Quadruple screw geared turbine passenger steamship designed by Gibbs and Cox, New York, for United States Lines; largest and fastest passenger ship ever built in America; speed over 30 knots; length oa 990 ft, breadth 101 ft 6 in.; gross tonnage 51,500 tons; passenger capacity 2000, crew 1000; built entirely of incombustible materials.
American passenger liner "United States"
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Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 58 , n 514
1951
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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