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SS United States is a retired ocean liner built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title she still ...
The SS United States is widely considered the safest passenger ship ever built, in contrast to the "unsinkable" Titanic. She carried far more lifeboats and rafts than were required by law.
USA Today: Massive, historic ‘America’s Flagship’ must leave Philadelphia port. But where can it go? Susan Gibbs needs to find a new parking spot, fast. And not just any parking spot will do. It needs to be big enough for an ocean liner. It’s for a ship bigger than the Titanic, one that is nearly as long as the Chrysler Building is tall.
SS United States was built for the dual purpose of fast, safe, luxurious ocean travel across the Atlantic and for the fast transport of U.S. troops across any ocean. The commercial contractor was U.S. Lines and the original contract with Newport News was let in 1949 for more than $67 million.
The hulking and historic SS United States, a thousand-foot-long ocean liner tied for 28 years to Pier 82 behind an Ikea in South Philadelphia, will need to find a new home by Sept. 12, a...
A glorious feat of engineering that was built under military secrecy, the SS United States passenger ship broke transatlantic speed records before the arrival of jet planes forced it into an...
The 53,330-gross tonne SS United States was the grand dame of ocean liners during her 17-year career from 1952 to 1969. She was stately, with 12 decks and an overall length of 990 feet (302 metres) or more than 100 feet longer than the RMS Titanic.
Thanks to her reduced weight and powerful engines, the SS United States could go almost as fast in reverse as the Titanic could go forward. On her maiden voyage, the SS United States shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record in both directions. She was the first American ship in 100 years to capture the coveted Blue Riband (awarded to the ...
The largest passenger ship ever built in the U.S., the SS United States shattered a record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by a passenger liner on its maiden voyage in 1952, The Associated Press reported from aboard the vessel.
The SS United States, nicknamed “The Big U”, isn't just any passenger liner. At 101 feet wide and 990 feet long, she is 100 feet longer than the Titanic, and is in fact the largest ship ever built in an American shipyard.