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Also, she is SS United States, not USS. "SS" means Steam Ship. "USS" means United States Ship, the designation of a U. S. Navy vessel, from the age of fighting sail to the present age of nuclear and gas turbine ships. She was a steam ship and fast. The fastest of them all and she in not in Norfolk, she is just about a mile from my house here in Philadelphia. Actually I was thinking of something else at the time and typed the wrong stuff in. Her top speed was 43 knots. 43 knots?! That's about 50 mph! I didn't know any transatlantic liner was that fast, although I knew the United States took the record back from Cunard. -- HP, aka Jerry "That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump |
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The SS US held the speed record for almost 50 years. A little info here. Interesting bit about her hull which I was not aware of. http://www.ssunitedstates.org/rhw.htm Even that speed is incorrect. The value of 43 knots (49 mph) was leaked to reporters by engineers after the first speed trial. The actual top speed — 38.3 knots (44.1 mph) — was not revealed until 1977. That's still awfully fast! -- HP, aka Jerry "That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump |
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