William Francis Gibbs Archives - The Captain's Table

A stylized image of a woman looking at an ocean liner with two red, white, and blue funnels.

A Woman and the Big Ship: Elaine Kaplan and the SS United States

March 30, 2025 Zach W. 0

A complex engineering marvel, the SS United States remains the fastest ocean liner ever built. She smashed the Queen Mary’s coveted transatlantic speed record on […]

A color postcard of a ship with a black hull and three red, white, and blue funnels with text reading "The Gigantic Leviathan."

SS Leviathan: The Life and Death of an American Monster

July 4, 2024 Zach W. 5

Wednesday, July 4, 1923 was a dull, rainy day in New York. An American monster was about to set sail and there was excitement in […]