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SS United States en route to be scuttled and turned into a reef

The SS United States is bigger than the Titanic. It has held the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in either direction since its maiden voyage in 1952. It was the flagship of ...
The National Interest

SS United States Could Likely Hit 38 Knots (And Made History)

William Francis Gibbs was credited with designing the SS United States. Curiously, Gibbs began his career as an attorney but gained notoriety as a project manager in the restoration of a German ocean ...
USA Today

How SS United States, bigger than Titanic, will become world's largest artificial reef

This story was updated with news of the ship's arrival in Alabama. The last voyage of the SS United States, a long-retired and once-glamorous ocean liner bigger than the Titanic and the fastest ever ...
Yahoo

SS United States starts last voyage to its final destination – at the bottom of the Gulf

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 ...
AOL

With SS United States set to be sunk, passengers remember the iconic ocean liner

The SS United States may be sunk in the near future, but its memories live on through those who experienced it. Despite great efforts to revamp the iconic ocean liner, following a lawsuit, the SS ...