William Francis Gibbs, the liner's construction was a joint effort between the United States Navy and United States Lines. The U.S. government underwrote $50 million of the $78 million construction cost, with th
It was such that the United States with the idea that one could convert her into a troopship overnight. Designed in cooperation with the United States Navy and was built with absolute secrecy. In fact, when the United States Lines displayed a model of the United States at their New York ...