Saving the SS United States, interview by Marty Moss-Coane (audio podcast), July 2, 2014 - WHYY Radio Times
We talk to Gibbs’ granddaughter, SUSAN GIBBS, Executive Director of the SS United States Conservancy and STEVEN UJIFUSA, historian and author of A Man and His Ship: America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States.
Listen to the full audio podcast here.
Outside the Box: Beyond the Sea with the SS United States, July 1, 2014, by Tom Huntington - National Trust for Historic Preservation
"Look at her!” says Susan Caccavale as we approach the SS United States at Philadelphia's Pier 82 on the Delaware River. “She's so majestic!” Even in its current state — rusting, paint peeling, colors faded — the once elegant ocean liner still has that certain something.
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Preserving a (giant) piece of the SS United States by Lydia O'Neal, June 18, 2014 - Philly.com
Standing at the deck of the ship's stern Tuesday morning, Pollin held an oversize check - and blinked away tears - as he announced his donation of $220,000. With that gift, he bought himself a 61,200-pound propeller.
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