Rare lyndarra Posted September 16 #1 Share Posted September 16 Interesting program on the teev last night. The story of the SS United States. Anyone else see it? The show claimed it still holds the record for Atlantic crossing, 3 days 10 hours IIRC. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted September 16 #2 Share Posted September 16 29 minutes ago, lyndarra said: Interesting program on the teev last night. The story of the SS United States. Anyone else see it? The show claimed it still holds the record for Atlantic crossing, 3 days 10 hours IIRC. The record is one of conjecture. In a traditional liner sense, SS United States will forever hold that record. There is no call for a transatlantic passenger liner service these days, so speed is no longer a selling point. Branson tried to claim the blue ribband, but was knocked back as it wasn't done by a passenger vessel. By definition, some fast cat passenger vessels have since done the trip in less than three days, but there is no interest without the romance of a passenger liner. And then, the SS United States is her own continuing story to the current day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted September 17 #3 Share Posted September 17 Not that fast really, I know some that have crossed the Atlantic in 5 hrs in a (jet) liner. Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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