PHILADELPHIA - It's midway through December and the SS United States is still sitting at Pier 82 in South Philly, where it has been for more than two and a half decades. "She definitely holds a ...

The SS United States will head down the East Coast to its destination in Mobile, Alabama. From there, organizers plan to eventually sink the ship off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

An empty pool remains inside the retired SS United States ocean liner ship as reminder of a bygone era Credit: Getty. The proposal, still contingent on U.S. District Court mediation, would see the ...

Following a legal battle, the owners of Pier 82 successfully evicted the ship last year. In response, Okaloosa County, Florida, officials offered to turn the SS United States into the world’s ...

The SS United States is notable for 44 mph speeds, two 65-foot funnels that vent exhaust off its decks. ... During sea trials the ship hit 44 mph. Modern cruise ships travel about 28 mph.

The ship found its home on Pier 82 in South Philadelphia in 1996 after a nonprofit called the SS United States Conservancy saved it from the scrapyard in 2011. However, its plans to rehabilitate ...

The SS United States took its maiden voyage in July 1952 and remains the largest passenger ship ever built in the U.S., 100 feet bigger than the Titanic.Unlike the Titanic, the United States ...

SS United States in Philadelphia burglarized days after agreement to move ship to Florida 02:58. The SS United States may soon have a new home — with plans to be sunk and turned into an ...

Modern cruise ships are floating cities. They require people to run, clean, and maintain them, as well as feed and care for ...

On Oct.1, Destin-Fort Walton Beach and the SS United States Conservancy, which owns and fundraises for the ship, said that that the Board of County Commissioners in Okaloosa County had approved a ...

My brother Christian, however, is a cruise ship enthusiast. And so, for years, I’ve been aware of the efforts to save the SS United States, which spent decades docked across from IKEA in ...

2011: The SS United States Conservancy purchases the ship for $3 million, preventing her from being scrapped. 2015 : Crystal Cruises expresses interest in restoring the SS United States but ...