What Made The SS United States SO Fast? #shorts

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Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

[__-fmqv]

Its an absolute crying shame that she's in the state she's in today. Absolutely one of the ships that deserves to be preserved.

[rrice]

3 days, 10 hours to cross the Atlantic is damn impressive for a passenger liner. In the late 1910s, Mauritania, known in her own time for her incredible speed, needed about 4.5 days to make the trip.

[lorrieleaver]

I crossed on the SS United States several times a year when I was a child.
My father was working on the ship when she was awarded the blue ribband and did both journeys. Those were the best days of travel 🇺🇸

[Keytaster]

Ocean liners were a design and engineering marvel!

[Darilon]

Those propellers are in deed revolutionary. Literally.

[kilianortmann]

So she's like a civilian Iowa class.

[terikronberg]

I never knew I needed to know about oceanliners, other than my obsession with Titanic. Thanks!

[trainlover]

To be on something that big at 43mph must've really been something.

[LawyerCalhoun]

As a 5 year old, I was at the Hudson River piers when she arrived on her maiden voyage in 1952.

[ripwednesdayadams]

My friend used to be able to go on the ship for his job. He is also a photographer and took a bunch of amazing photos of the SS United States. It makes me sad to see it rotting away. I wish the city had the funds to turn it into a maritime museum or something like they have with other old vessels. We have the Battleship New Jersey and the Becuna sub nearby and both are museums. Highly recommend checking them out if you live near Philadelphia. Sadly a couple years ago the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier was scrapped because they were unable to secure enough funding to turn it into a museum ship. It was the last aircraft carrier that could have been converted into a museum because nuclear powered aircraft carriers can’t be converted. I would hate to see the USS United States meet a similar fate.

[randombuildingintorontocan]

I see this beauty all the time since I live in philly. It’s such a damn shame they can’t do much with her. I’ve always been so fascinated with this gorgeous ship.

[BoberMcBoberson]

I remember hearing that, 38 knots wasn’t even her real top speed, it was just as fast as they had ever got her going 😂

[allamericantravels]

Love The Big U! I recently finished building a model of her and I’m really happy with how it came out.

[markmihalin]

Bro, you are my new Naval Historian. Incredible information waiting to be discussed.

[eeHMFIC]

"The propellers were revolutionary"

Omg... The wit of this line.

[carltrotter]

If only the SS United States was preserved in the US in place of the Queen Mary, and the Queen Mary was preserved in her home in Clydebank.

[timberlacticcreations]

Did you mean, "like a hot knife through butter"? 🤣

[mikehunt]

Seeing the pictures of this beast in its home in Philly is so disheartening it’s hard to put in words. This ship shouldn’t have been left to rot like it was.

[rustomkanishka]

On a passenger liner you won't feel the roughness of the sea to the same extent.
On the other hand, faster, smaller boats will make you feel like dice in a cup.

[mitchelloates]

From what I remember, the US government was involved in her design, so that she could easily be converted into a high speed troop transport in event of another major war.