Trying to save an American icon

Trying to save an American icon

February 17, 2013 7:14 AM

The superliner SS United States was an engineering feat. However, the advent of air travel doomed the large ship to mothballs. Mark Strassmann reports on efforts to rescue and preserve this American icon.

Gallery: The SS United States, then and now

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