Astoria has reached the final scrapyard where she will end her days after more than 70 years of ocean liner service.

Dialling back time in the SS Rotterdam’s engine room. Credit: Alamy Her days crossing the Atlantic ended in the early ’70s, and she spent decades as a cruise ship until 2000, when her then ...

If you have ever seen a boat with the letters "SS" on it, you might have wondered what those letters (and other letters) mean. Here's what you need to know.

The SS United States took its maiden voyage in July 1952 and remains the largest passenger ship ever built in the U.S., 100 feet bigger than the Titanic.Unlike the Titanic, the United States ...

The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns ...

Prefixes Designating a Ship by Propulsion Method. Many civilian vessels use ship prefixes to designate their propulsion method. The SS prefix, which appeared in the 19th century, is one of the ...

The SS United States, once the fastest ocean liner to ever cross the Atlantic, will serve as a new home for marine life. The coast of Florida is about to be home to the world’s largest-ever ...

Court documents said Penn Warehousing had warned the SS United States Conservancy, which oversees the vessel, that it was prepared to impose a $3 million penalty if the ship is there on Sept. 13.

The ship crossed the Atlantic Ocean in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes, besting the RMS Queen Mary’s time by 10 hours. To this day, the SS United States holds the transatlantic speed record ...

The SS Rotterdam, the third biggest passenger liner in the world (in 1975), ... The Jazz Ship leaves New York for Nassau with some of the greatest names in jazz aboard.

On Nov. 14, tugboats will hook up to the SS United States to prepare to remove the ship from the dock in South Philadelphia, where it has resided since 1996. After moving the ship to the north side of ...

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 ...