The SS United States had a distinguished career as a transatlantic steamship. Now, officials in Florida plan to turn it into ...

Docked dormant for decades in Philadelphia, the SS United States last year finally found its last destination, off the Florida Gulf Coast, where it would become the world’s largest artificial reef to ...

THE ocean liner that once carried presidents ... Designed by naval architect William Francis Gibbs, it served as a luxury liner in peacetime but could be swiftly converted to transport 14,000 ...

“The 50,000-ton vessel is the largest ocean liner built in the United ... designed to be ‘unsinkable’ by South Philly native William Francis Gibbs,’’ wrote reporter Matthew Korfhage ...

With the current media coverage of the ocean liner SS United States presently ... gloucestertimes.com), its naval architect William Francis Gibbs has roots embedded here on Cape Ann.

(Photo courtesy of Cody Johnson) Conservancy President Susan Gibbs, the granddaughter of the ship’s builder William Francis ... from the nearly 40 mph the ocean liner once averaged as the ...

The naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed it as a luxury ocean liner that could quickly be converted to a transport for 14,000 troops if needed in wartime. The vessel broke the ...