SS UNITED STATES
Passenger Capacity: 1,972
  • First Class: 894
  • Cabin Class: 524
  • Tourist Class: 554
    Total Passengers: 1972
  • Total Staterooms: 693
    (per original Gibbs &Cox plans)
Convertibility of classes - First class to Cabin class: 269; Cabin class to Tourist class: 145
There are three different large dining rooms aboard the SS UNITED STATES. Dining Saloon seating capacities: (single seating)
  • First class 394 normal, 410 maximum
  • Cabin class 292 normal, 304 maximum

Tourist class 336 normal, 346 maximum

There was also a smaller private dining room on Promenade Deck - with seating for 44. In addition to these passenger dining rooms there were many crew mess halls for the crew.

Galley Production: 9000 meals per day plus morning bouillon, afternoon tea, midnight snacks.

Crew Manning: 1,044

Steward Department

  • First class 279
  • Cabin class 98
  • Tourist class 90
  • Kitchen class 178
  • Concessionaires 45
  • Miscellaneous 73
    Total Stewards: 763
Deck Department: 96
Engine Department: 144Pursers Department: 41

By the Numbers
 

That's Jo just leaving her B-Deck Stateroom on her way
to dinner aboard the SS UNITED STATES. Below her beau
arrives early in the Tourist Class Theatre for a movie.

 

  • Total Crew: 1044
  • 340 Crew Quarter Spaces of which 142 were staterooms with private facilities, and 198 were group quarters (bunk quarters) with shared facilities. In addition to living quarters, crew members had their own lounges, store (in a crew area nicknamed Times Square) dining rooms (mess halls), and department heads had their own offices aboard. These included Chief Engineer's Office, Purser Offices, Master & Executive Officer's offices, and more. The Chef even had a private reception room. There are also many "shops" aboard - the carpenter shop, machining shop, etc - to keep the ship and all furnishings aboard in great shape.

    Troopship Cability: The Big U was specifically designed to ultimately support a population of 14,000 aboard - in the event she was called to serve Uncle Sam. All engineering aboard was to US Navy specifications.

Today you can see the SS UNITED STATES in Philadelphia at Pier 82.

Learn more:

Specs
Significant Big U Dates
Public Spaces Aboard
Power & Speed
How Big is the SS UNITED STATES?