of Normandie, 137, 138, 152
of Queen Elizabeth, 165, 166, 180, 196, 206, 356
of Queen Mary, 149, 152, 166, 180, 196, 206, 299, 304, 306, 310, 314, 356
reciprocating engines and, 29
of Rex, 136
safety and, 45
Santas and, 141
of T-6, 122
of Titanic, 42, 44, 261
of Washington, 168
see also Blue Riband of the Atlantic
Speed and Power of Ships, The (Taylor), 57
split funnel uptakes, 124
Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil, 60
SS United States Conservancy, 366, 369
stability, 324, 361
of Design 12201/United States, 200–201, 237, 264, 355
Stalin, Joseph, 147, 356
Standard Oil Company, 10
Staten Island, 111, 166, 314
Steamboat Inspection, U.S., 132
steam turbine engine, 28–31, 139, 157, 170–71
Design 12201 and, 202, 203
steel, 30, 133, 154, 201, 238
aluminum compared with, 237
Design 12201/United States and, 200, 220, 228, 230, 231, 237, 240, 246, 271
steerage, 8, 9, 28, 31, 41, 259
of Leviathan, 91–92
turned into “Tourist Third Cabin” (“Tourist Class”), 92, 258
Steinway, Theodore, 248
Steinway & Sons, 248
Still Place, 104, 181
stock, stock market, 14, 21, 33, 83, 115, 155, 184, 206, 337, 346, 349
crash of (1929), 123
Stockholm, 333
stokers, 32, 44, 81
Stokowski, Olga Samaroff, 100
strikes, 347, 349
submarines, 52–53, 63, 67–68, 142, 207, 335
in World War II, 165–71, 177, 180, 204
subsidies, 23, 39, 117, 133, 155, 156, 208, 218–19
Design 12201/United States and, 215, 216, 220, 227, 281, 282, 284, 287, 318, 319, 348, 350, 354
foreign, 5, 25
John Franklin’s seeking of, 196, 199, 207, 215
mail, 8–9, 11, 155
Maritime Administration and, 229
Shipping Board’s refusal of, 84
Sullivan, John L., 226
superliner project, 99, 107, 112–13, 148, 194–200
Design 11811 as alternative to, see Design 11811
musical score compared with, 194–95, 273
profiteering charges and, 181
setback of, 84–85
Taylor’s support for, 143
World War II and, 63
see also Design 12201; S-171; United States
superstructure, 92, 333
of Design 12201/United States, 200–201, 237, 238, 240, 258, 260, 265
Swan, Hunter and Wigham, 26, 30, 32–33
Swanson, Claude, 157
Swift, Earl, 357
Switzerland, 16
Taft, Robert, 302
Taft, William Howard, 45
tankers, 212
Tate, Harry, 275, 276
Taurus the Bull, 268, 269
Taylor, David W., 56–58, 60, 107–9, 120, 156, 211, 236
Ferris superliners as viewed by, 126
as Gibbs’s mentor, 58, 85, 143, 200
stroke of, 143
Taylor, Elizabeth, 339
technology, x, 10, 19, 28, 29, 161
aesthetics and, 122
U.S. independence in, 146
World War II and, 207, 249, 261
see also engines; specific engines
telephones, 259, 323
tennis, 16, 20, 341
theater, 337–38, 344
Thomas Edison Foundation Mass Media Awards dinner, 339
Tilden, Bill, 16
Time, 161, 176–77, 182, 296–97
Tissot, Charles Lin, 253, 270
Titanic, 10n, 37–51, 61, 75, 112, 291, 333–34
Carpathia as rescue boat for, 40–42
lifeboats of, 40, 41, 42
Malolo compared with, 110, 201
Morro Castle fire compared with, 132
United States compared with, 260, 261, 299
Todd Shipyards, 166, 170, 171, 176
torpedoes, 52–53, 98, 168, 180, 202, 213, 225, 260
“Tourist Third Cabin” (“Tourist Class”), 92, 136, 137, 152, 214
of United States, 250, 258, 259, 293
Townley, John, 165
transatlantic ocean liners, 55, 85
airplanes vs., 214–15, 344–48
boom time for, 114–16
as living beings, 93
mystique of, ix–x
size, luxury, and speed of, 3–12
Trans World Airlines, 159
Travelers Aid Society, 286
Treasury Department, U.S., 33
triple expansion engines, 10
Trippe, Juan, 159
troop transports, 50, 52, 64–68, 89, 107, 142, 198, 362
Design 12201 and, 206, 210–11
Forrestal’s views on, 219
of Nazi Germany, 164, 165
United States and, 234–36, 345, 348
in World War II, 164, 165, 166, 174, 176, 180, 204, 211–12, 214, 217, 218
Tross, Mildred, 287
Truman, Bess, 241, 295–96, 330–31
Truman, Harry, 183, 198, 209, 215, 217–19, 225–29
defense budget and, 219
election of 1952 and, 280, 302
Forrestal replaced by, 225
Korean War and, 280
Maritime Commission abolished by, 228, 229
merchant marine and, 211–12
post-presidential life of, 330–32
supercarrier canceled by, 225–27
threat of seizure of United States and, 234–36
United States disputes and, 226–29, 241, 279–84, 287, 313, 318–19
Truman, Margaret, 295–96, 297, 299, 308, 309, 310, 331
trusts, 39, 61, 100
see also International Mercantile Marine
turbine engines, 120, 121
Curtis, 54–57, 125, 141
of Design 12201/United States, 202, 203, 231, 266, 267, 305, 356
geared, 55, 122, 141, 150
high-pressure, high-temperature, 124–25, 141–44, 148, 202, 203, 362
of Leviathan, 81
Parsons, 54, 55, 123, 125, 141, 144, 146, 202
Turbinia, 29
turbo-electric plant, 54–57, 59–60, 122, 123, 138, 141, 209
Turkey, 357, 368
U-20, 52–53
Ukraine, 357–58
Union Pacific, 77
unions, see labor unions
United American, 77
United Dry Docks, 142, 143, 145–46
United Gas Improvement Company, 4, 14, 23, 45, 98
United Nations, 302
United Press, 302
United States:
immigration to, 8, 31, 39, 91–92, 213, 348
neutrality of, 161, 166, 167, 168
SOLAS and, 45
strength of, 194
wealth of, 205
in World War I, 63–69, 79
in World War II, 161, 169, 171
worldwide military bases of, 27
United States, SS, 223–337, 339, 341, 342, 344–63, 365–70
as anti-Titanic, 47
Blue Riband and, 225, 269, 281–82, 291, 294, 309–10, 313, 337, 346, 356
christening of, 241, 244–45