Weymouth High School graduated 415 seniors as the Class of 2025 on Saturday, June 7. The graduates are: ...

The ship was the lifelong dream of William Francis Gibbs, a self-taught naval architect who grew up in the era of big luxurious ocean liners. In those days trans-Atlantic ship travel was the domain of ...

Designed by naval architect William Francis Gibbs, the ship was a pinnacle of American engineering and maritime power at a time when ocean liners still dominated transatlantic travel. Open the ...

It was designed by noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs and built, in 1950-51, for speed, with a lighter, aluminum superstructure. Vinik called it “a rocket ship,” one that “could be ...

Naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed the SS United States. He was proud of his creation, calling it the perfect ship. Today, his granddaughter Susan Gibbs serves as president of the SS ...

gloucestertimes.com), its naval architect William Francis Gibbs has roots embedded here on Cape Ann. Home delivery and Digital Access customers of the Gloucester Daily Times get deals for ...

designed to be ‘unsinkable’ by South Philly native William Francis Gibbs,’’ wrote reporter Matthew Korfhage when we began following the story that the massive ship was purchased by a ...

(Photo courtesy of Cody Johnson) Conservancy President Susan Gibbs, the granddaughter of the ship’s builder William Francis Gibbs, offered the following statement through the organization ...

"William Francis Gibbs, the vessel’s designer, only allowed mahogany pianos on board after Theodore Steinway succeeded in demonstrating his pianos' fire-resistant qualities by dousing one of ...

Naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed it to be a luxury ocean liner in peacetime that could quickly switch to transporting 14,000 troops in wartime if needed. The vessel broke the trans ...