The ship crossed the Atlantic Ocean in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes, besting the RMS Queen Mary’s time by 10 hours. To this day, the SS United States holds the trans-Atlantic speed record ...

New York City preservationists’ dream of docking an historic ocean liner on the Brooklyn waterfront appears all but sunk — ...

The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world’s largest artificial reef has departed from south Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront ...

As we began following this story of the ship, I discovered my great grandparents and other family had once sailed upon SS ...

Finding and disposing of underwater mines on the sea floor is one of the US Navy's hardest and most dangerous tasks. Robots ...

The SS United States on Wednesday left Philadelphia to begin its journey to becoming the world's largest artificial reef. It will be sunk off the Florida coast.

Cruise ships are forever targeted as a floating crusade of emissions and environmental damage. But how bad is it? The answer ...

But over time, travelers increasingly chose the speed of air travel over the comfort and mystique of an ocean crossing. The ship was withdrawn from service in 1969. The journey downriver began at ...

From the grandeur of transatlantic liners to today’s floating cities, ships have long been more than mere vessels, they are ...