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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef once it reaches its final resting place off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Competing diving businesses are vying for the massive ...

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 ...

Once the fastest ocean liner in the world, the nearly 1,000-foot-long vessel is headed for its last resting place off Florida. For early risers with cameras in hand, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime ...

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 ...