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Historian Steven Ujifusa recounts the life of naval architect William Francis Gibbs and his creation of the SS United States, a passenger liner that carried more than one million people across the Atlantic over two decades. The ship, completed in 1952, was viewed as a technological advancement in sea travel with speeds of 35 knots (41 miles per hour) and an achievement for America's engineering and manufacturing sectors. Steven Ujifusa speaks at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.