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   start of, 161

   technological advances and, 207, 249, 261

   troop transports in, see troop transports, in World War II

   U.S. entry into, 169, 171, 173–74, 183

   war profiteering and, 181–89, 211, 227, 229, 236, 313

wrench “accident,” 73

Wyman, Jane, 323

yachts, 125, 155, 247, 340, 366, 368

Yonan, David, 249

York, Lewis E., 257

Yourkevitch, Vladimir, 122, 175, 176, 336–37

Ziegenbein, Leopold, 120

Zippler, Norman, 80, 124, 138, 245, 260

Review

“A Man and His Ship, a hugely entertaining re-creation of the age of the ocean liner, will leave older readers nostalgic, younger readers envious, and all of them engrossed in the drama of William Francis Gibbs as he fights to build the greatest ship of them all, the S.S. United States. The Cunard Line once boasted that ‘getting there is half the fun.’ Now Steven Ujifusa has given us the other half.”

—A. J. LANGGUTH, author of Driven West

“A marvelous narrative of America’s premier naval architect.”

—BARRETT TILLMAN, author of Enterprise

About the Author

SHIRA YUDKOFF

STEVEN UJIFUSA is a historian living in Philadelphia and he serves on the Advisory Council of the SS United States Conservancy. He received his master’s degree in historic preservation and real estate from the University of Pennsylvania and his B.A. in history from Harvard University.

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Ujifusa, Steven.

A man and his ship : America’s greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States / Steven Ujifusa.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

(ebook : alk. paper)

1. Gibbs, William F. (William Francis), 1886–1967. 2. Naval architects—United States—Biography. 3. Gibbs & Cox—History—20th century. 4. United States (Steamship) 5. Ocean liners—United States—History—20th century. I. Title.

VM140.G52U55 2012

623.8092—dc23

[B]

2011049883

ISBN 978-1-4516-4507-1

ISBN 978-1-4516-4508-8 (ebook)