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Old 11-11-08, 10:06 PM   #71
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Not to be a total pain. But as my sig may suggest, I have quite a bit of interst in United States Lines ships, mainly the SS United States, but the only way I learned about the Big U was first discovering the wreck of the America

William Francis Gibbs had a soft spot for big Funnels, and her had a partictular design in mind for the America, and later the United States, although the design was altered on the United States after seeing the America sail for 8 years prior to the SS United States project taking off. An early model of the SS United States can be seen in "SS United States: A picture history" sporting the same design for the funnels as the America

Both ships called for a largly tear drop shapped funnel, mainly so the streamlining on the ship was complete, but the white half of the America's funnel was also an oval shape.

http://ssunitedstatesconservancy.org...ricaFunnel.jpg

Later on the United States, the oval half was done away with, leaving the Big U with her tear drop shaped funnels, which still stand tall on the Philadelphia waterfront today.

http://ssunitedstatesconservancy.org...d2-180x179.jpg

http://ssunitedstatesconservancy.org...MG-278x206.jpg

Edit

Here is a picture of the West Point

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mul..._at_anchor.jpg
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