It's been three weeks since the SS United States was towed to Mobile where work continues to prepare the ship for sinking off ...

Editor’s note: Larry Bulanda of Jim Thorpe worked as an engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding, which is where the SS United States ... ship back in service, convert it into a hotel or otherwise ...

short for "United States Ship." The British Royal Navy, meanwhile, places HMS in front of its distinctive two-island vessels, short for "His/Her Majesty's Ship." Some vessels also follow the SS ...

The council unanimously agreed to offer $3 million to Okaloosa County to sink the SS United States closer to Panama City. Sinking the ship will create the world's largest artificial reef ...

Turns out, it’s all in the horsepower, some clever navigation, and beating bad weather, according to tugboat captain and self-described SS United States pallbearer Mike Vinik. “It was an honor being ...

This visual story explores the ship’s remarkable past, from record-breaking transatlantic voyages to its transformation into a new home for marine life. See the SS United States off Palm Beach ...

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

When it comes to sinking things in the Gulf — “We’ve sank dredges and ships and barges and tugboats ... are slowing Earth’s strongest ocean current: ‘There could be severe consequences ...

RELATED: Ship sinking expert explains how the SS United States will be prepped for its underwater grave It's been an emotional process for many who have memories of the SS United States.

She’s got a lot of history, and she’s just a great old ship.” Spears said he wasn’t expecting to be joined by such a large crowd at Arlington Park as he waited for the SS United States to ...

In her heyday in the 1950s, the superliner SS United States ... the ship had seen several owners, all of them unsuccessful in repurposing it, and been stripped of much of its interior.

Advertisement The SS United States, which remains the largest passenger ship ever built in the United States with the capacity to hold 1,984 passengers, will provide a "much-needed habitat for a ...