The Titanic is, without any doubt, the most famous ocean liner in the history of luxury cruises that took tourists from the New to the Old Continent, however The SS United States, was even bigger than the Titanic, and broke speed records from one place to another in the Atlantic, well the luxury company Crystal Cruises announced on February 4 that it will fully repair this liner, The base port of which, should its start-up occur, will be New York.
The investment to get this enormous vapor ready is estimated at more than 700 million dollars. L
In 2013, Another important shipping company, Norwegian Cruise Lines, also announced that it wanted to revive the ocean giant again, but in the end the operation did not materialize and the SS United States remained anchored in the port of Philadelphia, on the Delaware River.
Now Crystal Cruises has announced that it will be in charge of its conversion into a state-of-the-art commercial ship with all the luxury of details and comfort., adapted to the demands of today's public. For this, the company has also announced, in small print, that before making a final decision, a preliminary feasibility study will have to be carried out, which implies about nine months, before confirming this bet.
At this point the SS United States belongs to a conservation group, and what Crystal Cruises has signed is a purchase option.
The initial voyage of the SS United States was in 1952, when he traveled from one end of the Atlantic to the other in three days, 10 hours and 42 minutes. This record that was maintained until 1990. This ship stopped sailing in 1969, it was the largest ocean liner, 30 meters longer than the Titanic, and fast.