The S.S. United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in America, left Philadelphia under tow on Wednesday, eventually to be sunk off the Gulf Coast. By Isabelle Taft and Joel Wolfram Joel ...

As the 20th century dawned, the owners of Britain’s White Star Line were thinking big. Really big. They envisioned three huge ...

Everything I knew about ocean liners came from the early 20th century with the most famous ocean liner of all being the Titanic. Would this cruise be like being on a modern day Titanic and would I ...

Ocean liners rose in popularity during the early 20th century as they were a fast and reliable mean of transportation for transoceanic travel. The North Atlantic route connecting America to Europe ...

InsideSources.com As the 20th century dawned, the owners of Britain’s White Star Line were thinking big. Really big.

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. Now tied up at a ...

At the turn of the 20th century, it pounced on the burgeoning ocean liner industry, and Southampton was soon synonymous with global travel: a name that rubbed shoulders with New York, Hamburg and ...

PHILADELPHIA – The ocean liner that ferried four presidents ... and captured the world’s imagination in the mid-20th century has begun its final voyage. Leaving Philadelphia, where it has ...