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SS UNITED STATES
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​PROFILE

ESSENTIAL STATISTICS

THE BASICS

CLASS: United States (unique)
BUILDER:  Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
REGISTRY: United States
ENTERED SERVICE: 1952
WITHDRAWN FROM SERVICE: 1969
LINE: United States Lines (when in service);  SS United States
Conservancy (current owner)
COST: $79 million
CURRENT LOCATION:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SIZE

GROSS TONNAGE:         53,300
DEAD WEIGHT:               45,400
LENGTH:                          990 feet
BEAM:                              101 feet


PEOPLE

PASSENGERS:                1,928
CREW:                                900
OFFICERS:                      United States  

TECHNICAL

MAXIUM SPEED:          38+ knots
SERVICE SPEED:          33 knots
POWER PLANT:            Steam  (four Westinghouse double reduction
                                     geared steam turbines)
PROPULSION:               Four propeller shafts

FEATURE ARTICLES

The SS United States Story

Saving the SS United States - -
an interview with Susan L. Gibbs, Executive
Director of the SS United States Conservancy

PHOTO FEATURES

A Visit To the SS United States

Still Proud (video)

Profile - (originally United States Line) SS United States Conservancy - United States