The Farewell Voyage of The United States

I didn't realize the ship was as old as it is. ( Built in 1950-51). It's service life turned out to be less than some airplanes still in commercial use.

Good to see it will become a 'reef' and not chopped to bits.

Relief. I thought we were heading into political commentary territory for a moment.

Thanks for gifting the article, very interesting! I like that the ship will be a home for aquatic life forms. It seems fitting somehow.

Nothing depressing about that!

Thanks for posting.

The SS United States still holds the Blue Riband for fastest eastbound and westbound Atlantic crossing by a passenger steamship. Because its top speed was a military secret, it never crossed at its possible fastest. A sad ending to the beautiful lady.

Thanks for the article Steven.

We returned to Canada, Southampton to New York, on the sister ship: SS America, in the early 60’s.
Our family still fondly remember the voyage, though we were only small children.
Thanks for sharing the article.

I had an exciting crossing on the SS United States in the early 1960s. We usually used the Cunard boats and were used to avoiding weather and having a relatively smooth crossing. The United States was a different story. The Captain kept his foot in the whole way, no slowing for anything, and did not divert around storms. Bucking bronco comes to mind. We were all safe and nothing got broken but the velvet ropes along the corridors were VERY welcome. My strong memory was all the creaking - lots of aluminum and it creaks. 60 plus years later it is a story I have told many many times.

Sorry to see her go. Then again we only used her once and back to Cunard.

I thought she'd been broken up many years ago