Image from the Mariner’s Museum collection Newport News VA- Header image from shipbucket.com
Welcome aboard the S.S. United States. America’s flagship from 1952 to 1969.
In the following pages you will find.
- An illustrated story of the ship from construction to her current fight for survival.
- A tour of the interiors and introduction to the design team
- Sailing on the ship from a passenger’s perspective
- Finally we go to Philadelphia for a tour of the ship and efforts to save her
An illustrated history of the ship is available bellow. It is in three part and published in POWERSHIPS,,the magazine of the Steamship Historical Society of America.
The SS United States The Last Queen of the U.S. Merchant Marine.
PART ONE
The story of the fastest liner from design & build to departure for her Historic Maiden Voyage
PART TWO
Winning the Blue Riband and the Glory Years of the 1950’s]
The SS United States The Last Queen of the U.S. Merchant Marine.
PART THREE
The slow decline of the ship from from the glory days to the current fight for survival.
*Reprinted with permission from the Steamship Historical Society of America
Sailing up the Hudson River for a publicity shot
L Driscoll collection
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- From the Roger Hall collection
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- American Merchant Marine Museum
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- Painting by William Muller.www.WilliamGMuller.com
- Photo Steamship Historical Society of America
- From the Lawrence Driscoll collection
Part three can’t be accessed for some reason.
Hi.
Should work now… try it.
My late wife sailed to England in 1961 on the SS United States to meet her then 1st husband who was in the US Air Force. she was 17 and said she stayed mostly under deck in cheap steerage. I have 3 whiskey shot glasses as souvenirs marked “United States Lines” that I want to send to some place for such items. Can you offer a place I can send them..??
Hello.
In reply to your post on the SS United States. I would contact the SS United States Conservancy. They are collecting artifacts from the ship