The SS United States
The famed superliner SS United States -- once heralded as "the greatest ship in the world" -- was the fastest, most technologically advanced ship of its day. Built in the early 1950s, it broke speed records for trans-Atlantic crossings that stand to this day, and became a proud standard-bearer of the United States Lines.
Now consigned to mothballs, conservators are trying to rescue her from the scrap yard.
Credit: SS United States Conservancy
