Growing up in New York City, Paula Hughbanks thought her uncle was a star. Meeting celebrities, traveling around the world — ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Want to see the SS United States up close? Vanessa gets aboard the Perdido Queen to tour around the historic ocean liner. The one-hour guided tour includes a rare look at the ...

Competing diving businesses are vying for the massive ship to be scuttled closer to them, while one group is suing to stop the ship from being sunk at all. The SS United States, a nearly 1,000-foot ...

It was overshadowed by the 990-foot SS United States that set sail in July 1952, which was as tall as a skyscraper in New York City if stood on its end. The Titanic? 882.75-feet long.

It might not look like much today, but the SS United States was once a luxurious ocean liner that turned heads. Its maiden voyage took place on July 3, 1952 with the promise to be the fastest ...

Enter Mike Vinik and his Keyport-based tugboat service, Vinik Marine. Using a half-mile-long, 2 1/4-inch wire cable, his tug ...

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

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Perdido Queen is offering a unique tour along the Mobile River with a closer vantage point of the SS United States. People from all over are traveling to Mobile to see ...

And so, for years, I’ve been aware of the efforts to save the SS United States, which spent decades docked across from IKEA in Philadelphia. “The 50,000-ton vessel is the largest ocean liner ...

A piece of maritime history, the SS United States, is set to become the world's largest artificial reef, destined for the depths of Florida's Gulf Coast. However, the ocean liner's final resting ...