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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 ...
The SS United States could travel at a speed of 38.32 knots (44.1 mph), which still holds the record for ocean liners.
SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title she still holds.
The SS United States, the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in America and still the holder of the transatlantic round-trip speed record, has been laid up in Philadelphia since 1996.
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There were grand plans for a "reimagined" SS United States. Still, time has been running out for the vessel after Penn Warehousing, the owner of Pier 82, filed a federal lawsuit seeking a ...
The SS United States, the historic ship docked in Philadelphia for decades, is set to become a large artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico. It is scheduled to be towed away on Friday, Nov. 15.
The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12, a ...