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length: 990 ft.
width: 123 ft.
weight: 53,329 tons
35 ft. below sea level
passenger/crew capacity: 3,101
2 funnels, 60 ft. long and 55 ft. high
145,000 lbs. paper used in planning
building proposed: march 26, 1946
cost: over $72,000,000
12 decks high
24 public rooms
2 theaters
19 elevators
3 orchestras
removed from service: november, 1969
241,000 horsepower
top speed: 43 knots/20 in reverse
29.5 tons of meat in the kitchens
3 tons ice cream
15 tons of beer
125,000 pieces of china
6,000 crystal goblets
7,000 bedspreads
4,000 passenger blankets
44,000 bed sheets
81,000 face towels
7 caskets for the hospital
tickets: $360/first class to $170 tourist class
troop capacity: up to 15,000
total miles in active use: 2,700,000
the ss united states in numbers:
| source: Picture History of the SS United States by William H. Miller, Jr. |