The maritime world is filled with unique terminology and abbreviations, and one of the most recognizable among them is the prefix “SS” seen on many older ...

Once steam engines went out of style, SS started to stand for "single-screw ship," referring to a vessel powered by a single screw or propeller. This is why you only see SS on small, civilian ...

The steam cylinder piston goes down ... weighs a staggering 35 tons. The engine was transported from Cornwall to London by ship, before being loaded onto a barge for the journey up the Thames ...

Built in 1953, the Badger was the last and largest – along with its sister ship the S.S. Spartan – coal-fired, steam engine ...