Action News archive: SS United States ordered to move away from Philadelphia's Walt Whitman Bridge

[@davidbarnsley8486]

Such a shame but the minute they stripped out the interior they doomed this ship

[@chuckg6039]

Agree. Too stripped. Bad shape. It's toast.

[@oml81mm]

It was full of asbestos, and had to be done, but it should have been done in a less destructive way. Having said that, I do know that things are not as simple as they sometimes seem, but we are where we are.

[@JamesBerlo]

Thats not true at all, has very little to do with it. in fact it is an advantage that it was done because it needs to be updated and all the Hazards were removed. it save so much Work and Money for its renovation.

[@chuckg6039]

@@JamesBerlo it never had a chance. Too big, too expensive. Rip good ship

[@Coop1250]

I was wondering why the camera quality looked terrible…thinking I’m watching today’s newscast

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

Camera quality still way better than sports footage from that age and until the 2010’s!

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Some of us have never had an HD television, and wouldn't know the difference.

[@SuburbiaHell]

“New, but temporary home…” 😂

[@LexLucario7922]

It's true, the pier talked about in this newsreel is not the same pier the S.S. US is being evicted from now.

[@TurquoisechannelshortsYT]

28 years later, she’s still here 😃

[@skazleadhoof6406]

It's just sad really been at it's temporary home now for almost 28 years now. And looks worse than she did then, really hoping she can be saved even though it's looking like she'll be sunk.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

I don’t care how shabby she looks,she is still is a beautiful,elegant,sleek ship.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

She's soon going to become the shabbiest, biggest artificial reef ever.

[@V-max97]

Such a wasted opportunity. It should have been made a hotel.

[@JoeKyser]

no one wants to visit philthadelphia so its a bad idea.

[@Timbrock1000]

Not really. That idea (as well as turning the SSUS into residences, a casino, a shopping center, office space, etc. were all considered, but the high maintenance and upkeep costs would be too costly.

[@yvonneplant9434]

True. But the idea died.

[@yvonneplant9434]

​Really? I live in Old City, aka the historic district. I'm "fighting" hordes of dipsh!t tourists all year round. They flood the apparently world famous Reading Terminal Market all year round too.

[@yvonneplant9434]

​@@Timbrock1000PHL already has the two casinos it was allowed to have, btw.

[@brandonabc2022]

I’ve been on this earth for over 20 years and I’ve seen it just sit there. I wish they could’ve made it into something but looks like it’s going to be a reef.

[@JoeKyser]

The Florida sale was blocked. I am still hoping it gets turned into shaving razors

[@nutwatch1854]

We need more reefs than we need hotels and casinos.

[@2003-2fitty]

@@JoeKyserI want green beans!!

[@Fabulousprofound168]

This is a disgrace. This ship is named after this country and they let it rot like this 😢

[@kowalski5599]

They let the country rot too, what did you expect? The United States' decades long neglect & decline is the perfect symbol of the United States' neglect & decline. 😂😂

[@yvonneplant9434]

This ship was doomed almost immediately. Flying became the norm.

[@StarryCactus]

A pretty good metaphor for it's namesake.

[@Someguy6571]

300 million to refurbish it in 1996, I'd imagine that cost now is double or triple that estimate.

[@doct0rnic]

Walt Whitman?! DAMN YOU WALT WHITMAN!

[@TurquoisechannelshortsYT]

Tru

[@doct0rnic]

I....HATE.....YOU......WALT.....FREAKIN.......WHITMAN........LEAVES OF GRASS MY ASS!!

[@Phills69]

Please save this ship!!!!

[@erikbarrett8523]

Anyone with a spare half billion laying around could do it.

[@Phills69]

@ Elon Musk would rather blow his money on buying Presidents… smdh.

[@niclasjohansson4333]

Its a crying shame that this amazing ship is just sitting there "rusting away" !

[@tomsimpson5317]

Everything in the world is messed up anymore

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

I have space in my backyard if you want.

[@Timbrock1000]

😂

[@festungkurland9804]

man that thing looks sooo good

[@anthonyc8238]

What a shame not to save her meanwhile they have money for useless stuff

[@katval2397]

Yeah, like feeding people and surfing up our infrastructure ...all that wasted money.

[@StockTurboN20]

@@katval2397have you seen the economy? “Feeding people” yeah with 5 dollar boxes of cereal

[@robertrutenberg3919]

Yes like these stupid Red Light Cams! Speed Cams and other shit they don't need.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

I thought this news, was presently relevant. 1996?? WTF!?!?

[@Henri_Hilarious]

1:07 this is wrong. The SS United States is 72 years old not 44

[@Oxurus]

This was filmed in the 1990's, my dude xD

[@Jewlawphin]

That profile picture really fits ya. Ya 🤡 this was filmed years upon years ago

[@JoeKyser]

well 28 years ago when the video was made, it would have been right. You missed that part or listened to the video?

[@k4productions]

You really are a clown lmao, it literally says 1996 just use your eyes 👀

[@AlanM22]

Is that two Iowa class battleships at 1:33 ?

[@DurhamXo]

Look at what the uk has done with there legacy ships make them into a tourist area

[@LexLucario7922]

The UK scrapped all their legacy ocean liners, and sold the Queen Mary to Long Beach, California, United States.

[@JoeKyser]

@@LexLucario7922 HMS Belfast, Royal Yacht Britannia, HMS Cavalier, SS Nomadic,HMS Caroline,

[@LexLucario7922]

@@JoeKyser 3 of those are warships, I said *ocean liners* One of those is *like* an Ocean Liner but is a yacht used by the monarchy, so it doesn't really count, of course it was saved because of it's connection to the royal family! The S.S. Nomadic is a tender ship for an ocean liner, not an ocean liner. Thank goodness she is still around today, but to be real she was only saved for her Titanic connection. If she didn't she would have long since been scrapped, or still rotting in France. SS Great Britain is the ONLY one I can say counts, it is an Ocean Liner, they saved it, they picked it off the bottom of the sea to restore it and it is a great museum ship today. But all their other ocean liners; Olympic, Mauretania, Mauretania 2, Majestic, Aquitania, MV Georgic, MV Britannic, Berengaria. All were scrapped. The Queen Mary was sold to the United States, The Queen Elizabeth was sold to Hong Kong where she caught fire and sank. The QE2 is still around but is not a museum in the UK, it's in Dubai, they sold another one. They scrapped or sold nearly ALL of their ocean liners, save for the SS Great Britain, and the Queen Mary 2. Which I am certain once QM2 is out of service they're going to sell her to a foreign nation or scrap her.

[@mattd5681]

And the Muslim migrants too! ❤

[@DurhamXo]

@@mattd5681 what does that have to do with that?

[@timh5236]

It’s a shame they refit a battleship in Texas but not this U S cruise ship with so much history…!!!!

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

She looked so much nicer back then

[@stinkstank5177]

So did this country!

[@samueljaramillo4221]

@@stinkstank5177 Nobody asked you. The video is on the ship.

[@derekheeps1244]

Ships do not have funnels : they are SMOKE STACKS !

[@DStuart-s1q]

Everyone says how they love the ship yet almost no one has contributed money for her refurbishment. Not even $5 or 10 per family. Hollow love.

[@ilovetallyhallalot]

PLEASE DONT SCRAP IT

[@redlawyers]

And they say she can't fit through there on the way out...

[@loadedfun4764]

There’s an available spot to park it at 5th & Callowhill..

[@tarn1135]

“The private owners don’t yet have the $300,000,000 to restore the ship.”…………………….and they never will.

[@barneysievers2888]

If I had Elon's $$$ I would make it my private yacht.

[@StockTurboN20]

That would be a sweet yacht

[@humanvideosponge4529]

This was all as predictable as the sunrises and sunsets we see every day. If there's no money in it, it's just a bazillion tons of extra baggage. Can't even park a small sailboat for free (unless it's on your own land). Just remember that. Every single person reading this will become that ship as soon as you aren't worth anything to anyone anymore.

[@fortisfortunaadiuvat9262]

Thousands In wasted docking fees. Time to let her go

[@JoeKyser]

I remember this

[@salland12]

So this was 28 years ago.. and nothing has been achieved with the ship. It is time to say goodbye.

[@Undim]

It's worth preserving. You're treating it like an old civic or some shit. The ship is one of the last of it's kind, record breaking in its class. You realize we are in 2024? You know just how long it's been since these ships were even made? The fact it still exists is astounding. Most were scrapped. And here it is in 2024, still existing. And you're saying it shouldn't exist anymore because it has some surface rust and is "ugly" because of the paint and lack of furnishings. Just doesn't make sense. We don't have much history left.

[@daleferber2096]

When I was in the Navy in Norfolk 83 to 85 it was there. When you went to firefighting school and looked to the west you could see the funnels sticking up It had already been there for years , I don't know when it finally left.

[@daleferber2096]

@@Undim It would cost billions to put it back to a 1960's status and then the question would still be what to do with it. Museum ship as rule do not make money The Queen Mary which was intact and sailed in on her own power has been in and out of dire financial straits more than a few times

[@Undim]

​@@daleferber2096 Billions is an overstatement. It would be less than 10 million to make it presentable (less ugly), another 10 million to 100 million to "give it a purpose" depending what you do (museum with paid tours to raise funds for full restoration, literally any type of business you don't even have to use the full ship) , and a few hundred million (max 500m) to basically bring it back to spec. And then what do you have? A restored ocean liner that you'd never be able to see anywhere else ever again. There's a lot you can do with it to over time restore it. Nobody ever said someone had to dump hundreds of millions in it right away. Like I said, it's worth saving even to tuck away until someone does restore it. Destroying it is nonsense.

[@uncle_rando]

​@@Undimas an oceanliner enthusiasts, I understand where you're coming from and I used to be like you but she's been rotting away for the past 30 years and needs to be let go, we have better examples of that era (Queen Mary and Rotterdam) she's been on life support since 1989 when her interiors were gutted and her furnishings were sold at auction, she NEEDS to be let go

[@Harry-fe9ec]

Such a shame. Could be a very cool restaurant along the city somewhere painted up.

[@JoeKyser]

A restaurant makes sense lmao. Apparently, you have never seen this ship. watch the video and look at the size of it.. Maybe a 100 restaurants haha. I couldn't imagine what restaurant could afford that rent or even 100 put together

[@JoeKyser]

there is a 3 million dollar parking bill due on it, in case you didn't know. Its not free to dock it.

[@Harry-fe9ec]

@@JoeKyser yeah guys. I know. I just said it’s a shame. I live 30 minutes from the ship. I have been there, I also gave money to save it over the years. The city of Philadelphia wastes so much money for new sports venues it would just be nice to do a restaurant or a hotel like the queen mary in California. Its a part of history.

[@PZKWVIE131]

And now they will scrap it or sink it. damnit. they could have done way more to save her.

[@Clark-i9o]

Temporary move, yeah, right taxpayers been paying out their ass for years

[@phillipgarrow2297]

It's useful days are over recycle it or make it a reef it's to far gone nobody in there right mind would waste 300 million on a dead horse

[@generaltophat5877]

Bruh what are you talking about? This newscast is from 1996 and the SSUS Conservancy is a private entity without government funding.

[@randymagnum143]

​@@phillipgarrow2297government blows that much money in minutes.

[@atribecalledcookies4]

Save her already.

[@Curt-ge9gc]

Who is going to pay for it?

[@ethanspaziani1070]

It must be saved!

[@myopinioncountsmost2419]

Would like to know what is really going on with the donations that for years seem to have done nothing toward preservation but just keeping it from the inevitable so they can continue to collect donations and pay themselves. Seems like a 1000 foot scam.

[@HorizonAndrew]

The docking fees. The SS United States Conservancy (the owner of the ship) was paying something 60k a month to keep the ship in the pier it sat in for several years.

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

Whatcha gonna do set her adrift. Rotten landlords! A seven year curse on you! Whamo!

[@ctg6734]

And now they want to put it in a safe spot at the bottom of the ocean.

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

Half a billion dollars to turn it into another hotel / casino. And open on Sundays too no doubt. Ask everydayman on the street what they think of the SS United States and they’d say she sunk with the Taft Administration.

[@robertrutenberg3919]

It's terrible that this ship went to crap. It was the fastest ship in the USA. No a way to treat this once famous ship. Just terrible was this become.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Walt Whitman? Woodrow Wilson? Willy Wonka? Walter White?

[@phoenixman8569]

Its sad, that not one of our multi millionaires or billionaires with money to burn, that spend huge chunks of money building a greatly oversized mantion for themselves and rare cars worth a million dollars each to fill out thier car collections but will not spend one dime investing in a project to save this old gal, and its looking more and more likely that it will just sunk as a artificial reef because its the cheapest option..

[@Sp_kingz.__]

The original engineer is dead which makes this more difficult this also runs on coal the room alone takes 20 rough hardworking men to operate at minimum 50k lbs of coal a complete engine rebuild would probably be needed definitely seized sitting where it is it would be at least a couple hundred million dollars to get it anywhere close to functional not including the structural integrity of the frame maneuverability of the rotor then trying to find a team of engineers it needs to operate at basic capacity then anyone who gets on is a lawsuit waiting to happen I wish someone would but money wouldn’t get this done alone.

[@finscreenname]

@@Sp_kingz.__ SS United States doesn't use coal. The United States used the same powerplant as the Iowa BB"s and the Midway class carriers. None of which used coal.

[@DM-iw2qt]

Ship should be saved

[@pardewski]

The ship represents our current state of the union.

[@DM-iw2qt]

If the docking costs could be fealt with. Maybe the ship could be saved it is americas Titanic

[@RaceIsOpen]

Omg...save it!

[@racoming1035]

This video is from the 1990's. It was a wreck then. It's time to reef it.

[@CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533]

Are They Finally Scrapping The Ship 🤔😂. About Bloody Time 😂

[@samuelbistline4973]

Disney needs her in their fleet. I will buy a ticket now. That would be a great story for Disney to tell. The other way is that the federal government made a park out of her. They both have money to pay the back rent to the slip and save her. That is my thoughts.

[@cheriwarren4524]

I don't blame them. How many bridges are going to get knocked down before they secure our bridges.

[@edjbox]

1:37 and they still don't

[@warningsigns4526]

uh oh - another boat will destroy a bridge 44 yo = 22 and 22 = 44 - twins - yep - its gonna be a problem henry - a real problem

[@madmeh2929]

Oh yeah? Make me.

[@Phills69]

So…. this story is untrue. I literally have time stamped and geo tagged photos from less than two weeks ago of this ship in its normal space.

[@katval2397]

Psst...Come on now...didn't you figure out that this news broadcast is from years ago?

[@JoeKyser]

well its still there and has been there for 20 years. about time you got it lol

[@JoeKyser]

@@katval2397 dude how these people inthe comments don't see the uploads they are doing from the 90s is beyond me. Its like robots consuming content. they will eventually get it when they are trained properly

[@jaynorris3722]

I hope someone with very deep pockets steps and helps her. The billionaires must know they can't take it with them, so why not do something useful for a change.

[@chrisjeffries2322]

💋

[@shouldhavedonebetter]

"the 44 year old United States"......who writes this stuff? Try 74.

[@gregsmall5939]

Broadcast from 1996. Do the math.

[@shouldhavedonebetter]

@@gregsmall5939 yes my bad. Thanks for the correction.

[@nealk6387]

Age doesn’t add up, listen to the narrator

[@maccrage71]

Old video. Age was right when they filmed it.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Listening and reading comprehension skills have truly suffered in the U.S., haven't they?

[@nealk6387]

@@ModMokkaMatti 😆

[@PatD126]

MONEY MONEYMONEYMONEYMONEY

[@JH-qi7fz]

Should have been scrapped back when it was gutted. What a waste of resources keeping that rusted carcass afloat all these years.

[@ReggieWeisman]

😮

[@Sp_kingz.__]

It’s still the fastest Dreamliner broke records bigger than the titanic far superior never even fully opened the throttle to max out it will be missed I see it everyday and it should stay.

[@Malama_Ki]

2024 sad… probably will become a reef in Florida.

[@JoeKyser]

just another sale blocked. they arent buying it

[@Zilla__man]

😂😂😂

[@blkhemi3925]

The owners of the slip the ship sits in says they want $3 million in overdo dock fees before they will allow the ship to be taken.

[@Lion_McLionhead]

Donate it to China

[@mattd5681]

Not the drama I expected 😢

[@1BigBen]

rust bucket

[@christopherbyrd5818]

Yep, you are a derelict. Maybe some exercise would help.

[@finscreenname]

Just think, just 1/400th of the money the US Gov laundered through Ukraine would return this ship to service.

[@mariospensieri941]

I'd Love to go on A Cruise On a Cool Looking Ship like THAT! In the day we had an art For Makeing Things... Now they look Like a motel a Float...... Save That Ship...

[@kenet71]

Sell it to Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos.

[@TurquoisechannelshortsYT]

They don’t care 😔 no one does it’s just me and a handful of Maritime enthusiasts

[@JoeKyser]

or gillette

[@clydedonaldson7369]

The SS UNITED STATES deserves a permanent home as a maritime museum/hotel/casino in a suitable area deserving of such former grandeur. Make it happen USA!!!

[@-FALKOR]

🇺🇸🇺🇦❤🤍‬‬💙‬‬💛🌹🇮🇱🤍‬‬💙‬‬‬‬

[@Phills69]

So…. this story is untrue. I literally have time stamped and geo tagged photos from less than two weeks ago of this ship in its normal space.

[@gregmerritt4278]

This is from 1996