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The real difference between a cruise ship and an ocean liner

Cruise ships and ocean liners can look similar from a distance, yet they come from different traditions. An ocean liner was built for scheduled transportation across an ocean, where missing a ...
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Record-setting ocean liner, a titan of its time, begins its final voyage

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 ...
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America's largest, fastest ocean liner to pass SC on way to its watery grave

The S.S. United States — still the world's fastest ocean liner — will cruise by the Palmetto State on its final voyage after seven decades above the waves. When it debuted in 1952, the United States ...
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Ocean Liner Vs. Cruise Ship: What's The Difference?

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?