SS Independence SS Constitution

by William H. Miller Jr.

The SS Independence and SS Constitution were two of the world's most famous, popular, and innovative ocean liners, symbols of American maritime design and construction. They were big, fast, and very comfortable. This new well-illustrated history was published in 2001 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their completion by American Export Lines.

116 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

William Henry Miller, Jr. (Bill Miller) (born May 3, 1948) is a maritime author and historian who has written numerous books dealing with the golden age of ocean liners.

William H. Miller was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on May 3, 1948. In addition to his teaching career and writing over 80 books and many articles on the great liners, he was chairman of the World Ship Society's Port of New York Branch from 1970 to 1976. He was deputy director of the New York Harbor Festival Foundation from 1979 to 1982. He was historian at the Museum of the American Merchant Marine in 1979 and creator of a course entitled "The Ocean Liner" at the New School of Social Research in Manhattan in 1981. He also created the passenger ship database for the Ellis Island Museum. He appeared in the documentary SS United States: Lady in Waiting. A documentary about his life and studies, Mr. Ocean Liner, premiered aboard RMS Queen Mary 2 on July 1, 2010.