It was yes, but in the early 1900's. I t was sunk by a german u-boat. Here is the story:
http://www.secondworldwar.org.uk/athenia.html
The sinking of the SS Athenia on 02 September, 1939 was considered a war crime. It was an unarmed, civilian, transatlantic ocean liner. Due to its reported zigzagging course, the commander of the German U-Boat, U-30, took it for a military transport of some sort and fired.
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SS United States
The SS Oriana is an English ocean liner which was first launched in 1959. The SS Oriana has a first class and tourist class for passengers with a maximum capacity of 2000 for both classes.
The fastest ocean liner was the "SS United States." Its top speed is 44.7 knots (51.44 miles per hour). It is currently rusting away in the Delaware River near Philadelphia. It has not been in service in many, many years.
The ship was sunk at her pier at le harve . Many years past and soon the ship was raised and sold for scrap.
SS Andrea Doria
In the movie An Affair to Remember (1957), the characters are on the transatlantic ocean liner SS Constitution en route from Europe to New York.
Yes, my grandfather was a hair stylist on it.
SS Carpathia was the first ship to arrive followed by the SS Californian a little later.
Any individual can donate to the SS in the United States. The SS now serves as a historic landmark. The SS was a luxury passenger liner built in 1952 for the United States Lines.
The Poseidon Adventure is an American adventure novel by Paul Gallico, released in 1969. It concerns the capsizing of a luxurious ocean liner, the SS Poseidon, due to an undersea earthquake, and the desperate struggles of a handful of survivors to reach the bottom of the liner's hull before the ship sinks.It's fiction, not fact.