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June 3, 1999. SS United States is a retired ocean liner built between 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a ...
SS. America. (1939) 8 × .50-cal. machine guns. SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs. It carried many names in the 54 years between its construction and its 1994 wreck: SS America (carrying this name ...
The SS Constitution was an ocean liner owned by American Export Lines, sister ship of the SS Independence. Both were constructed in the United States and made their maiden voyages in 1951. Both were constructed in the United States and made their maiden voyages in 1951.
RMS Queen Mary[3]is a retired British ocean linerthat sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. Built by John Brown & Companyin Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen Elizabeth[4]in Cunard's two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourgand New York. These "Queen"s ...
The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12, a ...
SS. France. (1960) SS France was a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, or French Line) ocean liner, [ 4] constructed by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France, and put into service in February 1962. At the time of her construction in 1960, the 316 m (1,037 ft) vessel was the longest passenger ship ever built, a ...
SS United States at sea in 1952 Econships American Nebraska and American Kentucky laid up in New York, 1987. With a government subsidy for her construction, United States entered service in 1952. She holds the record as the largest ocean liner built in the United States and the fastest ocean liner ever built.
Commodore John William Anderson (February 14, 1899 – February 15, 1976) was the longest serving captain of the SS United States, the fastest ocean liner in history. In 1952, he relieved Commodore Harry Manning as master of the superliner after the recordbreaking voyage on which she broke the translantic speed record previously held by the RMS Queen Mary and captured the Blue Riband for the ...