Go “big u”!   The famous united states has been modeled many times... in plastic kits, die-cast... and also in large scale models like ours; but we feel very proud of our model of the fastest passenger ship ever built.  Check out the details, the accuracy... and compare it to others costing thousands more!  It  is, in a word, an outstanding model.  It features:

• Scratch-built

• All wooden and metal parts

• Plank-on-frame hull construction just like the way real ships are built

• 110 V lighting which can be displayed with or without

• Adjustable brightness level

         40" long x 11" tall x 7 "wide  (including base)      $1,200       S & H is $90 

        62" long x 16" tall  x 7" wide  (including base)    Click here

Display case: https://www.modelshipmaster.com/products/accessory/displaycase.htm

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Historical Significance: 

SS United States is one of the world's greatest maritime achievements - a bold creation that proclaimed American supremacy at sea.

The United States smashed all Atlantic speed records on her maiden voyage in 1952, making the crossing in a record three days, ten hours and forty minutes.

This super liner stretches to 990 feet. When she was built, she was actually too big for the drydock in which she was constructed and extended above and beyond of the drydock doors.   With spacious accommodations for 2000 passengers and 1000 crew, each of her sailing was like a city racing on water.

The United States was subsidized by the American government, who in turn required that she be designed to be useful as a troopship if necessary. Her very creation was a wonder.   Her propulsion systems were a closely-guarded government secret!

Although SS United States remained the fastest vessel on the North Atlantic, she could not compete with the speed of jet planes. In 1969, she was laid up near her birthplace in Hampton Roads, Virginia, for over 12 years.  Then, she was purchased for use as a cruise ship and changed hands several times.

In 1996, she was towed back to the United States and remained Philadelphia. In 2003, she was purchased by Norwegian Cruise Lines. Although refitting her into a modern cruise ship will probably cost more than building a new vessel, she has an advantage a new-build cannot obtain: she was built in the US, which means she can carry passengers between American ports without calling abroad.

Though no longer in service, SS United States remains a proud icon of American ingenuity and naval engineering.  To this day, the record-breaking crossings of SS United States have yet to be broken.

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