The SS United States had a distinguished career as a transatlantic steamship. Now, officials in Florida plan to turn it into ...

“The 50,000-ton vessel is the largest ocean liner built in the United States and the last to still float, a marvel of ...

Susan Gibbs, granddaughter of naval architect William Francis Gibbs, who designed the SS United States, is working hard on saving the ship that needs to vacate its Philadelphia home in weeks ...

William Francis Gibbs, in statement just before ship left. After spending nearly three decades docked empty in Philadelphia, the tow to Mobile is expected to take about two weeks. Observers of the ...

“You can’t set her on fire, you can’t sink her and you can’t catch her,” as William Francis Gibbs, the ship’s designer, once said, according to the S.S. United States ...

designed to be ‘unsinkable’ by South Philly native William Francis Gibbs,’’ wrote reporter Matthew Korfhage when we began following the story that the massive ship was purchased by a ...