S.S. United States, IMO 5373476, Steamship, 1950s, Photo

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Code Number:: TSPV03P11_14
Title:: S.S. United States, IMO 5373476, Steamship, Ocean Liner, 1950s; IMO 5373476
Ordered: 1949
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Cost: $79Saint4 million ($733 million in 2016)
Yard number: 488
Maiden voyage: 03/04/1952
Out of service: 14/11/1969
Fate: Decaying Hull in Philadelphia Harbor 1996
Present Owner: SS United States Conservancy
Tonnage: 53,330 gross tons
Displacement: 45,400 tons (at design draft), 47,264 tons (at maximum draft)
Length: 302 meters (990 feet) (overall); 940 ft (287 m) (waterline)
Beam: 30Saint9 meters (101Saint5 feet) maximum
Draft: 9Saint53 meters (31Saint25 feet)
Depth: 23 meters (75 feet)
Decks: 12
Installed power: 240,000 shp (180,000 kW)
Propulsion:
- 4 Westinghouse double-reduction geared steam turbines
- 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers operating at 1000 psi (reduced to 925 psi) and 975 f
- 4 shafts
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (service), 38Saint32 knots (70Saint97 km/h; 44Saint10 mph) (maximum)
Passengers: 1,928
Crew: 900
Keywords:: Passenger Boat, Transportation, Vessel, Maritime, Industry, Commercial, Travel, Traveling, Nautical, Boat, History, Archives

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Code Number:: TSPV03P11_14
Title:: S.S. United States, IMO 5373476, Steamship, Ocean Liner, 1950s; IMO 5373476
Ordered: 1949
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Cost: $79Saint4 million ($733 million in 2016)
Yard number: 488
Maiden voyage: 03/04/1952
Out of service: 14/11/1969
Fate: Decaying Hull in Philadelphia Harbor 1996
Present Owner: SS United States Conservancy
Tonnage: 53,330 gross tons
Displacement: 45,400 tons (at design draft), 47,264 tons (at maximum draft)
Length: 302 meters (990 feet) (overall); 940 ft (287 m) (waterline)
Beam: 30Saint9 meters (101Saint5 feet) maximum
Draft: 9Saint53 meters (31Saint25 feet)
Depth: 23 meters (75 feet)
Decks: 12
Installed power: 240,000 shp (180,000 kW)
Propulsion:
- 4 Westinghouse double-reduction geared steam turbines
- 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers operating at 1000 psi (reduced to 925 psi) and 975 f
- 4 shafts
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (service), 38Saint32 knots (70Saint97 km/h; 44Saint10 mph) (maximum)
Passengers: 1,928
Crew: 900
Keywords:: Passenger Boat, Transportation, Vessel, Maritime, Industry, Commercial, Travel, Traveling, Nautical, Boat, History, Archives
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