June 15, 2024 S.S. United States ordered to leave South Philly dock by September A judge ruled that the ocean liner must vacate Pier 82 after a court battle with Penn Warehousing over ship docking ...

The SS United States arrived ahead of schedule Monday at the M.A.R.S. dock where hazardous materials will be removed before it's sunk 20 miles south of Destin.

MOBILE, Ala. - The storied ocean liner SS United States arrived in Mobile Monday.The historic and long retired ship began her journey into Mobile Bay about 6 a.m. and moved toward the docks at ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES called it “the greatest shipbuilding effort in the history of this country.” And a great effort it was. Forty years ago today, on June 23, 1951, the superliner United… ...

For almost 20 years, the S.S. United States has sat in a Philadelphia ship yard. Currently, it costs its owners, the S.S. United States Conservancy , $60,000 each month to maintain.

The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with ...

The SS United States — a luxury ocean liner built in the 1950s — was planned to be used as a Cold War transport ship for troops and now will become part of the world’s largest artificial ...

William Francis Gibbs, designer of famed, Newport News-built SS United States, was a pivotal figure in an era where countries competed to build the fastest transatlantic ocean liners.A new ...