It has to stand for something, or it's nothing but unnecessary set dressing. The process of putting "SS" on ships has been ...

The USS Constitution, RMS Titanic, and SS Great Britain are among the most famous ships in history. In addition to their historical significance, all three share a common detail—their names begin with ...

Construction of the SS United States was a joint venture between United States Lines and the U.S. government to make it both a top-of-the-line ocean liner and secret troop transport. The ship ...

“We were on a kind of furious search for an alternate parking spot,” explained Susan Gibbs, president of the SS United States Conservancy, the nonprofit that has owned the ship in recent decade ...

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 ...

After its retirement in 1969, the ship changed ownership several times before being purchased by the SS United States Conservancy in 2011. The conservancy had hoped to restore the ship but was ...

For those who are sad that the SS United States is being turned into a reef rather than refurbished, keep in mind one of the other, more common options for a ship of that size and age: being ...