SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs.

After sailing proudly and majestically into New York harbor on November 10, 1946, SS America finally began her long-delayed transatlantic career. For the first time, her true personality emerged. Her clean uncluttered superstructure topped off by those big wing-tipped teardrop-shaped smoke stacks gave her a modern contemporary appearance.

The S.S. America was launched on August 31, 1939 and was sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President of the United States. The America served her owners faithfully for 55 years until she was finally run aground in the Canary Islands in …

Located just off the coast of the Canary Islands, beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, sits the remains of a once-modern ocean liner. Known by a number of different names, including the SS America, the vessel served both civilians and the US military before meeting its untimely end just before the turn of the century.

An animated look at the life of the lost ocean liner and cruise ship SS America! It was built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and...

2024年7月10日 · Meet the SS American Star, a transatlantic liner turned cruise ship that would spend the last ten years of her existence beached on the banks of Fuerteventura. Persistently and violently, the waves would rip the ship apart.

S.S. America is seen departing on her maiden cruise to the West Indies on August 10, 1940. S.S. America returned on the 22nd August after her cruise to San Juan. Although having been a successful and triumphant voyage, these cruises would continue for just a few months.

2022年3月25日 · Built for U.S.-to-Europe liner service, America was launched on August 31, 1939, the day before Germany invaded Poland, marking the start of World War II; by the time it was ready for passenger service, the Neutrality Act of 1939 prevented it from traveling to Europe and instead it engaged in cruising service in the Caribbean.

SS America (1905), originally the Hamburg America Line liner Amerika seized by the United States in 1917; served as a troop transport in World War I; transferred to the United States Shipping Board; eventually assigned to United States Lines

SS America (1940 - 1941) As originally designed, SS America could carry 543 in cabin class, 418 in tourist class, 241 in third class, and 643 crew. The interior accommodations were designed by architects Eggers & Higgins to be the utmost in contemporary American design, making use of stainless steel , ceramics , and synthetics.