United States and, 242–43, 245–46, 270, 271–72, 284–85, 308, 313–16, 325–26
Gibbs, William Francis, 12–22, 32–37, 54–63, 68–94, 116–19, 124–28, 138–48, 156–59, 193–211, 213–16, 219–26, 229–36, 238–250, 312–25, 327, 359–63
appearance of, 17, 80, 101, 103, 111, 138, 176, 178, 205, 230, 242, 243, 263, 264, 315, 337, 338
arts interests of, 337–39, 344
charisma of, 72, 85, 321
childhood of, 3–6, 13–17, 147, 243
as comptroller of shipbuilding, 179–80
criticism of, 82, 118, 146, 148
death of, 350–52
as designer, 18–19, 47, 49–50, 56–60, 72–73, 78, 79, 84–85, 112, 138–41, 146, 147, 148, 150, 153, 156–57, 169, 171, 175, 179, 180, 183, 210, 211, 219, 319, 335, 337, 342, 355–56, 362; see also Design 11811; Design 12201
eating habits of, 103, 320, 321, 341
education of, 16–21, 34–35, 45, 48–49, 56, 144, 147
family background of, 13–16, 18, 147
as father, 103–4, 342–43, 351
financing search and, 54, 59–63, 78, 83, 113, 134
foreign language requirement of, 17, 21, 34
House testimony of, 184–88
at launch of St. Louis, 3–6, 13, 105, 272, 359
as lawyer, 35, 48, 49, 56, 58, 189, 312
Leviathan reconversion and, 70–87, 92–93, 97, 106
Malolo and, 105–13, 140
marriage of, 99, 102, 103, 351
mathematical limitations of, 21, 48, 54
on Mauretania, 25, 28, 30, 32–33
memory of, 72, 138, 147–48
as meticulous and tough manager, 147–48
Normandie tour of, 138, 157
poor health of, 13, 16–17
private life of, 339–44
profiteering investigation and, 181–89, 211
property holdings of, 181
public relations trick of, 81–82
public-speaking knack of, 338–39
Queen Mary’ s problems and, 153
and rebuilding of Navy, 134, 141–48
reclusiveness of, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20
scrapbook of, 159, 198, 213, 224, 365
secrecy of, 85, 145, 147, 157, 186, 223–24, 229, 242, 261–62, 264, 284, 288, 292, 355, 362
sense of humor of, 48–49, 269, 339
social life of, 98–99, 101, 102, 289, 313, 337
superstitiousness of, 269–70, 279
as “technological revolutionist,” 176, 177, 183
tennis playing of, 16, 20, 341
travel abroad of, 16, 25, 27–28, 30, 73–74, 101
United States maiden voyage and, 296, 302–3, 306–10, 312, 324
United States trials and, 264, 266, 270, 271–72
as unprejudiced, 147, 322
as war hero, 188–89
wealth of, 148
women’s relations with, 98–99, 101, 140–41, 338
as workaholic, 103–4, 338, 339
World War I and, 68–69
World War II and, 163, 166, 169–89, 193
Gibbs, William Warren, 4, 13–18, 45, 49, 58, 189
death of, 98, 352
diminished fortune of, 21–23, 25, 33–36
Exide and, 56
persuasive skills of, 4, 14
as promoter, 14, 98
William Francis’s education and, 17, 21
Gibbs & Cox, 125–26, 143–48, 170–74, 176–82
aura of mystery around, 186
and buyout of Cox, 146–47
conservatism of, 335–36
employees of, 173, 177, 178, 185, 189, 193, 224–25, 321–22, 335, 336
after Gibbs brothers’ deaths, 365, 367
Gibbs’s superliner prototype refined by, 199–203
the Glass Menagerie at, 178, 182, 196, 315, 352
Grace Line and, 139–41, 143, 335, 336
Ile de France reconditioned by, 166
Liberty Ships and, 171–72, 176, 231
Maritime Commission conflict of, 172–73
model shop built by, 145, 202, 208–9
naval work of, 142–48, 157, 166, 181–89, 202, 335–36, 367
ownership structure of, 337
profiteering investigation of, 181–89, 211
profits of, 185, 186–87, 335
prosperity of, 147, 176
social side of, 231–32
sound and conservative financial policy of, 185, 187
United States Lines work of, 156–58
United States’ maiden voyage and, 303–4
West Street offices of, 144–45, 170, 173, 177, 187, 189, 207, 224–25, 286, 298, 315, 321, 337, 350
women at, 231–33, 321–22, 366
see also Design 12201; United States, USS
Gibbs Brothers Inc., 79, 82, 83–84, 91, 92
financial instability of, 97, 104–5
Malolo commission and, 105–13
Taylor at, 107–9
Gibraltar, 135, 136
Gilbert, Charles, 252
glass, 29, 31, 252
foam, 255, 259
Grace Line, 139–41, 143, 239, 335, 336, 352, 367
Graf Zeppelin, 160
Grant, Cary, 323
Grattidge, Harry, 305, 306, 311
gravity, center of, 71–72, 200, 237
Great Britain, 7–10, 24–27, 39, 50, 57, 96–97, 106, 112, 150, 197, 303
battleships of, 18, 19, 20, 25, 27, 29, 107, 225
conservatism of engineering in, 142
ex-German liners and, 75, 81, 89, 97
IMM and, 24–25, 38–39, 75
Nazi planning for invasion of, 164, 165, 167
postwar superliners and, 122–23, 126
Queen Mary and, 148–54
SOLAS and, 45
U.S. competition with, 69, 75, 88, 90, 146, 197, 292, 310
Washington Naval Conference and, 107
World War I and, 50, 52–53, 60, 63
World War II and, 164–67, 170–71
see also England; Scotland
Great Depression, 123, 125, 127, 137, 146, 218, 346
Great Recession (2009), 358
Green, Jim, 278, 289, 298, 301, 310, 324, 329, 369
Griscom, Clement, 10–12, 16, 37, 279, 348, 367
death of, 45, 50
at launch of St. Louis, 3–6
Morgan’s ties with, 12, 23–24, 38–39, 45, 50
gross tons, 10, 11, 25, 84, 122, 165, 356
of destroyers, 142
of Leviathan, 81–82
Gulfland, 111
Gulf Stream, 88, 136
gymnasium, 256, 302
gyro-pilot (“Metal Mike”), 260
Haddock, Herbert James, 42–43
Hadley, Richard, 357
Haeberle, Frederick E., 210–11, 215
Hales, Sir Harold Keates, 136
Halifax, 8, 47
Hamburg, 51, 69, 73–74
Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), 9, 24, 27, 29, 62, 97
rate war and, 39
superliners built by, 50–51, 81
World War I and, 64, 69
see also Vaterland
Hamshar, Walter, 235, 265, 304
Handman, Wynn, 338, 344
Hansa, 89
HAPAG, see Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft
Harding, Warren G., 76, 84, 89, 90
Harland & Wolff, 9, 39, 93