Gallery: The Fight to Save America's Last Great Ocean Liner

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    SS United States Conservancy
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    The SS United States has sat at its dock for 16 years as the weather strips its paint and rusts the metal.
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    SS United States Conservancy
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    The ship is 100 feet longer than the Titanic and 10,000 tons heavier, but faster.
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    It costs the SS United States Conservancy about $60,000 a month to keep the ship docked in Philadelphia.
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    SS United States Conservancy
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    SSUS 6

    On a speed run, the ship hit 38.32 knots, or around 44 mph.
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    “She is a very much endangered piece of American history,” says Thomas Basile, an advisor to the conservancy. “We could be within a month of having to decide her state.”
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    SS United States Conservancy
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    SSUS 5

    The SSUS still holds the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic journey of three days, ten hours, and forty-two minutes
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    After the Boeing 747 revolutionized commercial air travel, the use for ocean liners ended.
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