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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.
SS Robert E. Peary was a Liberty ship which gained fame during World War II for being built in a shorter time than any other such vessel. Named after Robert Peary, an American explorer who was among the first people to reach the geographic North Pole, she was launched on November 12, 1942, just 4 days, 15 hours and 26 minutes after the keel was laid down.
Thereafter the competition lapsed due to the rapid rise of transatlantic air travel, and United States herself was laid up in 1969. In 1985 British entrepreneur Richard Branson's attempt to break the United States ' s record and win the Blue Riband led to the building of Virgin Atlantic Challenger , which failed in a crossing in July of that year.
Zip World confirmed to "Good Morning America" that Aris rode the park's fastest zip line, which spans over a mile in length, in memory of his late wife June and raised nearly 10,000 pounds ...
SS Edward L. Ryerson is a steel-hulled American Great Lakes freighter that entered service in 1960. Built between April 1959 and January 1960 for the Inland Steel Company, she was the third of the thirteen so-called 730-class of lake freighters, each of which shared the unofficial title of "Queen of the Lakes", as a result of their record-breaking length.
United States Lines was the trade name of an organization of the United States Shipping Board's (USSB) Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC), created to operate German liners seized by the United States in 1917. The ships were owned by the USSB and all finances of the line were controlled by the EFC.
In the hopes of making a "fun show," Fallon and The Roots’ Tarik decided to ride the world’s second-longest zip line. “I’m just gonna close my eyes and go for it,” Fallon smiled.
Franken attempted to ride one of the zip lines around 1:30 p.m., but became stuck halfway down the cable, Roatan Fire Department Chief Wilmer Guerrero told La Prensa.