Walking toward the SS United States, I was taken aback by how unimaginably large and grand the liner was. It was something you really couldn’t fully appreciate from far away. The rusty red, white, and black prow towered above me like the blade of a giant knife, and the funnels alone were the height of a six-story building. It was the largest liner constructed on United States soil, and the fastest too. It was like standing next to the Titanic, except the SS United States was actually over 100 feet…