Photo: SS United States Takes Record From QM & Never Looks Back - July, 1952

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Photo: SS United States Takes Record From QM & Never Looks Back - July, 1952:
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-The SS United States-Another superb view of the SS United States shown here doing a blistering 35 knots (around 45mph) as she pounds up the English Channel at Blue Riband speed during her record east bound run from New York to Cornwall, England.
This photo captures the essence of power as the Big \'U\' smashes the Queen Mary\'s best time by over 10 hours on her maiden voyage in July, 1952, despite having to cut through a 60 mphgale blowing off Bishop Rock.A true \'Ocean Greyhound\', the United States was by farthe fastest liner ever built: with 4 sets of Westinghouse Turbinesmashing out a shaft horsepower of 241,785 (this information was finally declassified in 1968)the United States was the last liner to ever hold the TransatlanticSpeed Record.Finally, after a 100 year wait, since the Arctic lastheld it a century earlier, the Riband was back in America for good.
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