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Larry Driscoll's SS America site; The S. S. Australis Homepage; Interior images taken in 1993; The Great Ocean Liners on SS America Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine; LostLiners.com on the SS America Archived 10 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Original article on how to get to the wreck of the American Star. Also in German and Spanish
Dorothy “Dot” Marckwald (1898–1986) was a prominent American interior designer in the mid-20th century who focused primarily on the interiors of luxury ocean liners. Her most important works were the interiors for the SS America and the SS United States, which was the fastest passenger liner of
He designed and built most of the boats of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. [ 9 ] Interior of George Steers' model room , as it appeared at the time of his death in 1856, showing labelled models of ships and yachts designed or built at the yard
Photo of SS America (c. 1920s) For America, further service awaited with the United States Lines. Reconditioned to resume her place in the transatlantic passenger trade, she commenced her maiden voyage as an American passenger liner on 22 June 1921, sailing for Bremen, Germany, with stops at Plymouth, England, and Cherbourg, France, en route.
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.
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SS Amerika may refer to the following ships: USS America (ID-3006), launched in 1905 as SS Amerika by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the Hamburg America Line of Germany as a passenger ocean liner, before becoming USS America in 1917; SS Celtic (1872), an ocean liner renamed in 1893 as SS Amerika by Thingvalla Line of Copenhagen
SS United States history Some of America’s most rich and famous , from presidents to movie stars, sailed to Europe on the ocean liner while it was in service between 1952 and 1969.