When the SS United States was launched in 1952, it was the era of crossing the Atlantic by ship, and people wanted to do it fast. How fast? Very fast.

As the historic SS United States gets ready to be converted into the world’s largest artificial reef off the coast of Florida, a new plan for an accompanying museum is coming into focus.

The SS United States still holds the transatlantic speed record, achieved on her maiden voyage using only two-thirds of her power. During sea trials she hit 44 miles per hour.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in ...

To this day, the SS United States holds the transatlantic speed record for an ocean liner.

The SS United States launched in the 1950s as both a secret military vessel and a luxury passenger ship. The innovative ship ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by ...

The SS United States is a 1,000-foot vessel that shattered the transatlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952.

The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, arrived early Monday in Mobile, Ala.

The historic SS United States is set to be turned into an artificial reef, but people who sailed on the majestic ship remember her heyday.

The SS United States, a historic ship built at Newport News Shipbuilding that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River ...

Historic SS United States is ordered out of its berth in Philadelphia. Can it find new shores? A federal judge says a historic ocean liner that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more ...