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The SS United States hit the water in 1952 as "an ambassador of America’s post-war industrial power and a technological marvel," the SS United States Conservancy website says. Developed by ...
The SS United States, which set a speed record crossing the Atlantic in the 1950s, will take its final voyage. So before departure, we climbed aboard. (SOUNDBITE OF GANG PLANK CLANKING) ...
SS United States begins approach into Alabama as part of final voyage to become artificial reef The SS United States began its final approach into Mobile, Alabama, Monday morning, marking the end ...
The same will have to be done for the SS United States. “That is a big ship going in there and cleaning all that out.
My brother Christian, however, is a cruise ship enthusiast. And so, for years, I’ve been aware of the efforts to save the SS United States, which spent decades docked across from IKEA in ...
Court-ordered mediation regarding the SS United States will continue after a federal judge temporarily suspended the deadline for the retired ocean liner to leave Pier 82 in South Philly. The ...
After the SS United States was retired, however, all attempts to renovate, relocate and reimagine the ship were unsuccessful and, last year, the ship was evicted from the Philadelphia pier where ...
The SS United States could travel at a speed of 38.32 knots (44.1 mph), which still holds the record for ocean liners.
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