After a federal court ordered that the SS United States had to leave its ... The ship that once transported heads of state and celebrities from New York City to various destinations in Europe ...

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

New York achieved statehood in 1788, with the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, and New York City served as the new nation’s first capital. George Washington was sworn in as president there ...