The initialism was originally a bit of shipbuilder marketing—and now there are many different kinds of ship designations.

U.S. Coast Guard has requested additional details about moving the vessel, and no new departure date has been set.

Who ever said moving a historic floating skyscraper would be easy? America’s flagship — the magnificent SS United States — was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from ...

The admiration never ceased. But the massive ocean liner, which is bigger than the Titanic, had a massive problem. After a flurry of legal battles, last year the SS United States was evicted from ...

Five years after the Titanic disaster in 1917, a British armed merchant ship met its end in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka. The SS Worcestershire was en route from Rangoon to London when it was sunk ...

The admiration never ceased. But the massive ocean liner, which is bigger than the Titanic, had a massive problem. After a flurry of legal battles, last year the SS United States was evicted from ...