Video: SS United States’ Maiden Voyage

SS United States

With the 65th anniversary of the record-breaking voyage of the SS United States, the SS United States Conservancy has published a clip from the documentary film Lady in Waiting showing footage from the ship’s maiden crossing.  

On July 3, 1952, the SS United States departed New York and proceeded to smash the speed record both east and westbound previously held by the RMS Queen Mary.

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