ABOARD SS UNITED STATES - The world's fastest ocean liner, which hasn't sailed in more than four decades, has received what may be a permanent stay of execution, literally hours before its luck seemed to have run out. The ship, which sits at a Philadelphia mooring, had its maiden voyage...
An ocean liner that saw its maiden voyage in1952may conquer the seas again. The SS United States once carried celebrities across the Atlantic at record speeds, however the huge steamship — it's bigger than the Titanic — has spent the past two decades rusting in the Delaware River in Phila...
CBS News The ocean liner SS United States under construction in Norfolk, Va., 1950. SS United States Conservancy Beginning in 1950, the SS United States was built in just over two years at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company under great secrecy. The ship was 990 feet long...
via reddit user historicalharborsyt The iconic SS United States began its final journey, leaving its dock in Philadelphia after sitting there since 1996. On Monday, February 17, Tuesday February 18, Wednesday February 19th, it will be towed down the Dela
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying multiple suspects caught on camera trespassing and burglarizing the historic SS United States earlier this month.
The SS United States was expressly designed to serve as an icon of American identity – and so it is hard not to read something into the ocean liner’s battered, rusted, hollowed-out form today. Her current conditions seems to reflect the prevailing mood in the country – worn down, bedra...
Journey to the ocean floor It’s bigger than the TItanic, as long as a skyscraper and it holds the record for the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic. It’s the SS United States and after rusting on a Philadelphia pier for three decades, it’s now making its final journey – ri...
Post Image: SS United States Photo By Mpftmead (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The SS United States Conservancy is running a continuing campaign to save and resort America’s Ocean Liner. She has languished in a derelict state for so long and yet weathered the abuse stoi...
Iconic Ocean Liner’s Departure Delayed Before Becoming World’s Largest Artificial Reef The long-awaited departure of America’s most legendary ocean liner, SS United States, has been delayed once again. Suez Canal Traffic May Fully Recover By Mid-2025 If Gaza Ceasefire Holds ...
OCEAN linersITALIAN languageNAVAL architectureMEN'S clothingITALIANSAMBASSADORSINTELLECTTRAVEL hygieneThis article explores the role of Italian transatlantic ocean liners in promoting Italy's culture and values to the United States after World War II. It focuses on the design and c...