Saving the liner United States is a mission for Susan Gibbs, executive director of the SS United States Conservancy and granddaughter of naval architect William Francis Gibbs, who designed it to ...

After a two year legal fight, a federal judge ordered the massive SS United States, "America's flagship," to leave Philadelphia this year.

Maritime historian calls removal of ship's iconic smokestacks "a point of no return" as plans advance for museum in ...

The SS United States 27 photos Gibbs never sailed on this ship. But interest in the vessel's fate runs in her blood: her grandfather, William Francis Gibbs, was the ship's designer.

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, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with ...

Susan Gibbs is the Executive Director of the SS United States Conservancy and granddaughter of William Francis Gibbs, designer of America’s Flagship. Here Ms.

Susan Gibbs, Executive Director of the SS United States Conservancy, details the steps necessary to get the “Big U” out of dock and onto the high seas. Gibbs is working with Crystal Cruises to ...

There were plans to make the historic SS United States a museum, but a legal battle may see it sunk as an artificial reef in Florida.

But it was the sleek and slender SS United States - 100 feet longer than Titanic, yet svelte enough to glide through the Panama Canal - that was Gibbs' fantasy. Even his family referred to her as ...

Susan Gibbs (L), executive director of the SS United States Conservancy, and Edie Rodriguez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Cruises and granddaughter of the ships designer, pose ...