A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Pete Larkin (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Pete Larkin
Pete Larkin narrates 85 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 914 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
922 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States is an audiobook by Steven Ujifusa: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Pete Larkin, released September 17, 2012, on the World and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pete Larkin
- Released
- September 17, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Computers & Technology, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781452679877
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States as an audiobook?
A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States?
A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States is narrated by Pete Larkin.
Is A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.