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RXR Reality's Artists Rendering of the S/S United States after it is jubilantly restored. Today marks the 68th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the SS United States of United States lines. The ship left New York on July 3, 1952 with a full complement of passengers. The ship broke the prior speed record for the transatlantic crossing taking the blue ribbon away from the queen Mary. Yes if United States was the fastest    ship to ever cross the Atlantic at 35.92 knots. The SS United States remained in service until 1969 at which time she was laid up. Numerous plans to reactivate the ship never materialized and the ship has remained idle and stripped of her interiors.  To date, the 55,330 GRT, SS United States is the largest passenger ship to be built entirely in the US. She was built in 1950 into 51 at a cost of over $79 million at the Newport News shipbuilding and drydock company. Measuring 990 feet long, 101 1/2 feet wide and a draft of 31 feet ...

United States Conservancy and RXR Reality Have Plans for the SS United Stated  in Manhattan Although not much has happened, in December of 2018, the United States Conservancy - a non-profit organization, which has been trying to save the SS United States has found a new partner to help revitalize the decaying liner. The once proud ship of the United States Lines sailed between New York and Northern Europe at amazing speed. When she became too costly to operate in 1969, the famous ship was laid up in Norfolk Virginia. After years sitting idle, and various buyers / interested parties, the ship sits in Philadelphia totally stripped to her bulkheads. In December, 2018, the United States Conservancy announced a partnership with RXR Reality and a plan to dock the ship in New York City as an entertainment center, hotel, residences, shops and more. The Conservancy has issued the following statement Today, we are pleased to announce an important development: The Conservancy...