Officials of the Crystal Cruises luxury travel company held a news conference Thursday to announce plans to overhaul the SS United States at a cost of at least $700 million. The ship has been docked ...

A plan to save the famed ocean liner SS United States from the scrapyard by converting her into a modern cruise ship has foundered. Crystal Cruises, which had announced its intention to buy and ...

The SS United States, the mothballed cruise ship docked in Philadelphia, will have a new life in the Norwegian Cruise Line, the company said. The Miami-based company said it will convert the ship ...

The SS United States ship that has sat docked in Philadelphia for years will set sail again. At a press conference this morning in New York, the SS United States Conservancy announced that the ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Six months after nationally-recognized cruise line Crystal Cruises signed an exclusive purchase option to acquire the S.S. United States and return her to sea, the ship's ...

The SS United States was christened in 1951 and decommissioned in the 70s Credit: Getty. But after a series of ownership changes, the ship has sat dormant in Philadelphia since 1996, the subject ...

Still rusting in Philly, SS United States comes a step closer to being rebuilt. Feb. 1, 2011 -- A legitimate piece of American history, which many believe should be enshrined and revered forever ...

PHILADELPHIA >> Don’t buy tickets quite yet for a luxury sail on the SS United States. Plans to return the historic ocean liner to the high seas are being abandoned for a second time after a ...

The SS United States will head down the East Coast to its destination in Mobile, Alabama. From there, organizers plan to eventually sink the ship off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

The SS United States once made the nation proud as the fastest ocean liner in the world. Decommissioned in 1969, it has since been deteriorating at a dock in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA - It's midway through December and the SS United States is still sitting at Pier 82 in South Philly, where it has been for more than two and a half decades. "She definitely holds a ...

An empty pool remains inside the retired SS United States ocean liner ship as reminder of a bygone era Credit: Getty. The proposal, still contingent on U.S. District Court mediation, would see the ...