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The SS United States is bigger than the Titanic. It has held the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in either direction since its maiden voyage in 1952. It was the flagship of ...
The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with ...
The ship found its home on Pier 82 in South Philadelphia in 1996 after a nonprofit called the SS United States Conservancy saved it from the scrapyard in 2011. However, its plans to rehabilitate ...
The beloved SS United States launched in the 1950s, ... By 1996, the ship had seen several owners, all of them unsuccessful in repurposing it, and been stripped of much of its interior.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The SS United States will soon leave Philadelphia on a voyage down south, where it will be sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Gulf Coast. The vessel was originally ...
SS United States can't remain at Philadelphia pier past Sept. 12, ... Most of the ship's interior compartments have been cleared out, and a labyrinth of asbestos has been removed.
PHILADELPHIA -- It's moving day for the SS United States! The historic ocean liner has begun its journey down the Delaware River on its way out of Philadelphia on Wednesday. The SS United States ...
The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with ...
The SS United States, the historic ocean liner that decayed at a Philadelphia pier for nearly 30 years before finally being tugged away recently, will arrive in Mobile, Alabama, on Monday.
The SS United States is a mid-20th century ocean liner that set the speed record for crossing the Atlantic. Now tied up at a Philadelphia pier, its paint peeling and faded after decades of inactivity, ...
The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with ...