Passengers??? At least one: Aga Khan!
The facts are much more tricky... US did not recognize this record as well few records before...
BTW the English translation of the name Destriero is "steed or war horse": it has three General Electric aero engines, while an FA-18 Hornet jet fighter gets by with only two!
On an almost completely flat sea Destriero can accelerates to 59 knots.
I worked some more time on the drawing and this is the definetely version:
A "full white" ship mad me crazy but not enough and so the "A" will follow soon