Aquidneck Maritime Construction

08/13/2023

The design of the SS United States was so innovative that the details of her construction were kept top-secret. She was the first passenger liner to be built almost entirely in a graving dock – safely out of the public eye.
The SS United States was designed to be just wide enough (101 feet) so it could pass through the locks of the Panama Canal with two feet of clearance on either side.
Five days before her maiden voyage in July 1952, the SS United States was opened to the public at her berth in New York. Some 70,000 people turned out to see the dazzling new ship that day – more than a sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium! The line to go aboard stretched for fourteen blocks.
How fast was the SS United States? During her speed trials, she sliced through the waves at an astonishing 38.32 knots – 44 miles per hour!
The SS United States carried an impressive roster of luminaries on nearly every voyage. Famous passengers included Marlon Brando, Coco Chanel, Sean Connery, Gary Cooper, Walter Cronkite, Salvador Dali, Walt Disney, Duke Ellington, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe, Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
- SS United States Conservacy - Newport News Shipbuilding
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Join us for our Annual Meeting and Member Appreciation Party. We will be honoring departing BOD members, our volunteers, and other Friends of SCI. Featured guest speaker is Charlie Dana of Newport Shipyard, who will take us back 24 years ago to the inception of the Shipyard, and walk us through the evolution of the waterfront in step with the growth of the Shipyard itself. He will also talk about the synergy of our waterfront institutions such as Seamen’s, IYRS, Sail Newport, and the Shipyard, and the improving health of the marine industry that has resulted from these organizations and their missions. Monday, November 13th, 6pm meeting followed by presentation and cocktail reception.