Who ever said moving a historic floating skyscraper would be easy? America’s flagship — the magnificent SS United States — was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has reported that positive progress has been made in the preparations for the SS United States’ ...

The plan is to tug the SS United States along the East Coast and ultimately to Mobile, Alabama, to be stripped and prepped to be sunk. Then the ship’s final home will be under about 180 feet (55 ...

Who ever said moving a historic floating skyscraper would be easy? America’s flagship — the magnificent SS United States — was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from ...

PHILADELPHIA - It's midway through December and the SS United States is still sitting at Pier ... be with us in spirit as well as physically under the water. I’ve come to terms with the fact ...

The ship's architect, William Francis Gibbs, wanted a fireproof ship and insisted no wood be used in construction, according to the SS United States Conservancy website. The exception was the ship ...

The SS United States may be sunk in the near future, but its memories live on through those who experienced it. Despite great efforts to revamp the iconic ocean liner, following a lawsuit, the SS ...

This retired tugboat captain has had a special connection to the SS United States. "When she came up ... with a dozen tug boats, under the Walt Whitman Bridge. "It was really interesting because ...

The new owners of the historic SS United States are forking over a $100,000 ... need to take place at low tide for the boat to clear under the bridge.