SS President Coolidge Newport News, Virginia built the two ships, completing "President Hoover" in 1930. The keel for "President Coolidge" was laid 22 April 1930 and the ship was delivered 1 October 1931. They were the largest merchant ships built in the United States up to that time. Each ship had turbo-electric transmission, with a pair of steam turbo generators generating current that powered propulsion motors on the propeller shafts. Westinghouse built the turbo generators and propulsion motors for "President Coolidge" but General Electric built the turbo generators and propulsion motors for "President Hoover". In the "President Coolidge" twelve Babcock & Wilcox superheater
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians learn to shed those elements of their personalities which would make them unfit for Heaven. "Coolidge" was a finalist for the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 1989 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and was ranked 9th for the Locus Award for Best Novella. Jo Walton has described "Coolidge" as being "terrific" and "memorable and excellent". The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians is a fantasy / weird fiction novella by Bradley Denton. It was first published in "Fantasy and Science Fiction", in June 1988. It republished in Denton's 1994 collection