The SS United States, without its smokestacks, at port in Mobile, Ala., before its sinking on Wednesday. Destin-Fort Walton Beach/Screenshot by NPR
Destin-Fort Walton Beach/Screenshot by NPR
The fastest passenger liner in the world crossed the Atlantic Ocean in less than four days. On Wednesday, it sank in five hours.
The SS United States, launched in 1951 and longer than the RMS Titanic, once transported four presidents, the Mona Lisa and a slate of 20th
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