Record-Setting Ocean Liner, a Titan of Its Time, Begins Its Final Voyage
The S.S. United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in America, left Philadelphia under tow on Wednesday, eventually to be sunk off the Gulf Coast.
Historical ocean liner, S.S. United States, embarks on final voyage to sea
The S.S. United States, once a marvel of engineering and a symbol of American innovation, has begun its final voyage. The ocean liner, which carried four U.S. presidents across the Atlantic and hosted luminaries such as Duke Ellington and Sylvia Plath,
Historic ocean liner departs on voyage to become the world's largest artificial reef
The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world’s largest artificial reef has departed from south Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront
Historic American-made ocean liner departs for one final voyage
The SS United States is headed out to sea. The legendary and iconic ocean liner, once considered a marvel of American shipbuilding, has departed for one final voyage before being converted into an artificial reef in the Gulf of America,
Thousands watch as legendary ocean liner leaves Philadelphia for last voyage
When the SS United States sailed for the first time in nearly three decades Wednesday, Margaret Miller came to the Delaware River to watch the ship she once travelled in when she immigrated to the United States.
Fabled ocean liner SS United States begins final voyage
The SS United States is getting towed down the East Coast on its way to the Florida panhandle, where it will be sunk and turned into an artificial reef.
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