Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
In the first half of the 20th century the transatlantic liner market was dominated by ships flagged in Britain, France, Italy and Germany. The coveted Blue Riband speed record changed hands mainly between the ships of those nations, but one man, William Francis Gibbs (1886-1967), had a dream to design and build a superliner which would put the United States at the forefront of liner technology, and take the coveted record.
Read MoreIn March 1969, my wife and I returned to New York from Southampton aboard the SS United States. As we approached Le Havre there was a feeling of electricity in the air. We soon learned that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were among the boarding passengers.
Read MoreMike Rosenzweig, who sailed and worked aboard other United States Lines’ vessels, including the SS American Legacy and the SS American Lark, composed “The Last Voyage” about America’s Flagship.
Read MoreIn January, 1959 my grandfather, Nazzareno Reginelli, sailed from New York City to Le Havre aboard the SS United States. This was his first trip back to Europe in nearly three decades and there was only one way he wanted to get there…by way of the world’s fastest ship.
Read More(CNN) — At the age of 10, David Macaulay immigrated to America from England in 1957 with his mother, brother, and sister aboard the SS United States -- a massive, gleaming ocean liner that had been in operation for just five years, and would remain in service only another 12.
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