Gibbs’s tour of, 138, 157, 288
Queen Mary compared with, 149, 150, 152
reparations for, 214
United States compared with, 254, 255
vibrations of, 137, 202, 231
World War II and, 164, 165, 166; see also Lafayette, USS
Normandy, 180, 189, 204
North Atlantic, 5, 86, 89, 163, 196, 207, 213, 244, 324, 330, 344, 360
boxing compared with, 94
greatest disaster in, see Titanic
as treacherous water, 8, 332
World War I and, 50
World War II and, 166, 180
Norway, 355
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), 354–55, 358, 369
Nourmahal, 155
Oasis of the Seas, 361
Observation Lounge, 251–52, 267–68, 302–3
Ocean Press, 302, 303
Ocean Vanguard, 171
O’Connor, Thomas V., 118
oil, 79, 81, 97, 171
Olympic, 39, 42–44, 97, 114, 346
aging of, 116, 154
in World War I, 67–68, 197
opera, 337, 338, 341, 365
orchestras, 88, 317
United States and, 254, 274, 294, 296, 298, 300, 301, 303, 310, 312, 323
Oriente, 119, 133
Pacific, 105, 160, 166, 172, 173, 180, 218
paddle-wheel liners, 8, 10, 27–28, 31
Palestine, 27
Panama, ship registry in, 161–63
Panama Canal, 126, 353
Panama Pacific Line, 106
Panic of 1907, 22, 33–34, 37, 39
Paris, 68, 100, 167, 310, 326, 329
Paris, 11, 12, 95, 174
Paris, Tom, 228, 230, 237, 238
Paris Peace Conference, 73
Parkinson, Granville, 260, 261
Parsons, Charles, 29
Parsons Company, 139, 148
Parsons turbine, 54, 55, 123, 125, 141, 144, 146, 202
passenger-cargo liners, for Grace, 139–41
passenger liners, 77, 139, 156, 197, 198
medium-sized, Gibbs’s design for, see Design 11811
postwar challenges to, 91–92
Truman’s commitment to, 211–12, 215
wartime conversion of, 50, 52, 211–12
passengers, 6, 50, 53, 54, 59, 109, 125
of airships, 160
of America, 157
cabin-class, 250, 256–59, 265, 266, 268, 293, 304, 329, 350
Design 12201 and, 203
drowning of, 9, 46, 53
first-class, 10, 27–28, 33, 39, 93, 136–37, 140, 246, 250–57, 259, 265, 274, 276, 288, 289, 293–97, 299–304, 306, 307–8, 323, 326, 329, 337, 345, 350, 360
immigrant, 8, 9, 24, 39, 91–92, 258, 330, 348, 349
of Leviathan, 89–93, 273
of Malolo, 105
on Mauretania, 30–33
of Morro Castle, 129, 131, 132, 133
of Rex, 135
second-class, 28, 39, 115
steerage, see steerage
third-class, 91–92, 136, 137, 152
Titanic, 39–42
tourist-class, 92, 136, 137, 152, 214, 250, 258, 259, 293, 303, 329–30, 337, 350
wealthy, 9, 114–15, 152, 214, 256
World War II and, 164, 166–69
Patrick Henry, 172
Pearl Harbor, 173–74, 225
Pearson, Drew, 155
Pennsylvania, University of, 14, 17
Pennsylvania, USS, 55
Pennsylvania Railroad, 4, 10, 11, 54, 59
Philadelphia, 244
Philadelphia, Pa., 10, 11, 13–18, 21–23, 28, 49, 58, 98, 102, 147, 189
Cramp Shipyard in, 3–6, 10, 105, 108, 110, 111, 272, 369
De Lancey School in, 16–17
mansions in, 13, 15–16, 23, 341
Rittenhouse Square in, 15–16
social acceptance in, 15
United States in, 358–61, 369–70
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, 22
Philadelphia Daily News, 358
Philadelphia Inquirer, 22, 49, 98
Philadelphia Navy Yard, 231
photographs, 19, 242, 243, 264, 296, 305–6, 314–15, 341
pianos, 153, 248–49, 266, 330
piston engines, 29
Plymouth, 207
Poland, Poles, 161, 164, 166, 213
Porter, Cole, 137
Post, Marjorie Meriwether, 368
power plants, experimental, 125
President Roosevelt, 96, 160
President’s Advisory Committee of the Merchant Marine, 211–12, 218–19
press, 129, 183, 339, 346
Design 12201/United States and, 222, 223–224, 229, 235, 240, 242, 264, 265, 268–69, 277, 279, 283–87, 294–97, 299, 302–6, 311, 312, 314–15, 327, 331–32
Gibbs’s fear of, 84, 85, 176–77, 186
Gibbs’s playing of, 86
O’Connor’s savaging of Gibbs in, 118
see also specific publications
Prince of Wales, 225
prismatic coefficient, 200
Pritchard, John, 26, 31, 32
Prohibition, 90, 91, 115, 119, 154
promenade decks, 137
in United States, 250–51, 257, 270, 298, 299, 309, 323, 360–61
propellers, 30, 55, 64, 202, 209, 361
of Design 12201/United States, 203, 231, 233–34, 242, 249, 250, 257, 263, 267, 270, 298, 299, 355, 359, 360, 367
public address system, 88, 260, 306
public rooms and spaces, 93, 119, 137, 140, 158
of Mauretania, 27, 28
of United States, 246, 250–58, 265–68, 270, 289, 297, 300, 302, 303, 307–9, 329
Pugnet, René, 137
Pujo hearings, 45
Purves, Austin, Jr., 249, 251
quadruple expansion engines, 10, 28–29
Queen Elizabeth, 165, 180, 204, 206, 209, 211, 216, 219, 312, 321, 327, 332
decline of, 346–47, 350, 352–53
Design 12201/United States compared with, 203, 206, 254, 258, 286, 295, 297, 303, 324, 356
post–World War II, 212–13, 217
service on, 273
speed of, 165, 166, 180, 196, 206, 356
United States’ race with, 318
vibrations in, 233
Queen Elizabeth 2, 357
Queen Frederica, 351
Queen Mary, 7n, 148–54, 156, 202–6, 209, 211, 216, 219, 305, 311, 312, 327, 332
Bates’s design inspired by, 208–9, 210
christening of, 151, 241
decline of, 346–47, 350, 352
Design 12201/United States compared with, 201, 202, 203, 206, 210, 254, 255, 258, 260, 286, 295, 297, 303, 304, 310, 314, 324, 356
Design IV and, 195
maiden voyage of, 149, 152
service on, 273
size of, 149, 152–53, 165, 180, 195, 202, 208
speed of, 149, 152, 166, 180, 196, 206, 299, 304, 306, 310, 314, 356
tendency to roll of, 152–53
United States’ passing of, 306–7
World War II and, 164, 165, 166, 180, 204, 217
Queen Mary 2, 361
Queen Victoria, 361