Once the pride of the Atlantic, the SS United States now sits abandoned and decaying. Can America’s fastest ocean liner be saved before it’s lost forever?

Once the pride of the seas, the SS United States now drifts toward her end. Her story is one of brilliance, ambition, and the slow fading of a nation’s confidence.

Crews are making progress on preparing what’s to become the world’s largest artificial reef. In August, a federal judge ...

No one living on the Peninsula on Aug. 31, 1939, had to be told twice about the importance of the landmark vessel scheduled to be launched by Newport News Shipbuilding that morning. Long before the ...

Once a premier ocean liner sporting one of the world's most powerful engines, the SS United States is set to reach another historic benchmark later this year when it becomes the world's largest ...

Rare treasures pulled from Gold Rush era shipwreck SS Central America, dubbed the Ship of Gold, have sold at auction, including a 32 ounce ingot that went for $138,000. A trove of items found in the ...

As Tommy Thompson, who found the greatest sunken treasure in American history, is arrested, we look back at the story of how the SS Central America – and thousands of pounds of California gold – was ...

In 1857, the SS Central America, also known as the "ship of gold", sank off the coast of the US state of South Carolina, along with some new-found riches from the California Gold Rush. It was a ...