The United States is still held up in mothball somewhere, correct?

You say you are partial to Olympic. Do you believe that the Olympics (all three of them) would still be hailed as the most favorite old liners if not for the fame of Titanic sinking?

To my understanding from maritime historians, in her days of service, Olympic was a wonderful ship and was loved to an extent by some regular passengers, but at the same time, she did not have the same appeal and popularity that the Mauretania or Aquitania had. Or, maybe, people were aprehensive about sailing on Olympic because of what happened to Titanic.

I have always wondered though, if it was the Olympic that sank on her maiden voyage instead of the Titanic (and assuming some of the same things happened), would the tragedy be a larger spectacle in regards to public response? I ask this because Olympic was the first of the class, and from what I have read, her maiden voyage was actually a larger attention grabber in the papers. Titanic was second of the class, and from what I can see, her departure, and even her launch, were not as glamorized as Olympic's.

These are probably dumb and irrelovent questions, but what do you think?