Lunchtime Lecture: Steven Ujifusa, A Man and His Ship
Lunchtime Lecture: Steven Ujifusa, A Man and His Ship
Lunchtime lecture and book signing with Steven Ujifusa At the peak of his power, William Francis Gibbs was considered America's best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S. United States,was a topic of national fascination. When completed in 1952, the ship was hailed as