A Queen And Her Ladies -- Small harbor craft escort America's superliner, the United States, past lower Manhattan as the 53,000-ton ship completes two-way conquest of the Atlantic in record time. The 990-foot ship made outbound maiden voyage in three days, 10 hours and 10 minutes and homebound crossing in three days, 12 hours and 12 minutes, for new records. July 15, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).