Originally designed as a top-secret, convertible troop carrier during the Cold War in 1951, the S.S. United States has been hailed as America’s Greatest Ocean Liner. In its two decades of ...

Famed ocean liner the S.S. United States will spend some ... States was originally designed as a top-secret, convertible troop carrier during the Cold War in 1951, according to the ship’s ...

The ship was essentially evicted from its pier last year and given until September 2024 to find a new home. The SS United States Conservancy tirelessly worked for years to find a new home and ...

It could carry 18,000 troops. In contrast, the British troop transport and ocean liner Queen Mary carried 15,000 troops per crossing to Europe in World War II. William Francis Gibbs, educated as a ...

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. It will become the world's largest ...

The ship is designed to be the fastest and safest ocean liner ever built, with the ability to convert into a troop carrier if needed. 1952: Record-Breaking Maiden Voyage July 3, 1952: The SS ...

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. A storied ocean ...

As the 20th century dawned, the owners of Britain’s White Star Line were thinking big. Really big. They envisioned three huge ...

Part of the reason the United States was able to go so fast was because it was subsidized by the United States government so it would be able to transform from luxury ocean liner to troop ...

Construction of the SS United States was a joint venture between United States Lines and the U.S. government to make it both a top-of-the-line ocean liner and secret troop transport. The ship ...