The SS United States, once America's crowning jewel of maritime engineering, has begun its last voyage from Philadelphia to become the world's largest artificial reef off the Florida coast. This marks ...
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The SS United States, a 1,000-foot (305-meter) vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, arrived early Monday in Mobile, Alabama, nearly two weeks after ...
Photos of the SS United States being pulled by a 140-foot tugboat prompted many to ask how the move was even possible.
After being docked in Philadelphia for nearly three decades, the SS United States -- once the world's fastest ocean liner -- ...
The SS United States began its final approach into Mobile ... The ship's 11-day journey from South Philadelphia to Alabama was a race against the clock. The tugboat guiding the vessel rushed ...
Crews will spend about six months cleaning the 1,000-foot vessel and removing hazardous materials as they prepare it to eventually be sunk off Florida's Gulf coast.
USS United States is in the Gulf on the way to becoming the world's largest artificial reef. Will you see it from the ...
Looking rusty and every bit of 75 years old, the former luxury cruiser limped into the Port of Mobile Monday with the help of ...
The SS United States completed its long trip from Philadelphia to the Port City on Monday, but in many ways, its journey is ...
The SS United States has, perhaps, shown why it was once the fastest ocean liner in the world as the rusted ship -- long a fixture of the Delaware River waterfront in South Philadelphia -- has ...