The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world’s largest artificial reef departed from south Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront on Wednesday, marking the opening segment of its final voyage. The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that sha...
A deal has been brokered to save the historic liner SS United States, with full details scheduled to be announced in New York City on Thursday, February 4, 2016. Once the queen of the express liners, and the fastest, safest and biggest passenger liner in history, the SS United States ...
Once America’s fastest and most glamorous ocean liner, the SS United States has spent years away from her former glory in an escalating state of disrepair, at dock in Philadelphia, out of commission and relying on donations to stay afloat and out of the scrapyard. This week a group dedica...
De Lessups got nowhere. After 10 years of futility, losses of $20 million dollars plus the yellow fever deaths of 20,000 men, France totally gave up. France sold the rights to the canal to the United States. De Lessups' disastrous Panama Canal effort was perhaps the greatest engineering ...