Original orange life ring with stenciled lettering and original rope. Retains a brass tag stamped "The Plasti-Kraft Corp. / Ozona, FLA. / DATE 3.69...APPROVED 30" RINGBUOY." The SS United States was a luxury passenger liner built in 1952 for United States Lines. It was designed by American naval architect William Francis Gibbs to capture the trans-Atlantic speed record. Built at a cost of $79.4 million ($733 million in today's dollars) the ship is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the US and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction. Even in her retirement, she retains the "Blue Riband", the accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the highest average speed. Her construction was subsidized by the US government, since she was designed to allow conversion to a troopship should the need arise. S.S United States operated uninterrupted in transatlantic passenger service until 1969. Since 1996 she has been docked at Pier 82 on the Delaware River in Philadelphia.

Dimensions:
25.00 " ⌀ x 3.00 " D; 

In very good condition.