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.

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 ...

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 ...

Before SS United States departs Philadelphia, dozens take cruise to check out the boat 02:22. Plans to move the SS United States may have been halted due to weather concerns in the Gulf of Mexico ...

The ship found its home on Pier 82 in South Philadelphia in 1996 after a nonprofit called the SS United States Conservancy saved it from the scrapyard in 2011. However, its plans to rehabilitate ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The SS United States will soon leave Philadelphia on a voyage down south, where it will be sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Gulf Coast. The vessel was originally ...

Following a legal battle, the owners of Pier 82 successfully evicted the ship last year. In response, Okaloosa County, Florida, officials offered to turn the SS United States into the world’s ...

At the age of 10, David Macaulay immigrated to America from England in 1957 with his mother, brother, and sister aboard the SS United States — a massive, gleaming ocean liner that had been in ...

The SS United States, fondly referred to as "the Big U," was a major presence in postwar transatlantic trade. It plied the waters between 1952 and 1969 -- and at top speeds of around 44 mph.

SS United States in Philadelphia burglarized days after agreement to move ship to Florida 02:58. The SS United States may soon have a new home — with plans to be sunk and turned into an ...

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 ...