As the ocean liner SS United States is being prepared for its final voyage, from Alabama to a site off Florida, we look back ...

The SS United States is about as long as three football fields laid end to end and had more than 400 passenger rooms.

Evicted from her longstanding berth in Philadelphia after the pier owner attempted to double the rent, the ship was placed into a difficult position. Although the SS United States Conservancy ...

Dan McSweeney, cofounder of the SS United States Conservancy, was also quoted in the story as a backer of the proposal, though he is no longer affiliated with the nonprofit that owned the ship ...

Okaloosa County was able to take ownership of the vessel after a years-old rent dispute was resolved in October between the conservancy that oversees the ship and its landlord. Various groups have ...

The SS United States in 1952 on its maiden voyage ... old rent dispute was resolved in October between the conservancy that oversees the ship and its landlord. Various groups have attempted ...

The SS United States, a nearly 1,000-foot (305-meter ... rent dispute was resolved in October between the conservancy that oversees the ship and its landlord. Various groups have attempted ...

"The SS United States Conservancy has been collecting art, artifacts, photo documentations, videos, components from the ship for over a decade," Gibbs said. "So we have a huge collection of items ...

Okaloosa County also plans to open a museum in Fort Walton Beach dedicated to the ship in conjunction with the SS United States Conservancy, an organization that previously owned the ship.