Transformative Plan Unveiled to Save America's Flagship — SS United ...
Nov 2, 2023 · NEW YORK, NY – The SS United States, America’s Flagship, could return home to New York as a transformative economic development project unveiled today by the SS United States Conservancy, the owner of the famed vessel.
SS United States is Invited to Brooklyn | Waterfront Alliance
Oct 23, 2015 · SS United States is Invited to Brooklyn. One of the most luxurious ocean liners ever built, the SS United States was and is to this day the fastest. She remains the holder of the Blue Riband for speediest transatlantic crossing—in 1952.
SS United States - Wikipedia
SS United States is a retired ocean liner built during 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 title she still ...
September 24 - Media Advisory: SHORT ON TIME, FAMED SS UNITED STATES ...
Sep 24, 2014 · 650,000 sq ft Mixed-Use Development and Museum Complex Would Create 2000 Jobs, Revitalize Manhattan or Brooklyn Waterfront. NEW YORK, NY — Time is nearly up to save America’s Flagship. With 2,000 jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity hanging in the balance, America’s Flagship, the SS United States, is making her ...
Deadline Looms for Historic Ocean Liner's Move to Brooklyn
Oct 11, 2015 · What might be the greatest ocean liner in American history has only weeks left before it will likely have to be sold for scrap. The SS United States sailed back and forth from New York to...
SS United States Conservancy
An agreement has been reached to turn the SS United States into the world’s largest artificial reef. The agreement resolves a years-old rent dispute. Earlier this month, the SS United States Conservancy reached a tentative agreement with Okaloosa County. Read More →.
A Red Hook Reprieve for the S.S. United States - New York …
Oct 28, 2015 · The Brooklyn Paper is reporting that John Quadrozzi, who owns the Red Hook docks, has taken a real interest in the S.S. U.S., and what he is offering would include not just a berth but time:...
Climb aboard the SS United States before it takes its final voyage
4 days ago · The SS United States, which set a speed record crossing the Atlantic in the 1950s, will take its final voyage. So before departure, we climbed aboard. (SOUNDBITE OF GANG PLANK CLANKING) INSKEEP ...
Conservancy That Oversees SS United States Seeks $500K to Help …
Jun 24, 2024 · The conservancy that oversees the SS United States has launched an urgent $500,000 fundraising campaign to help cover relocation expenses for the historic ship amid its uncertain future.
Climb aboard the SS United States before it takes its final voyage
4 days ago · The SS United States, which set a speed record crossing the Atlantic in the 1950s, will take its final voyage. So before departure, we climbed aboard. (SOUNDBITE OF GANG PLANK CLANKING) INSKEEP: Walking a gang plank through a door in the great black hull, covered in peeling paint. UNIDENTIFIED GUIDE: So welcome aboard the SS United States.