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SS United States Classic Liners Andrew Britton ~ Complete with deck plans newspaper coverage and accounts from log books and ship records this history covers the SS United States active service from 1952 to 1969 when she dominated the seas of Atlantic The astonishing operational capacity of this national icon of the United States—with her red white and blue funnels sleek streamlined hull and silvercoated fittings—was shrouded in secrecy in case she was ever required to be converted to a troop carrier

Customer reviews SS United States Classic ~ The SS United States was a speed demon No ship her size could then or now go faster as I understand it She holds the Blue Ribband for fastest TransAtlanctic crossing and is our nations flagshipdesigned and built in the United States Newport News and sailed under the American Flag

Classic Liners and Cruise Ships United States ~ The fact that NCL appears willing to attempt to return the SS United States to service caught even the most optimistic United States watchers by surprise According to NCL plans call for the now gutted shell to be converted into a stateofthe art modern cruise ship and to add her to NCLs planned US flagged fleet

Norway Oceanic QE2 United States S ~ Unquestionably one of the greatest ocean liners ever built the career of the transatlantic SS FRANCE came to end by 1974 A major transformation into the SS NORWAY marked the dawning of the megacruise ship Her majesty and influence continue to be felt and reflected in todays cruise ship market

SS United States Classic Ocean Liners ~ SS United States Classic Ocean Liners What others are saying Now hopefully I can find one from the Titanic my favorite and greatest section of all time Crosssection of the HMS Olympic from the August 1909 issue of The Illustrated London What would the world be like if RMS Titanic hadnt sunk

Save The Classic Liners Campaign since 1990 ~ Save the Classic Liners has supported the SS United States Conservancy from the very beginning continues to do so Visit the SS United States Conservancy Page The ships builder’s plate taken quite some time ago The QE2 Story

The SS United States Philadelphias Abandoned Ocean Liner ~ SS United States Though she was only in use for 17 years 19521969 The Big U has the distinction of being fastest ocean liner ever built Reported to have been capable of speeds of over 40 knots 45 mph her top speed is classified as she was an experimental ship to be used as a troop transport in times of war

SS United States Wikipedia ~ SS United States is a retired ocean liner built in 1950–51 for the United States Lines at a cost of US794 million The ship is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952

SS United States Conservancy ~ The SS United States was designed to be just wide enough 101 feet so it could pass through the locks of the Panama Canal with two feet of clearance on either side The design of the SS United States was so innovative that the details of her construction were kept topsecret

The World’s Fastest Ocean Liner May Be Restored to Sail Again ~ Macaulay emigrated to America from Britain on the United States as a boy in 1957 It was the year before the first passenger jet crossed the Atlantic sounding the death knell for ocean liners My own first voyage on the ship was in 1964 and since then some member of my family—a sibling a parent