Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
The United Kingdom’s Daily Express spotlighted the SS United States in a recent article about the ship’s record-breaking service career. Irene Richards, a former United States Lines employee who worked in the advertising and publicity department at the company’s London office, was interviewed for the piece.
Read MoreThe SS United States Conservancy is proud to announce the acquisition of a stunning original work of art from the SS United States. One of enamelist Peter Ostuni’s depictions of Navajo sand art has been donated to our collection and will become a featured attraction in our future museum.
Read MoreWhen the SS United States sailed for the first time in nearly three decades Wednesday, Margaret Miller came to the Delaware River to watch the ship she once travelled in when she immigrated to the United States.
Read MoreThe SS United States has finally left Philadelphia.
Read MoreThe SS United States is bigger than the Titanic, as long as a skyscraper and holds the record for the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic. But after nearly three decades of sitting dormant and rusted in a Philadelphia pier, it is now headed to its final home—the bottom of the ocean.
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