FREE: VINTAGE POSTCARD OF THE SHIP SS US PASSENGER CRUISE/MILITARY

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5-1/2X3-1/2 "RICHKROME" EXCLUSIVELY BY STEELOGRAPH CO., ONE BROADWAY, NY. MADE IN USA. These were sold on ship for passenger and souvenir use. Operator: US Lines Port of registry NYC. Route Transatlantic Ordered 1949. Builder Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Cost $79.4 million($722 million in today's dollars) Yard # Hull 488. Laid down 8 Feb 1950, Launched 23 June 1951. Christened 23 June 1951. Maiden voyage 3 July 1952. Out of srvc 14 Nov 1969. ID IMO #5373476
Callsign KJEH Status Sold 1978, Owner Various. Acquired 1978. Fate Laid up in Phil. in 1996. The US changed hands mult times 1978-1996. Return to active sea srvc but no plans came through. Owner SS US Conservancy. Acquired 1 Feb 2011, Status Laid up in Phil, bought to be preserved as of Feb 2011. Gen characteristics:Tonnage: 53,330 gt Displacement: 45,400 tons (at design draft); 47,264 tons (at max draft) Lngth: 990 ft (300 m) (overall); 940 ft (290 m) (waterline) Beam: 101.5 ft (30.9 m) max Draft: 31.25 ft (9.53 m) (design); 32.33 ft (9.85 m) max). Depth: 75 ft (23 m). Decks: 12. Installed power: 240,000 shp (180,000 kW). Propulsion 4 × Westinghouse double-reduction Geared steam turbines 8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers operating at 1000 psi & 975°F. 4 × shafts. Speed 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (srvc) 38.32 knots (70.97 km/h; 44.10 mph) (max) Capacity: 1,928 Passengers. Crew: 900 Nickname: "The Big US" SS US (Steamship) U.S. NRHP. SS US is located in PA Pier 82 Phil PA. Coord 39°55′4.6″N 75°8′12.8″W Coord 39°55′4.6″N 75°8′12.8″W Archtct William Francis Gibbs. Gvrnng body Private. NRHP Ref #99000609 added 3 June 1999. Luxury pssngr liner built in 1952 for US Lines designed to capture the trans-Atl speed record.