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Luxury Travel: SS United States Ship across the Atlantic

pdxleaf
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"The United States, built in the early 1950s, is the largest passenger ship ever built in America, more than 100 feet longer than the Titanic. The naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed it to be a luxury ocean liner in peacetime that could switch to quickly transporting 14,000 troops if needed in wartime. The vessel broke the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage, crossing eastbound in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes at an average of more than 35 knots" NYTimes

Sad day.

Any other military brats who traveled on this ship?

We traveled across the ocean three times, once on the SS United States. It was momentus enough that we saved artifacts from the crossing.

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Official photographs of passengers. Notice what we had to wear to dinner.

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The rule book:
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Menus:
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A map in case you get lost:
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The ship has been rusting away in Philly for years and finally got evicted from its' dock. It's not a complete surprise but it's a sad day.

This has about nothing to do with watches but I felt like sharing.

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hen
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Wow, the food on the menues looks scrumptus!

I would have liked to try the Pickeled Whalnuts, Shark Fins en tasse, Pheasant a l Anglaise nerver had those things before.
 
Jonathan40
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Very interesting read.
Noted that the price difference between 1st and standard was double. Not the multiple times random made up difference between standard, and 1st we see these days on cruise liners and airplanes.
 
noelekal
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Thank you for posting this. Engaging read with fine supporting photos! I wish there had remained a demand for this mode of trans-oseanic travel. Seems a shame to allow a fine liner to molder and then sink her.
 
Jones in LA
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It's hard to imagine something that big travelling at 35 knots...that's like nuclear-powered aircraft carrier speed! And it's going to make a heck of a dive site.
 
ghce
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pdxleaf pdxleaf
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"The United States, built in the early 1950s, is the largest passenger ship ever built in America, more than 100 feet longer than the Titanic. The naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed it to be a luxury ocean liner in peacetime that could switch to quickly transporting 14,000 troops if needed in wartime. The vessel broke the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage, crossing eastbound in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes at an average of more than 35 knots" NYTimes

Sad day.

Any other military brats who traveled on this ship?

We traveled across the ocean three times, once on the SS United States. It was momentus enough that we saved artifacts from the crossing.

20250219_184110.webp


Official photographs of passengers. Notice what we had to wear to dinner.

20250219_184241.webp 20250219_184302.webp


The rule book:
20250219_184329.webp 20250219_184335.webp


Menus:
20250219_184401.webp 20250219_184417.webp 20250219_184335.webp 20250219_184452.webp


A map in case you get lost:
20250219_184632.webp


The ship has been rusting away in Philly for years and finally got evicted from its' dock. It's not a complete surprise but it's a sad day.

This has about nothing to do with watches but I felt like sharing.

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Wow! that is a slice of life we will never ever see again, possibly a better time than those now or ahead of us all.

This really is the epitome of rose tinted glasses but oh what a time!
 
Trev
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38.32 knots max speed during sea trials.... whoa. I knew it was fast, but not that fast.

Overview from a great youtube channel called: Oceanliner Designs
 
pdxleaf
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Trev Trev
38.32 knots max speed during sea trials.... whoa. I knew it was fast, but not that fast.

Overview from a great youtube channel called: Oceanliner Designs

But no Omega boutique 馃槈
 
Dan S
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I know that ships don't last forever, but it's still a sad day. If they do successfully sink it to an appropriate depth in the Gulf of @dsio, it can be a fantastic dive site in the future.
 
sheepdoll
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One of the first ship model plans I ever saw.

Did they ever break it's speed record?

There was no wood on it at all. The piano was aluminum. Their might have been a butchers block.

Shared design elements with carriers of the time. Supposedly could be converted to nuke power. Main issue was the FUD that was desinged to keep nuclear obfuscated so the public would fear it.

Modern cruse ships though are much larger. Really shallow draft floating river boats with all the decks above the water line. Jules Verne wrote a book about a floating city island. (I think it had Television and Fax machines.) The title really does not translate often called "propeller island." The literal translation is something like island that screws.

At least they expect this to become a dive destination and build a tourist industry around it.

edit: after a year the miss spelling really jump out to bite.
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ahartfie
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With all that aluminum you鈥檇 think they could recycle tons and tons of it.
 
MRC
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hen hen
I would have liked to try the Pickeled Whalnuts, Shark Fins en tasse, Pheasant a l Anglaise nerver had those things before.
Pickled walnuts are on sale in most British supermarkets. If we could figure out a way to get a glass jar of un-certified vegetables from UK to you without damage or customs nonsense I'll send you a jar.
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Or, really easy to make yourself
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Canuck
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I just found out there are many places where we live (Calgary) where pickled walnuts are available. They are available from Amazon. Who knew?
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Vinz Clortho
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Can't believe there wasn't a plan to bring her back to former glory and turn it into a floating museum. The history of SS United States was something which could of been experienced for generations because when you can touch it, it becomes real. When you sink it, it becomes a footnote in history. Definitely a shame they went with the latter.

Thanks for posting the great read and memorabilia.
 
ghce
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Vinz Clortho Vinz Clortho
Can't believe there wasn't a plan to bring her back to former glory and turn it into a floating museum. The history of SS United States was something which could of been experienced for generations because when you can touch it, it becomes real. When you sink it, it becomes a footnote in history. Definitely a shame they went with the latter.

Thanks for posting the great read and memorabilia.

Completely agree!
 
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