The ship was the lifelong dream of William Francis Gibbs, a self-taught naval architect who grew up in the era of big luxurious ocean liners. In those days trans-Atlantic ship travel was the domain of ...

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

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 ...

SS Normandie graced the seas for only four years before meeting a fiery end at the start of world war two. But it was long ...

As we began following this story of the ship, I discovered my great grandparents and other family had once sailed upon SS ...

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 SS United States holds the transatlantic speed record for an ocean liner. “The ship will forever symbolize our nation’s strength, innovation, and resilience,” said Susan Gibbs ...

(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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The storied ocean liner SS United States arrived in Mobile Monday. The historic and long retired ship began her journey into Mobile Bay about 6 a.m. and moved toward 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 ...

LIPA City, Batangas – Reelectionist Sen. Francis “Tol” Tolentino vowed to continue working for measures in support of barangay frontliners, following the passage of two key bills seeking to ...