Maritime historian calls removal of ship's iconic smokestacks "a point of no return" as plans advance for museum in ...

The SS United States arrived in Mobile ahead of schedule. Since then, Coleen Marine has been removing hazardous paints, plastic, fuel and oil. The ship's two funnels (also known as smokestacks) were ...

Work is continuing to transform the world's fastest ocean liner, the SS United States, to the world's largest artificial reef ...

A model of the SS United States long owned by Daphne resident Fred Miller II. The model is on display at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf in Mobile, Ala. It will be included in a display ...

The SS United States is a mid-20th century ocean liner that set the speed record for crossing the Atlantic. Now tied up at a Philadelphia pier, its paint peeling and faded after decades of inactivity, ...

The SS United States hit the water in 1952 as "an ambassador of America’s post-war industrial power and a technological marvel," the SS United States Conservancy website says. Developed by ...

The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns ...

As the historic SS United States gets ready to be converted into the world’s largest artificial reef off the coast of Florida, a new plan for an accompanying museum is coming into focus.

On the morning of Lundi Gras in early March, the SS United States arrived quietly in Mobile as a sleeping giant, rusting but regal as it was guided up the Mobile Bay. From a distance, “America ...

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 ...