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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.
The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of "largest cruise ship" as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [1]
S.S. Saint Paul near the city of New York, circa 1895. NS Savannah: 1959 Preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland SS Statendam: 1924 Caught Fire in Rotterdam on May 11, 1940. Scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht three months later. Statendam on her sea trials. MV Stirling Castle: 1935 Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1966 R.M.M.V. Stirling Castle
Converted to passenger ship by Matson Line in 1955. SS Atlantic: 1953/1958 American Export Lines: Sun Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., in Chester, Pennsylvania Scrapped 1996 Built as “Break Bulk Cargo Ship” for the “US Maritime Commission” in 1953 as the Badger Mariner. Converted to passenger ship by American Export Line in 1958. SS Santa ...
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.
Pioneering Spirit is the largest twin-hulled vessel ever built as well as, at 124 metres (407 ft), the widest ship in the world. Photo is prior to renaming of vessel. [70] [71] Q-Max (14 ships) LNG carrier: 345 m (1,132 ft) 128,900 DWT: 163,922 GT: 2008– In service [72] USS Enterprise: Aircraft carrier: 342 m (1,122 ft) 1961–2013 Retired
At the time she was built, she was the heaviest self-propelled ship of any kind. With a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft) and a length of 458.45 m (1,504.10 ft), she was incapable of navigating the English Channel, [5] the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, she is generally considered the largest self-propelled ship ever built.
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