If the United States and the Titanic were to race transatlantic, by how much would the RMS Titanic get blown away by the SS United States impressive speed, timewise?
…That’s easy. Had the Titanic finished her voyage she would have arrived in New York about 40 years before the SS UNITED STATES! But, had they both begun their westbound voyages for NYC at the same time the story would be different. The SS UNITED STATES would have arrived in New York while the Titanic would still be some 1,300 miles out to sea. Time wise, the SS UNITED STATES would arrive about 2 days and 9 hours before the Titanic. FACT: The Big U still holds the speed record for westbound crossing. And she set it on her maiden voyage in 1952, just 40 years after Titanic’s tragic end. There is no doubt that the Titanic disaster had great impact on the creator of the Big U, William Francis Gibbs. Ultimately the events of April 14, 1912 influenced the design and operation of the SS UNITED STATES.
