explosions, 52–53, 131, 160
Expressions of Freedom (Lux), 255, 270
Fantasia, 361
fares, 28, 39, 229, 255, 257, 258
Federal Communications Commission, 323
Federal Maritime Board, 229, 261, 262, 282, 283
Federal Shipyards, 146
Fender, Frederick, 294
Ferguson, Homer, 79, 80, 82–83
Ferris, Theodore, 118–19, 140
Gibbs’s rivalry with, 97, 106, 112–13, 118–19, 125
Morro Castle and, 119, 131–34, 141
superliner plans unveiled by, 126–27, 128, 134
50th Army Band, 244, 245
fighter planes, 225, 226
film, 129, 323, 331–32
fireboats, 175, 368
fire doors, 119, 131, 132, 158, 260
Fire Fighter, 175
firefighting equipment, 14, 119, 132
fireproof materials, fireproofing, 132, 158, 362
for Design 12201/United States, 220, 247, 249, 253, 255
fires, 49, 76, 80, 108, 154, 158, 196, 362
Bremen and, 164–65
in Europa, 214
in Morro Castle, 129–34, 158, 161, 174, 176, 260, 334
in Normandie/Lafayette, 174–76
in Paris, 174
United States and, 246, 248–49, 251, 260
flag, British, 45, 77, 152, 306
flag, U.S., 11, 23, 50, 94, 163, 207, 310, 358, 366
Leviathan and, 70, 75, 77, 86, 89
United States and, 287, 306, 312, 321
World War II and, 167
Florida, 87–88, 249, 266, 352
foam glass, 255, 259
fog, 32, 108, 109, 111, 261, 321, 332
United States’ maiden voyage and, 301–2, 304–7
Follmann, Joseph, 329
Follmann, Judith, 329
Forrest, Matthew, 157, 201, 202, 210, 289–90, 311, 312
Forrestal, James V., 219, 225, 226
Fortune, 335, 336
Foster Wheeler, 138–39
France, 10, 68, 90, 97, 120, 135, 310, 318
Europa given to, 214
fall of, 165, 166, 175
superliners and, 112, 122, 126
Washington Naval Conference and, 107
World War II and, 165, 166, 175, 180, 189
France (ship), 336–37, 346, 354–55
Franklin, Emily, 294, 295, 348
Franklin, John, 65–68, 127–28, 154–59, 203–211, 214, 347, 366, 367
on airplanes, 159–60
father replaced by, 68, 156, 159
Gibbs’s meetings with, 194, 196–97, 200, 203–8
memoirs of, 197, 291
Panamanian registry considered by, 161, 162–63
stepping down of, 348
superliner project and, 195, 196–97, 200, 203–8, 215, 217, 218, 220–22, 225, 234, 236, 244, 250, 264, 266–67, 268, 282, 283, 287, 291
threat of seizure of United States and, 234, 236
at United States launching, 244
United States’ maiden voyage and, 294, 295, 302, 309, 310–11
in United States’ return to New York, 313, 315
in World War I, 65–68, 197
World War II and, 167, 169, 197, 204
Franklin, Laura, see Dunn, Laura Franklin
Franklin, Philip, 38, 40–46, 106, 127, 348, 367
Bismarck purchase and, 81
death of, 163
Gibbs brothers’ meeting with, 61–62, 244
Leviathan reconversion and, 70, 74–79, 83–84
Leviathan’ s final departure and, 159
release from Leviathan obligations of, 154
retirement of, 156
World War I and, 52, 64–68
fraternization, crew-passenger, 276, 328–29
Frederica, Queen of Greece, 323
Free French, 165
French Line, 95, 106, 115–16, 136–39, 174, 305, 333
Blue Riband and, 122
colors of, 205
disposal of older ships of, 346
France and, 336–37, 346
post–World War II, 213
service on, 273, 274
fuel consumption and costs, 52, 54, 135, 203, 209, 216, 349
efficiency and, 141, 143, 146, 206, 208, 355
fuel tanks, 201–2
Fulton, Robert, 7
funerals, 322, 351
funnels, 92–93, 123, 136, 205, 335
in Europa, 214
in United States, 237, 239–40, 263, 264, 265, 278, 293, 312, 324, 369
furnishings, 214
in United States, 246–49, 251–54, 256, 257, 270
gala dinners, 307–10, 330
gales, 31–32, 96, 123, 129, 266, 267, 307, 367
Gallipoli campaign, 53
Garland, Judy, 323
Garzke, William, Jr., 144
geared turbines, 55, 122, 141, 150
General Accounting Office (GAO), 227, 281–82
General Electric (GE), 54–57, 138–39, 142
General Motors, 186
Genoa, 135, 167, 332
George V, King of England, 151
George Washington, 74, 77, 94, 106
German-Americans, 274, 276
Germany, 28–30, 50–51, 57, 92, 94, 210, 330, 345
airships in, 160
Blue Riband and, 12, 28, 89, 116, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 209
competition with, 9–10, 25, 26, 38–39, 209
engines used by, 28–29, 30
express liner of, 209–10
Gibbs in, 73–74
IMM and, 24
Nazi, 141, 153, 161, 164–70, 175, 189, 213
post–World War I rebuilding of shipping in, 97, 112, 116, 117, 119–25
takeover of ships of, 63–64, 69, 70, 73, 74–75, 89, 94, 97, 117, 198, 213
World War I and, 50–53, 56, 59, 60, 62–65, 69, 73, 161, 164–70, 175, 189, 193
Gibbs, Bertha, 35, 243, 245
Gibbs, Christopher, 103–4, 245, 339, 342–43, 351
Gibbs, Frances, 13–18, 21, 23, 34, 35
death of, 98, 352
Gibbs, Francis Cravath “Frank,” 103–4, 181, 339, 342, 343, 351, 366
Gibbs, Frederic, 4, 13–14, 21, 35, 54–63, 97, 143, 147, 336, 337, 341–42
brother’s correspondence with, 209, 215
brother’s marriage and, 104
business affairs handled by, 178, 183, 186, 216–17, 220, 285
Design 12201/United States and, 216–17, 218, 220, 228, 234, 255, 264, 285, 290
education of, 17–18, 35, 147
father’s death and, 98
financing search and, 54, 59–63
Franklin’s meetings with, 199–200, 204, 206, 207, 208
last years and death of, 365
Leviathan reconversion and, 70, 74, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83
Malolo and, 105, 108, 110, 111
mathematical and business skills of, 54, 104
profiteering investigation and, 183, 184
separate office of, 178, 216, 220, 234
ship design and, 49–50, 138, 196
travel abroad of, 16, 25, 27–28, 30
United States Lines purchase and, 116–17
Gibbs, Genevieve, 35
Gibbs, Georgiana, 98
Gibbs, Paula, 342
Gibbs, Susan, 342, 366
Gibbs, Vera Cravath, 99–105, 181, 338–43
death of, 365–66
husband’s death and, 351–52