Ultimately, Okaloosa County, Florida purchased the ship. Officials plan to sink it off the coast, creating a large marine ...

The SS United States, often called America's Flagship, was ordered to leave its Philadelphia berth The ship has been moored in Philadelphia for 28 years, until the eviction ruling on a lawsuit ...

From a distance, “America’s Flagship” seemed frozen in time ... both smokestacks will live on — restored and repurposed as centerpiece artifacts for a new land-based museum dedicated to the ship’s ...

The historic SS United States is the largest passenger ship built in America, still holder of the transatlantic speed record Moored in Philly since 1996, its landlords have filed suit to evict the ...

Depiction of the sinking ship, SS Central America, the steamer that sank in 1857 off the coast of South Carolina with several tons of gold aboard.

Decommissioned at Newport News on Feb. 28, 1946, the SS America became a source of pride again when it was not only converted back into a passenger liner but also restored to its original appearance.

The troop transport USS West Point (P 23) was reconverted to her original configuration as the passenger liner SS America at Newport News Shipbuilding in 1946. Restored to her original condition ...

Decommissioned at Newport News on Feb. 28, 1946, the SS America became a source of pride again when it was not only converted back into a passenger liner but also restored to its original appearance.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the SS United States was the jewel in the American maritime experience. Today it sits rusting, overlooking an Ikea parking lot in Philadelphia. This is its story.