SS America (1939)
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SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs. It carried many n
SS America in 1954
America under construction
America in Norfolk being repainted for naval service, 2 June 1941. The carrier USS Hornet can be seen behind her.
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SS United States
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SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the f
SS America (1939)
…many ship lovers, she was the most beautifully decorated liner to fly the American flag, smaller and more graceful than her much faster fleetmate, the SS United States, which debuted in 1952. The great disparities between America and United States prevented them from becoming true running mates like the RMS Queen Mary…
SS United States at sea in the 1950s
William Francis Gibbs, whose lifelong goal was the design of what became the United States
Keel of USS United States (CVA-58) at Newport News Shipbuilding, which was dismantled to allow for construction of the ocean liner
A colorized black-and-white photograph of SS United States taken during her sea trials. The ship's name, and a U.S. flag on her foremast, have been added. (They were missing during her sea trials.)