Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
The 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.
Read MoreAs part of its Dollars for Doers Program, Navy Federal Credit Union's Winchester Operations Center celebrated Giving Tuesday this week by donating $1,000 each to 11 regional nonprofit organizations.
Read MoreIn the coming days, the United States is expected to take its final voyage, on its way to be buried at sea. It's not the country nearing its end, but a ship that bears its name. The SS United States is a mid-20th century ocean liner that set the speed record for crossing the Atlantic.
Read MoreIt was supposed to be the last chance for members of the public to get a look at the SS United States as it moved between two Delaware River piers before setting off on its journey to become the world’s largest artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico.
Read MorePlans to move the SS United States may have been halted due to weather concerns in the Gulf of Mexico, but dozens of people still stuck to a schedule and took a cruise on the Spirit of Philadelphia on Thursday around noon.
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