16. Granville Parkinson, “Report on the SS. United States,” Compass Points, June 1952, p. 3, collection of Lawrence W. Ward.
17. Iddon, “Don Iddon’s Blue Riband Diary.”
18. “Invasion, 1952,” Time, June 23, 1952, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859829-6,00.html, accessed December 12, 2008.
19. Iddon, “Don Iddon’s Blue Riband Diary.”
20. Joe Rota, Crew Recollections, S.S. United States Conservancy Annual Meeting, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, June 9, 2007.
21. Interview of Walter Scott, Raymond Foster Options, Ltd., The S.S. United States: From Dream to Reality (Newport News, VA: Mariners’ Museum, 1992).
22. Iddon, “Don Iddon’s Blue Riband Diary.”
23. The Ocean Press: World Wide News of United Press, Transmitted by Radiomarine Corporation of America, Friday, July 4, 1952, collection of Susan L. Gibbs.
24. Iddon, “Don Iddon’s Blue Riband Diary.”
25. Ibid.
26. The Ocean Press: World Wide News of United Press, Transmitted by Radiomarine Corporation of America, Saturday, July 5, 1952, collection of Susan L. Gibbs.
27. Interview of Bill Krudener and Joseph Rota by Steven Ujifusa, March 4, 2008.
28. Iddon, “Don Iddon’s Blue Riband Diary.”
29. Frank O. Braynard and Robert Hudson Westover, S.S. United States: Fastest Ship in the World (Paducah, KY: Turner, 2002), p. 70.
30. Horne, “Superliner Begins Her Crossing.”
31. George Horne, “Liner United States Breaks Speed Record First Day Out,” New York Times, July 5, 1952.
32. George Horne, “35-Knot Mark Hit by American Liner,” New York Times, July 6, 1952.
33. Captain Harry Grattidge, as quoted in Braynard and Westover, S.S. United States, p. 70.
34. Larry Driscoll, “The Race for the Blue Riband,” http://united-states-lines.org/luxury%20liner%20row.htm, compiled from New York Times articles and magazine article by W. Kaiser, “Power for a Winner,” and edited by Fay Richards, accessed June 9, 2010.
35. S.S. United States: Lady in Waiting, directed by Robert Radler and produced by Mark B. Perry, Big Ship Films LLC, 2008.
36. Horne, “Liner United States Breaks Speed Record First Day Out.”
37. North American Newspaper Alliance, “The Queen Mary Seas Her,” July 6, 1952.
38. Larry Driscoll, “Captain of the Line: An Interview with Captain John S. Tucker,” Steamboat Bill 268 (Summer 2008), p. 8.
39. Walter Bachman to Elaine Kaplan, July 7–8, 1952, collection of Susan Caccavale.
40. Braynard and Westover, S.S. United States, p. 71.
41. Walter Bachman to Elaine Kaplan, July 7–8, 1952, collection of Susan Caccavale.
42. The Ocean Press: World Wide News of United Press, Transmitted by Radiomarine Corporation of America, Sunday, July 6, 1952, collection of Susan L. Gibbs.
43. Interview with Laura Franklin Dunn by Steven Ujifusa, June 29, 2009.
44. Interview of Jim and Frieda Green by Steven Ujifusa, May 4, 2008.
45. S.S. United States Foundation, http://www.ssunitedstates.org/theship.htm.
46. Wilfred F. Slocum, “Top Secret,” Compass Points, July 1952, p. 9, collection of Lawrence W. Ward.
47. Laura Franklin Dunn, as quoted in Braynard and Westover; S.S. United States, p. 154.
48. John Merryman Franklin, Recollections of My Life (Baltimore: Reese Press, 1973), p. 78.
49. “Arrival Soton,” Compass Points, n.d. (ca. July 16, 1952), p. 7, collection of Lawrence W. Ward.
50. “Britain Outdoes U.S. In Hailing Sea Queen,” New York Times, July 6, 1952.
51. “Queen of the Seas,” Time, July 14, 1952, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822294,00.html, accessed June 6, 2009.
52. “Arrival Soton,” p. 11.
53. “Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story ‘Blue Riband First Try,’” newsreel, British Pathé Limited, 1952, http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29991, accessed July 28, 2010.
25. MASTERS OF VICTORY
1. Diary of Vera Cravath Gibbs (ca. July 1952), as quoted by Susan L. Gibbs in foreword to Frank O. Braynard and Robert Hudson Westover, S.S. United States: Fastest Ship in the World (Paducah, KY: Turner, 2002), p. 95.
2. Milton Lewis, “SS United States Docks to Cry of Welcome Home,” New York Herald-Tribune, July 16, 1952, S.S. United States Scrapbook, Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA.
3. Larry Driscoll, “Captain of the Line: An Interview with Captain John S. Tucker,” Steamboat Bill 266 (Summer 2008), p. 8.
4. “New Speed Dashes for Liner Barred,” New York Times, July 16, 1952, S.S. United States Scrapbook, Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA.
5. Meyer Berger, “Manning and Crew Get Rainy Greeting,” New York Times, July 19, 1952.
6. “Manning Quits Superliner’s Bridge; Master of America Takes Command,” New York Times, August 5, 1952.
7. William Francis Gibbs to Vera Cravath Gibbs (ca. 1952), as quoted by Susan L. Gibbs in foreword to Braynard and Westover, S.S. United States, p. 95.
8. 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, William Francis Gibbs Collection, Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. “Manning Quits Superliner’s Bridge; Master of America Takes Command,” New York Times, August 5, 1952.
13. Braynard and Westover, S.S. United States, p. 95; George Horne, “Liner United States Is Beautiful, Fast, Powerful, and Broke,” New York Times, September 21, 1969.
14. Wilfred F. Slocum, “Top Secret,” Compass Points, July 1952, p. 9, collection of Lawrence W. Ward.
15. Winthrop Sergeant, “Profiles: The Best I Know How,” New Yorker, June 6, 1964, p. 50.
26. THE HALCYON YEARS
1. Untitled New York Times clipping, dated March 12, 1952, William Francis Gibbs Collection, Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA.
2. Walter C. Bachman, “William Francis Gibbs, 1886–1967,” Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering (Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 1979), p. 83.
3. Winthrop Sergeant, “Profiles: The Best I Know How,” New Yorker, June 6, 1964, p. 56.
4. Interview of Susan Caccavale by Steven Ujifusa, April 2, 2009.
5. Richard Goldrick, “Ventilation and Hull Machinery Section,” Compass Points, May 1952, p. 7.
6. Interview with Lawrence W. Ward by Steven Ujifusa, August 7, 2008.