The Blue Riband

Question setter's note: [the SS United States] made the westbound journey across the Atlantic in three days, twelve hours and twelve minutes in July 1952.

Web Master's note: it was taken out of service in 1969 and is now a virtual wreck, berthed in Philadelphia. A preservation group has been trying since 2009 to raise funds for restoration, but with little success.

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