In their most recent YouTube episode, the team from Battleship New Jersey went on board the passenger liner SS United States to talk about the name of the ship itself and some of the ship's history.
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The Conservancy is gearing up for an exciting new digital exhibition to be unveiled in June 2023, entitled, “Food Tastes Better at Sea: Dining Aboard the SS United States.” The exhibit and events will draw on the organization’s extensive curatorial collection to highlight aspects of food culture, history, and technology, including differences in cuisine among the classes, how food was part of the growing competition with the airline industry, and how the SS United States utilized new technologies to store and prepare food at sea. Visit the Conservancy’s website, www.ssusc.org, to subscribe to their e-updates and learn more.
Read MoreAs a boy in the 1970s, Michael Plant spent his weekends and summer days in Highlands, New Jersey, especially around the Highlands Marina where his uncle was the manager. Central to the marina was its bar, “The Bitter End,” and while Michael and his cousins were only old enough to play in the bar before it opened to the public, the rooms nautical collectibles - especially the big framed print of the SS United States - were enthralling for Michael.
Read MoreBrenda was picking up her sister, Queenie, from the passenger terminal at Pier 86 along New York City’s waterfront. Queenie Englehart had been visiting family and friends in Europe, and had made the westbound crossing aboard the SS United States.
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Voyage 359 - in January 1968 - would include his most memorable crossing. While crossing the Atlantic, the ship encountered a strong storm and heavy waves that McGuire estimates were as much as 135-feet high. In fact, the waves were so high that at one point, McGuire recalled, water from a rogue wave splashed through the top of the forward funnel and down inside the engine room.
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