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Lunchtime Lecture: Steven Ujifusa, A Man and His Ship

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington

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