How a professional ship-sinker is about to turn a famous ocean liner into the world’s largest artificial reef The SS United ...

The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with ...

The SS United States was taken out of service in November 1969. The liner was sold to a succession of owners from 1978 to 2009. It's been docked on the Delaware River in Philadelphia since 1996.

Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become an artificial reef. Alabama Public Radio’s Cori Yonge reports.

The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with ...

The SS United States—once dubbed ‘America’s flagship,’ and considered an American icon through the 1950s and ’60s—was towed into Mobile for an extended remediation before it's final ...

The SS United States, which set a speed record crossing the Atlantic in the 1950s, will take its final voyage. So before departure, we climbed aboard. (SOUNDBITE OF GANG PLANK CLANKING) ...

The SS United States took its maiden voyage in July 1952 and remains the largest passenger ship ever built in the U.S., 100 feet bigger than the Titanic.Unlike the Titanic, the United States ...

When the SS United States was launched in 1952, ... California, these days, but in its heyday it was the fastest vessel used in World War II, traveling as fast as 32.5 knots.