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English: The SS United States was an oceanliner built in 1951. Renowned for her record-breaking trans-Atlantic speed records, the ship has since fallen into disrepair. The photo is taken from the minstrel's gallery on the ship's Main Deck, looking onto the 1st-class dining room a deck below.
English: The SS United States was an oceanliner built in 1951. Renowned for her record-breaking trans-Atlantic speed records, the ship has since fallen into disrepair. The photo shows a passageway on Main Deck that lead to 1st-class cabins on the left.
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, earning the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title that remains uncontested.
The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns ...
The long-retired SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever to cross the Atlantic, left the Delaware Bay on Thursday for its final voyage, after having been anchored to a Philadelphia dock for ...
After months of multiple delays, the SS United States finally left its longtime home of Philadelphia just before 1 p.m. ET Wednesday. The storied ocean liner’s next stop is Mobile, Alabama ...
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The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12, a ...