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Bob Adams
07-06-2012, 05:47 PM
What a ship!

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-07-05/news/bs-md-backstory-gibbs-20120705_1_maiden-voyage-william-francis-gibbs-liner-united-states
Rich Jones
07-06-2012, 06:07 PM
It was BEAUTIFUL! Not like those floating hotels of today. It's hard to even call them ships. More like powered barges with a hotel on top.
Bob Adams
07-06-2012, 07:33 PM
Sea trials, 20 knots IN REVERSE!!!

http://www.ss-united-states.net/SSUnitedStatesWebpageFiles/PicturesMiscellaneous/Trials.jpg
CrosbyStriper
07-06-2012, 08:12 PM
I was always amused at the fact that she could go faster IN REVERSE, than the TITANIC could go forward!

A powerful ship she was in her day, I hope she will have a new life as a floating hotel soon.
Bob Adams
07-07-2012, 07:24 AM
It was BEAUTIFUL! Not like those floating hotels of today. It's hard to even call them ships. More like powered barges with a hotel on top.

Ayup.

http://www.usab2c.com/images/store/ss_united_states_1956.jpg