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你自己的管子

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This picture can be seen in Ujifusa’s video at about the 1:20 mark. From The Mariners’ Museum collection.

再次您好，欢迎回到图书馆博客。对于那些可能不知道的人，历史学家史蒂文·乌吉夫萨（Steven Ujifusa美国” has just been released. Ujifusa posted a video on youtube that introduces the book, and after watching it I have to say it is both informative and moving. Ujifusa exudes warmth and geniality as he talks about the importance of the SS美国作为美国创造力的象征。点击这里对于Ujifusa在YouTube上的视频。

在此博客上已经提到，乌吉夫萨（Ujifusa）在水手博物馆图书馆（Mariners's Museum Library）上为这本书做了很多研究。由于Ujifusa显示的许多图像来自图书馆的档案，因此可以看到这种影响。图书馆的堆栈中有丰富的知识：如果乌吉夫萨在这里找到大量材料，请想象一下您可以在这里发现什么宝藏！您无需成为专业历史学家或书籍作家即可享受水手博物馆图书馆。您需要做的就是分享同样的发现。如果您想听听一个男人和他的船的故事，也许乌吉夫萨的新书适合您。如果您想看看Ujifusa试图发现的东西，那就来看看我们。Read more

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一个紧迫的问题

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The利维坦。来自水手博物馆的收藏。

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Library blog. TheDaily Pressjust printed an article by Michael Welles Shapiro reviewing the new book by Steven Ujifusa, “A Man and his Ship: America’s Greatest Naval Architect and his Quest to Build the SS美国。” The book explores the tenacity displayed by SS美国chief designer William Francis Gibbs in his efforts to get the ships he designed built over the years, with great emphasis given to the SS美国。In order to highlight Gibbs’ determination Ujifusa covers an incident early in his career, when a great deal of friction erupted between Gibbs and the shipyard president Homer Ferguson over the redesign of a ship called the利维坦after World War I.

弗格森（Ferguson）对船舶的造船权进行了低于成本的竞标，并希望通过向船规格进行大量设计更改的费用来弥补自己的赤字。吉布斯将没有这些 - 他设计了利维坦with a specific set of specifications and refused to allow any alterations to her blueprints that would increase her cost. Ferguson ended up getting in trouble for losing money on the利维坦, but his resignation was not accepted. As for Gibbs, his determination in getting his ships built paid off for him when he designed the SS美国。Read more

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历史字节

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那些记得大船旅行的人购买了对他们特别的地方，就像上图所示的长廊甲板一样。来自水手博物馆的收藏。

Hello readers, and welcome back to the Library blog. Julie Zauzmer, a staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, posted an interesting article on Philly.com today (article这里). The SS美国Conservancy has created a virtual copy of the SS美国为了筹集资金来保护真正的船。捐助者可以以每平方英寸1美元的价格购买虚拟船只的虚拟零件，并利用该空间显示照片和消息之类的东西。创建这样的虚拟船是一个有趣的步骤，而不仅仅是SS美国，但是对于一般的博物馆而言：当您需要快速筹集资金或对项目的意识时，有什么比使用互联网更好的方法了？该保护区已将船的电子版本送给了人民，并让他们与它一起运行。

从财务上讲，该项目取得了令人钦佩的开端。该保护协会需要2500万美元来翻新船只并将其内部转换为博物馆，并已经筹集了600万美元。收获是，他们目前的资金分配只会使他们能够坚持到今年11月。之后，党卫军美国将出售用于废金属。美国商人舰队和世界上最快的跨大西洋客船的旗舰店的糟糕端。Read more

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Born in Ink – the Plans for the SS United States

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These four volumes used to be one book.

再次您好，温柔的读者。欢迎回到图书馆博客 - 今天，我想告诉您图书馆稀有书籍收藏中的独特卷，引起了我的兴趣。我指的是SS的双重示意图和设计规范美国, a work that is only available at The Mariners’ Museum Library. The first volume of the plan is split into four smaller volumes, because the original work was so incredibly thick that using it was very unwieldy.

All four sub-sections of the first volume deal with the plans, schematics, projected costs, and potential profits of the SS美国。该船通常由12201号的数字提及，与1930年代的Cunarder RMS进行了大量比较伊丽莎白女王在设计，运营成本和潜在速度方面。计划在船只的比较速度上有很多重点。实际上，经常重复一遍，建立SS的主要目标之一美国is so that she will claim the record for Fastest Atlantic Crossing several times in a row. How would she do that, you may ask? Well, the plan was to slightly underpower the美国为了击败伊丽莎白女王’s speed by a small amount. That way, if the British ever reclaimed the record, the美国然后可以反复将其夺回，并为她的母公司美国线条赢得健康的声望。Read more

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素描历史

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The bow of the ship takes form behind a thin veil of scaffolding. From The Mariners' Museum Collection.

Hello readers and welcome back to the Library blog! I have a special treat for you today: a glimpse at the birth of the fastest ocean liner ever built, the SS美国! Launched in 1952, the美国was at that time the largest passenger ship ever constructed in the United States. She served in a place of honor as her namesake nation’s crown jewel for 17 years. Although retired in 1969 and currently in a state of disrepair, the美国值得认可的不仅是它在大西洋上渡过的人，还值得认可的人，还应因为它履行其角色的工程实力和详尽的专业化。

In a series of black and white pencil sketches, the artist C. E. Parkhurst captures the construction process of the美国as each piece of her frame – funnel, keel, stern, bow and propeller shaft – slowly comes into being. The pieces are shown individually at first, as each sketch focuses on a different aspect of the ship’s construction. By just looking at the sketch out of context, the individual pieces seem rather commonplace. It’s when one gets to the last of his sketches that one can see the pieces assembled into the whole, with the now-recognizable ship standing ready to sail into history.Read more

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