5 (UPI) --The SS United States has been cleared to sail from south ... but bad weather and safety concerns delayed its departure. Once the luxury liner has docked in Mobile, contractors will ...

By 1968, several of the vessel's counterparts were off the high seas, including the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and the SS America. By 1969, United States Lines had decided that the luxury ship ...

19 (UPI) --The luxury liner SS United States departed South Philadelphia ... the vessel was virtually fireproof by creating a mock-up cabin at the National Bureau of Standards' test facility ...

telling USA Today she stayed on her cabin until they docked in New York. The parents of 70-year-old Stephen Kosciesza jumped on the SS United States in 1954 and never looked back, emigrating from ...

the SS United States was part luxury liner – celebrity passengers included Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope and John Wayne – and part secret weapon, the conservancy website says.

After months of delays, the historic SS United States ocean liner finally moved ... built through a public-private partnership as a luxury liner and a top-secret, high-speed, troop transport ...

the superliner SS United States broke all records by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in three and a half days. Looking rusty and every bit of 75 years old, the former luxury cruiser limped into the ...

The SS United States may be sunk in the near future, but its memories live on through those who experienced it. Despite great efforts to revamp the iconic ocean liner, following a lawsuit, the SS ...

The long-awaited departure of the SS United States from Philadelphia was rescheduled again due to a gale warning and excessive wind gusts forecasted for the greater Philadelphia area on Monday.

Feb. 5 (UPI) --The SS United States has been cleared to sail from south Philadelphia to Mobile, Ala., in preparation for its eventual sinking in northwest Florida to become the world's largest ...