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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Modern cruise ships are floating cities. They require people to run, clean, and maintain them, as well as feed and care for ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...