Maritime historian calls removal of ship's iconic smokestacks "a point of no return" as plans advance for museum in ...

A model of the SS United States long owned by Daphne resident Fred Miller II. The model is on display at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf in Mobile, Ala. It will be included in a display ...

As the historic SS United States gets ready to be converted into the world’s largest artificial reef off the coast of Florida, a new plan for an accompanying museum is coming into focus.

SS United States begins approach into Alabama as part of final voyage to become artificial reef The SS United States began its final approach into Mobile, Alabama, Monday morning, marking the end ...

After the SS United States Conservancy spent many years trying unsuccessfully to repurpose it, a lawsuit forced its removal from a Philadelphia port last year. Ultimately, Okaloosa County, Florida ...

After nearly 30 years, the historic SS United States departed Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, to begin a 1,800-mile journey to Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepared to become an ...

After being docked in Pennsylvania in 1996, the SS United States arrived at Dauphin Island just after sunrise Monday morning, around 6 a.m. CST. From there, it will continue on to Mobile Bay ...

U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers on April 23 denied a motion by Okaloosa County, Florida, the owner of the SS United States, to have the lawsuit dismissed.

The SS United States, which is nine times bigger than Skippin Sue, will be deployed in late 2025, about 20 nautical miles south of Destin-Fort Walton Beach at a depth of 180 feet to the bottom and ...

The designers of the SS United States ensured that it was just narrow enough to fit through the Panama Canal's locks. Its beam is 101-feet, giving it just 2 feet of clearance on each side.

On the morning of Lundi Gras in early March, the SS United States arrived quietly in Mobile as a sleeping giant, rusting but regal as it was guided up the Mobile Bay. From a distance, “America ...