PHILADELPHIA - The SS United States will begin its final journey this weekend to become part of the world's largest artificial reef. The more than three football fields long ship was sold to ...

Once considered the fastest cruise liner in the world ... Susan Gibbs, head of the SS United States Conservancy and granddaughter of the ship’s designer, acknowledged the emotional shift.

PHILADELPHIA - It's midway through December and the SS United States is still sitting at Pier ... The plan was for the ship to leave the pier in November, but it was delayed.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For the third time in a week, the departure of the SS United States has been delayed ... museum chronicling the cruise liner's history. The ship was originally supposed ...

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 ...

In the past two decades, the ship has attracted attention from cruise companies. In 2003, Norwegian Cruise Line acquired two classic liners, including the SS United States, as part of its plan ...

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 ...

The plan includes building a $1 million seaside museum chronicling the cruise liner's history ... He says the SS (steam ship) United States will have to move away from the dock at high tide.

The SS United States may soon ... Sources also say since the ship was stripped long ago, there isn't anything of value remaining aboard. The historic 1950s cruise liner should finally be gone ...

The SS United States held — and ... each plan to repurpose the ship fizzling out. When the Norwegian Cruise Line, which bought the vessel in 2003, set out to scrap the ship after failing ...

The ship had been docked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for nearly 30 years before beginning its final voyage Feb. 20, guided by four tugboats. SS United States is headed for Mobile, Alabama for ...