SS United States
IMO 9232150
Before joining this vessel — checklist
Work through each item before signing your SEA or travelling to the vessel.
- 1. Verify vessel identity
Confirm the vessel name and IMO number match. SS United States (IMO 9232150) · Flag: USA
- 2. Check the flag state record
USA flag state profile · How to read flag risk · Paris/Tokyo MoU lists
- 3. Check the company
Owner unknown. Owner and manager unknown — ask the employer.
- 4. Review your contract (SEA)
Read your Seafarer Employment Agreement before joining. SEA rights guide · Contract reading checklist
- 5. Check repatriation terms
Confirm repatriation is covered and the conditions are clear. Repatriation rights guide
- 6. Watch for recruitment-fee red flags
You should never pay to get a job at sea. Recruitment fees & scams guide
- 7. Save emergency contacts
Record ITF, flag-state authority, and welfare helpline numbers before departure. Emergency contact planner
Data sources and methodology: /sources
- Type
- Historic / ocean liner
- Flag
- 🇺🇸 United States · compare
- Year built
- 1952
- Builder
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- GT
- 53,329
- DWT
- —
- LOA
- 301.8 m
- Beam
- 30.9 m
- Draft
- 9.4 m
- Class
- —
- Owner
- —
- Manager
- —
Holds the Blue Riband for the fastest westbound transatlantic crossing by an ocean liner (1952).
Vessel history
For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named SS United States SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines . She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, earning the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title that remains uncontested.
Source: SS United States · cached via Firecrawl
PSC detention history
No detentions in the last 2 years.
More passenger / cruise
- Oasis of the Seas · IMO 9322551
- Icon of the Seas · IMO 9839461
- MSC Virtuosa · IMO 9710562
- Queen Anne · IMO 9799727
- Queen Mary 2 · IMO 9390776
- Wonder of the Seas · IMO 9315575
- Freedom of the Seas · IMO 9241929
- RMS Titanic · IMO 9074729
Editorial confidence: how we grade. Data sources and methodology: /sources.