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Historic Blue Ribbon winner purchased by Norweigan Cruise Lines.

- Will be refurbished for their new American-flagged operation.

268000-shp!

HEY! Thank you for posting that! My grandparents sailed on that ship two times. I e-mail the article to them. That was a very cool post.

Thanks again!

phongn wrote:268000-shp!

Thats what you get when you put a Midway's engines in her.

Edit: She wasn't that great of a ship, designed first and formost to be a troop transport, her accomodation wan't as good as Cunarders et al, which in the time of the tans atlantic airliner, quality of accomodation became much more important.

http://www.ssunitedstates.org/SSUShome.html

Here's information from the foundation. Her accomadations were considered some of the best in the world at the time.

The United States actually developed some 56,000 more shp than the Midway class. The United States had eight turbines - four high pressure, four low pressure, one of each driving each screw. The Midways were powered by four Westinghouse turbines, one to each shaft.

Hey, that's sweet. I can see her every time I cross the bridge from Jersey.

I wonder if she's going to be restored in the Kaverner yards (the old Philadelphia Naval Shipyard). They used to build battleships there, they ought to have facilities big enough for her.

phongn wrote:268000-shp!

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those...

That's a lot of horsepower...

Beowulf wrote:

phongn wrote:268000-shp!

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those...

For that horridly bad slashdot reference, I must main you now. BEOWULF NO BAKA!

::hits Beowulf with the Mallet of Doom Mk. II::

That's a lot of horsepower...

Ted says it used the drivetrain of the old Midway-class carriers, which would explain things.

phongn wrote:

Beowulf wrote:

phongn wrote:268000-shp!

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those...

For that horridly bad slashdot reference, I must main you now. BEOWULF NO BAKA!

::hits Beowulf with the Mallet of Doom Mk. II::

*Dodges* Not only was it a horribly bad slashdot reference, it included my psuedonym...

That's a lot of horsepower...

Ted says it used the drivetrain of the old Midway-class carriers, which would explain things.

*points to Marina's post above*

Beowulf wrote:*Dodges* Not only was it a horribly bad slashdot reference, it included my psuedonym...

::pours Jusenkyo water on him,er, herself::

Now that I have cumulative bonus of +7 Mallet, +2 Against Stupid Male and +2 Blunt Object, I can proceed to smash you.

::mallets Beowulf again, watches as he flies into low earth orbit.

I just read the press release on Norwegian Cruise Line's site. Apparently, they're going to refurbish her as a modern superliner and make her the flagship of the company's new U.S. flagged operations. Assuming NCL's financing holds up and the government doesn't fuck everything up somehow, this is the best thing that could have happened to her.

Is the SS United States the largest, or merely one of the larger Ocean Liners?

Alyeska wrote:Is the SS United States the largest, or merely one of the larger Ocean Liners?

One of the largest. I believe the former France is the biggest of the classics. United States was the fastest, though.....