Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
Veteran cruise industry executive Jim Pollin joined Conservancy President Susan Gibbs and dozens of the ship’s supporters for a special ceremony in front of the SS United States’ propeller at Pier 76 on Saturday. During the event, Pollin announced a donation of $200,000 to the national nonprofit organization working to save and repurpose the fastest ocean liner to ever cross the Atlantic.
Read MoreAlfred H Bluhm, was the Chief Printer aboard the SS United States from the day of her "Maiden Voyage" until 1964.
Read MoreAs for her hopes for the future of the SS United States, Jackie says, “the future SS United States that I see, is one where ‘Unity’ does what she does best, helping people. I see the SS United States acting as a cultural arts center, in her mighty engines rooms there can be a museum dedicated to her history and engineering triumph, and from D Deck to the A Deck, I can see wonderful spaces, hopefully some restored with her mid-century flair.”
Read MoreAmerica’s Flagship, the SS United States, departed New York seventy years ago on July 3, 1952 with great fanfare -- and high expectations. She was the epitome of American post-war innovation, engineering, and design. A new global ambassador for the nation, she was conceived by noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs, whose firm had been the designers of major World War II era warships.
Read MoreOn July 3, 1952, a crowd of over 13,000 gathered around Pier 86 on Manhattan’s Luxury Liner Row. In awe and admiration, young and old, they gazed upon a modern marvel. At 990 feet, the SS United States was over 100 feet longer than the RMS Titanic. If stood on one end, she’d have measured up to the iconic Chrysler Building.
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