If you saw a massive ship docked at your local harbor, you might not be able to immediately discern exactly what type of ship it is at a glance. Specifically, is it an ocean liner or a cruise ship?

Before the advent of jets like the de Havilland Comet and Boeing's iconic 707 in the 1950s, overseas travel was accomplished almost exclusively by ship. These simple Point A to Point B journeys — such ...

Tugboats guide the SS United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in America, underneath the Walt Whitman bridge near Gloucester City, N.J., on Feb. 19, 2025. ‘Big U’, which once ferried ...