geetrue |
12-23-09 07:51 PM |
I want the SS United States, docked in a Penn shipyard, for Christmas
and if I can't have her ...
I pray someone would save her from the salvage boats ready to take her overseas for scrapping.
She's just too nice: 990 feet, 54,000 tons, transalantic record holder, still holds the best record
SS United States at a Glance: Designed by William Francis Gibbs of Gibbs & Cox
Built at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
990 Feet (301.7M) in length
101.5 Feet (30.5M) in beam
180 Feet (54.8M) keel to funnel
31 Feet (9.4M) draft
53,290 gross tons
Largest passenger liner constructed in the US
12 decks
Over 240,000 total shaft horsepower
8 oil fired boilers, 4 steam turbines, geared to quadruple screw
Over 40 knot top speed
11,000 mile range
31 knot cruise speed at approximately 2/3 power
In 1952 made the fastest Atlantic crossing in 3 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes, still holds westbound record today
Service career 1952 - 1969
Cost $79 million
1,972 passengers, 1,011 crewmembers
695 staterooms
http://www.ss-united-states.net/
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The American-built SS UNITED STATES shattered all trans-Atlantic speed records on her maiden voyage in 1952 and remains the fastest passenger liner ever built.
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