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	SS United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She is the largest ocean liner built to date in the United States and is still the fastest liner in the world.
		The United States government was interested in constructing a large, fast merchant vessel capable of transporting large numbers of soldiers in time of war, similar to the exemplary war service provided by the British liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth during World War II.
		While the United States was the last superliner to hold the Blue Riband, she eventually lost the eastbound transatlantic record to an Incat-built Norwegian-owned wave-piercing catamaran ferry in 1990.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SS_United_States (960 words)

	Encyclopedia: SS United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior Senator," and his or her counterpart as the "junior Senator"; this convention, however, does not indicate a hierarchy under which one Senator controls the other.
		United States, although the Senate's advice and consent is required for the appointment of certain executive branch officials, it is not necessary for their removal.
		While the United States was the last superliner to hold the Blue Riband, she eventually lost the eastbound transatlantic record to an Australian -built Norwegian -owned wave-piercing catamaran ferry in 1990.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/SS-United-States (472 words)

	SS United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The wonder of her being was short lived, however, as all too soon the jet age whisked away the last vestiges of an era where a nation’s prestige were measured by the speed and luxury of its liners at sea.
		Born at the onset of the Cold War, SS United States was as much a military vessel as she was a luxury liner.
		Although SS United States remained the fastest vessel on the North Atlantic, she could not compete with the speed of jet planes.
	members.aol.com /bry1976/ssus.htm (308 words)

	USS United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS United States in honor of that nation, but only one of them was launched, and it became part of the Confederate Navy.
		The second USS United States (CC-6), a Lexington-class battlecruiser, was cancelled and scrapped when the vessel was only 12.1 percent complete.
		The third USS United States (CVA-58) was to be an aircraft carrier of radically new design, but was cancelled five days after her keel was laid down.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_United_States (239 words)

	SS United States
		The United States was constructed so that in just one day, she could be converted into a troop transport capable of carrying over 15,000 men.
		After being turned down by the Maritime Administration to purchase the SS United States, the company purchased the idled superliner France from the French government, rechristened her Norway, and returned her to service as the world's longest cruise ship.
		It was thought that she would never see U.S. waters again, but in July 1996 the SS United States returned to her homeland, but this time to Philadelphia, where the dormant Navy yard would reopen with the task of restoring the superliner to it's long lost former glory.
	home.comcast.net /~tecsite/unitedstates/SSus.html (1340 words)

	SS United States Conservancy: History
		The Gibbs brothers had dreamed of building the first 1000-foot express super liner in the United States since before World War I. One of the benefits in the long delay in realizing their dream was the ability to take advantage of the tremendous advancements in technology that had occurred over the past three decades.
		By comparison, her aluminum superstructure reduced the SS United States' deadweight to a significantly lower 45,400 long tons, which combined with a maximum 247,785 horsepower rating (approximately 60,000 shaft horsepower greater than either of the Queens) gave the vessel a tremendous horsepower to weight ratio compared to its rivals.
		From a historic perspective, the SS United States is the crown jewel of the American merchant marine and the marine design firm of Gibbs and Cox.
	ssunitedstatesconservancy.org /History.html (2668 words)

	Facts and Statistics
		The SS United States was the fastest ship afloat in her day, and is the fastest object of her size ever built.
		The SS United States was a mere 28 feet shorter than the Queen Mary, but due to the extensive usage of aluminum in her superstructure (2,000 tons) weighed only 53,290 tons, roughly 30,000 tons less than the Queen Mary.
		The SS United States was such a success that its hull and engine designs were placed in nearly all large naval battle ships, and the ship itself was the prototype for the first super aircraft carriers, the Forrestal class.
	www.ss-united-states.net /WebPages/PagesFacts.htm (952 words)

	A WOMAN'S TOUCH - The Seagoing Interiors of Dorothy Marckwald
		As hallmark to a nation the s/s UNITED STATES needed to break away from the stereotypical constraints of customary shipboard decor, or as Dot summed up the situation, it had to be "quick and snappy." The task ahead was a formidable one to be sure.
		The size of the UNITED STATES was governed by the necessity to pass through the Panama Canal insuring that the incipient American colossus was unable to usurp the QUEEN ELIZABETH as to pride of place.
		One United States Line executive did go a little overboard by referring to the new champion of the seas as the "maritime glamour girl to the world." "Glamorous" was the one superlative that did not apply to the UNITED STATES.
	home.pacbell.net /steamer/marckwald.html (3608 words)

	Specialty Books, Other, SS United States
		Robert Hudson Westover, S.S. United States Foundation Chairman and coauthor, chronicles what has happened to the S.S. United States since 1982 (the year The Big Ship was published) and also has written the book's introduction.
		The S.S. United States is the greatest ocean liner this country has ever built, and this book stands as a fitting tribute and celebration of the 50th Anniversary of her maiden voyage.
		The United States still holds the West bound speed record on the North Atlantic.
	www.militarybooks.com /detail.aspx?ID=528 (145 words)

	Norwegian Cruise Lines acquires the classic SS United States
		A re-launched S.S. United States will add more than 1,000 American maritime jobs and 5,000 shoreside jobs to the 3,000 maritime jobs and 17,000 shoreside jobs that NCL's US flag initiative with Project America is predicted to generate.
		Widely considered to be the greatest superliner ever built in North America, the S.S. United States was engineered to be faster, safer and more technologically advanced than anything else afloat, when she was christened.
		On her maiden voyage the S.S. United States set an unbroken record by crossing the North Atlantic Ocean in 3 days, 10 hours and 42 minutes.
	www.ports.co.za /cruisenews/article_2003_05_17_0129.html (638 words)

	» SS United States Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I am in the process of restoring a number of old family photographs and came across this one of my mother, sister, and I in one of the state rooms on the SS United States.
		The SS United States Foundation web site provides a wonderful glimpse into the maritime history of this ship.
		When you land in Philly from the East the USS United States is unmistakeable off the right side of the aircraft.
	swaynewilson.com /wordpress/?p=18 (249 words)

	Pictures
		The largest, fastest, most luxurious passenger liner ever built in the United States captured the Transatlantic "Blue Riband" on her maiden voyage July 3,1952 making the eastbound crossing in 3 days 10 hours 40 minutes.
		HAMPTON - RADM Leroy J. Alexanderson, 93, the last Master of the S.S. United States and who was known as 'The Commodore,' died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004.
		NCL did finally buy the United States with the potential of converting her to a state of the art modern cruise ship in their U.S. Flagged fleet.
	www.flare.net /users/e9ee52a/ssunited.htm (1863 words)

	Big U - Tom Rinaldi
		Once the pride of the American merchant marine, the United States was withdrawn from service in 1969, as jet aircraft brought an end to the era of the Atlantic liner.
		The SS United States Foundation was established in December of 1997.
		As she sits in lay-up, other historic ships continue to disappear-- her former running-mate, the America, was wrecked in the Canaries in 1994, while the SS Britanis, which at 68 was the oldest large passenger ship in existence, sank in October of 2000 en-route to scrappers in Pakistan.
	www.worldshipny.com /bigu.html (1047 words)

	SS United States
		Manning held the United States Gold Medal for lifesaving, the Navy and Marine Corps medal, the Italian Government medal for lifesaving, and was a Chevalier of the Order of Maritime Merit of France.
		The United Stated did manage to attract a loyal clientele, among which included Cary Grant, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor who switched their allegiance from the Cunard Queens to the new United States.
		The future is still uncertain for the United States though in an era when liners of old have fallen by the wayside, she has remained.
	www.ocean-liners.com /ships/unitedstates.asp (984 words)

	The S.S. United States Foundation -The Ship - S.S. United States - The Greatest Ocean Liner Ever Built
		he SS United States was the brainchild of one of the world's foremost marine architects, William Francis Gibbs.
		Toward the end of the sixties, the jumbo jet invasion finally took its toll on the famous trans-Atlantic superliners.
		In 1973 the Maritime Administration installed an extensive dehumidification system throughout the United States, leaving it virtually airtight.
	www.ssunitedstates.org /theship.htm (1134 words)

	Berti & Lewis Replicas - SS United States Ship Model
		The SS United States is three football fields long.
		To this day, the SS United States holds the crossing record for an ocean liner.
		The SS United States, at 990 feet in length, set her records and sailed into the history books - without ever exceeding two-thirds power.
	www.bertilewis.com /ss-united-states.htm (175 words)

	S.S. United States in Philadelphia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Forward 2/3rds of United States while it was parked under the Walt Whitman bridge.
		Aft 2/3rds of the United States while it was parked under the Walt Whitman bridge.
		I visited the United States at the Oregon Avenue pier where it is presently docked this afternoon, and took another suite of photographs.
	www.voicenet.com /~smyers (694 words)

	SS United States
		With poor loadings, running mate, SS America was sold to Greek interests and she became the popular Chandris Lines SS Australis.
		She was sold to Edward A. Cantor who was a real estate developer, however he died in 2002, and the fate of the SS United States became an unknown factor.
		This resulted in 1,241 entries, 98.5% felt that SS United States would not be restored by NCL and that she would never sail again under their flag.
	www.ssmaritime.com /ssunitedstates.htm (801 words)

	Historic ship SS United States rescued from scrapheap
		PHILADELPHIA —; An ocean liner that was the biggest and fastest ever built in the United States, and a symbol of national prestige until it was left to rot on the Philadelphia waterfront, may soon sail again.
		Norwegian Cruise Lines said Monday it has purchased the SS United States and intends to refurbish and return it to service, a half-century after the massive steamship set a speed record for a trans-Atlantic crossing.
		For years, the SS United States has been a rusting hulk seemingly abandoned at an unused wharf on the Philadelphia waterfront.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/894195/posts (927 words)

	Restoring the SS United States to Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		No doubt, their lack hurt the United States after the Queens were equipped with them a couple of years after the United States entered service in 1952.
		The hotel area of the United States was constructed on a traditional 3 class structure.
		This recognition is based on the general shape of the bridge screen and the forward 100 feet of the superstructure, the funnels, and the paint line on the hull at the aft end of the ship.
	www.users.voicenet.com /~smyers/usnew.html (1400 words)

	The S.S. United States Foundation-Save The United States!-The greatest ocean liner ever built.
		The S.S. United States Foundation-Save The United States!-The greatest ocean liner ever built.
		S.S. United States poster images were created by Paul Robinson.
		Your photos help raise awareness of the S.S. United States and bring her closer to preservation.
	www.ssunitedstates.org /SSUShome.html (88 words)

	Cruise Diva Linda Coffman's Cruise Planner
		SS America - Larry Driscoll's beautiful site with many photos and stories about the liner that preceded the SS United States.
		SS United States - This web site is dedicated to advancing a growing movement to save the historic SS United States ocean liner and includes many recent photos.
		SS United States - Bryan Guinn shares of the dream of what America's greatest maritime achievement could become again.
	cruisediva.com /linerhistory.htm (923 words)

	Comments • SS UNITED STATES
		I personally feel the first priority is to establish the SS United States as a monument, preferably in New York City.
		Keep the SS United States as-is and return the ship to her home port of New York City to serve as a stationary monument.
		Cruise Ship Another suggestion would be to offer the SS United States to the port of Southampton, England on condition that the ship be restored to its original condition.
	ss-united-states.com /sv02f.html (1457 words)

	Cruise Travel: High hopes for the rebirth of "Big U": recent purchase of SS United States part of NCL America plans
		This is the SS United States, and she's been going nowhere fast.
		The liner's aficionados, some of whom belong to the SS United States Foundation (www.ssunited states.org), hope that the essence of the ship will be preserved.
		For 17 years, she reigned supreme in the speed department, and in the time of war, she could be converted into a troopship within 24 hours.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_0/m0FCP/2_25/108112787/p1/article.jhtml (787 words)

	SLA Philadelphia Chapter - SiteSense: SS United States Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the SS United States.
		The SS United States is moored in Philadelphia at the Delaware piers.
		Why aspects of the design were classified for decades; which surrealist painter was once a passenger; what was the only wood on board.
	www.sla.org /chapter/cphl/sitesense/ssus.htm (81 words)

	SS America - United States Lines - Ocean Liner Postcards
		These pages are devoted to the United States Lines' America, which later served for mant years as Chandris Lines' Australis.
		She is the running mate of the superliner United States, world's fastest ship.
		United States Lines operates 53 fast modern cargo ships in regular service between East Coast ports of the USA and Europe, Hawaii, Far East, Australia and New Zealand."
	www.simplonpc.co.uk /ChandrisAustralis02.html (416 words)

	SS United States Conservancy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		SS United States Conservancy: SS United States Fastest Ocean Liner in the World.
		The Conservancy seeks to preserve and revitalize the SS United States, the largest and fastest ocean liner ever built in her namesake's country.
		The Conservancy works to ensure that the nation’s flagship will endure for future generations as the ultimate expression of the United States Merchant Marine and American transatlantic passenger shipping.
	www.ssunitedstatesconservancy.org (116 words)

	Amazon.com: Picture History of the SS United States: Books: William H., Jr. Miller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I was however surprised and disappointed to find that the first 52 pages, nearly half the book, are dedicated to U.S. flagged ships other than the SS United States.
		Miller's earlier "SS United States: The Story of America's Greatest Ocean Liner", which has been out of print for some time, covers the same ground but is superior in nearly every way.
		Too much of this book is on the history of the United States Line and other ships.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486428397?v=glance (783 words)

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