March 3 (UPI) --The decommissioned luxury liner SS United States, dating back to 1952, completed its final journey Monday from South Philadelphia to Alabama, where it will undergo preparations before ...

Flags will fly at half-staff across at least five states on Friday and the weekend. Governors ordered the flags be lowered ...

Dauphin Island is a haven for birdwatchers, where rare migratory species draw photographers eager for the perfect shot. But on Monday morning, the island’s skies won’t be the only spectacle worth ...

This story was updated with news of the ship's arrival in Alabama. The last voyage of the SS United States, a long-retired and once-glamorous ocean liner bigger than the Titanic and the fastest ever ...

The departure of the historic SS United States from Philadelphia to Alabama has been delayed. The storied ocean liner was scheduled to leave Philadelphia on Thursday, Nov. 14, and embark on a two-week ...

The SS United States is going to set sail for the final time in the coming days. After nearly 30 years in Philadelphia, the historic 53,000-ton ship is back on track to being sunk and becoming the ...

The United States team won 126 medals at the Paris Olympics – 35 more than any other nation – and athletes with Alabama ties earned nine of them: · Troy graduate Vincent Hancock won gold in men’s ...

Eight days after leaving its home in South Philly, the SS United States is far along in its trek to Alabama where the ship will be prepped before being sunk off the Florida panhandle and become an ...

After concerns that the SS United States wasn’t seaworthy enough to make the trip from Philadelphia to Florida, Okaloosa County now says experts believe the ship can be successfully towed from the ...

MOBILE, Alabama — The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world's largest artificial reef has completed the first leg of its final voyage. Built in Newport News, ...

The SS United States has, perhaps, shown why it was once the fastest ocean liner in the world as the rusted ship -- long a fixture of the Delaware River waterfront in South Philadelphia -- has ended ...