The SS United States will head down the East Coast to its destination in Mobile, Alabama. From there, organizers plan to eventually sink the ship off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Seventy-two years ago the fastest ship in the world at the time made its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.

The ship's architect, William Francis Gibbs, wanted a fireproof ship and insisted no wood be used in construction, according to the SS United States Conservancy website. The exception was the ship ...

The SS United States Conservancy will be updating its website with information on the ship's museum and location where the ship will be sunk to become an artificial reef. Click here: https://www ...

The SS United States took its maiden voyage in July 1952 and remains the largest passenger ship ever built in the U.S., 100 feet bigger than the Titanic.Unlike the Titanic, the United States ...

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 ...

The SS United States Conservatory made several attempts to transform the ship into a venue similar to the RMS Queen Mary, complete with hotels and restaurants, but these efforts ultimately proved ...

Following a legal battle, the owners of Pier 82 successfully evicted the ship last year. In response, Okaloosa County, Florida, officials offered to turn the SS United States into the world’s ...

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 ...

Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become an artificial reef. Alabama Public Radio’s Cori Yonge reports.

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 ...