 10, 1952), p. 1, collection of Susan Caccavale.
12. Ibid.
13. Malmquist, “A Visit to the Machinery Spaces.”
14. Interview of William Krudener and Joseph Rota by Steven Ujifusa, March 4, 2008.
15. First Class Menus, July 4, 5, and 6, 1952, collection of Susan L. Gibbs, Washington, DC.