For the first time since it docked in Mobile, WPEC got an exclusive look onboard the SS United States before it is sunk off ...

Curious about the SS United States' engines? Learn what powered this legendary ocean liner and how it broke speed records.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The SS United States is towed along the Delaware ...

A historic ocean liner built in Newport News will become the world's largest artificial reef once it reaches its final resting place off Florida's Gulf Coast.

The SS United States, a nearly 1,000-foot (305-meter) vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, is going through a monthslong scouring at the Port of Mobile ...

Growing up in New York City, Paula Hughbanks thought her uncle was a star. Meeting celebrities, traveling around the world — she thought her uncle Anthony Lupia had the life as he worked as a social ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - While some are on board with the SS United States becoming an artificial reef, others are desperately trying to keep her afloat. A petition created by the New York Coalition ...

It was overshadowed by the 990-foot SS United States that set sail in July 1952, which was as tall as a skyscraper in New York City if stood on its end. The Titanic? 882.75-feet long.

They don’t always have a positive effect; in the 1970s two million tyres were dropped into the ocean to try to create an artificial reef (also off the coast of Florida), but they released lots of ...

It might not look like much today, but the SS United States was once a luxurious ocean liner that turned heads. Its maiden voyage took place on July 3, 1952 with the promise to be the fastest ...