Farewell to the SS United States 10/27/24

[@natetruxillo-jw2xu]

Should have became a museum ship. I bet she would would look beautiful restored. But sadly people would rather spend millions on the NFL and Politicians than preserving history

[@jamesranker6275]

Once the inside was stripped and sold, that was the end of it ever becoming a museum. It would cost in the world of 350 to 400 million just to restore the outside. Add to that $70,000 USD per month for slip fees. If you can do math, you can figure out that it’s just an astronomical number and all for what? People won’t pay to save it the certainly won’t pay to see an empty ship.

[@robbhahn8897]

And you wouldn't have to restore the entire ship, just the exterior and the portions used to accommodate social gatherings, meetings, anniversaries etc. Too bad one or two of the billionaires in this country couldn't step up to help out.

[@natetruxillo-jw2xu]

@robbhahn8897 exactly!! All they're worried about is worried about is endorsing elections and sports. We need to preserve history. Instead of sinking this beautiful ship that'll never be seen again, at least clean up the exterior. Hell even if it were slowly made into a floating shopping mall, it's better than sinking it

[@jamesranker6275]

@@robbhahn8897 again, the costs are astronomical and the return is not. They had 40 years to something, anything with this ship and as you can see, less than nothing was done. Better get your scuba certification up to date because that’s where it’s going. Also, I love how you’re so quick to spend random billionaires money but not your own. Seriously people need to stop with that “rich person who is going to save it” like for what? So you can go once and pay your $40 admission fee to see……oh that’s right, nothing because it’s all been sold off.

[@jimlubinski4731]

@@jamesranker6275 Ha! Have you tallied how much was wasted on campaign ads this year? Kind of makes the cost of making the SS United States look paltry. And the fact that the interior was stripped would be an advantage because it removed all the asbestos. Now it could be configured to almost any specification.

[@Marcus_MG42]

Long Beach island took ownership of the Queen Mary (a historic British oceanliner, and the second fastest) and turned that into a museum. We couldn't even consider our own SS United States (the greatest and the fastest back in the day) for a conversion into a museum.

[@erikbarrett8523]

QM arrived in Long Beach fully intact in all her glory. SSUS was stripped to a gutted shell of its former self decades ago. There is no comparison. Cost of restoration would be staggering.

[@221b-l3t]

No need come across the pond for that. The extremely powerful SS United States engines are a development from the engines of the Iowa class battleships. Improved for the Forrestal class carriers and refined for the SS United States. 250k hp. Top speed classified (40 knots, 80 kph). This ship is a legend across the globe. I am Swiss, we don't even have access to the ocean. I know SS United States and Iowa. You guys saved all 4 Iowas but not the pinnacle of what those engines could so? Come on guys. Everyone complaining sending 50 bucks is enough to keep her in port while we figure this out. We can beach her!!!

[@markymark3572]

So many missed opportunities to turn her into a museum or hotel over a period of decades. But all the plans fell through due to one reason or the other, now it's come to this.

[@keithbrown8814]

Extremely sad!.....

[@keithbrown8814]

And sadly .....i think its a metaphor for the whole country

[@manfredklangwald9294]

I have a look to these sad pictures from Germany, and I think you are right. So sad to see both, this poor ship and the world’s biggest democracy ruined by old white men. Very sad.

[@dougwright111]

A second life as an artificial reef is much better than ending up in the scrap yard! I’m looking forward to diving on her!

[@Chabagirl]

Big majestic ship that is a part of our history.So ashame it was left to rot away.Not surprising because history doesnt mean anything anymore.RIP SS United States.

[@barryvincentredmond3973]

The wharf owners wanted to double the rent,took the Conservancy to court and got the ball rolling to see the demise of this once great ship.Shame really as once its sunk its gone.Never to see the light of day again.And nobody came to the ships rescue to save it for posterity.A sad reflection on the times.!.

[@corvanha1]

The fishes will praise it. So roomy!

[@toddkurzbard]

I am still at a loss to comprehend WHY the pier owners are so adamant to get rid of her. Do they have ANOTHER ship contracted to use that berth? If NOT, why get rid of a ship that's at least making you SOME bank? They prefer to make NOTHING instead?

[@kitt2000car]

Read somewhere that some car import company wants the space?? Iam guessing they were willing to pay more than what the conservancy was willing. I hope that company backs out once the ship is gone. I find it hard to believe they are willing to pay more than $850.00 bucks per day??

[@markhwirth7718]

This lady deserves the best she can get ! She is a natural beauty . She represents a wonderful post war United States when America was at one with each other . We must move her to a dry dock and put her on hold until there is capital to start her restoration ! So many times in life I’ve seen the wrong path but in many cases the path is corrected ! We need to Talk to our new President before any decisions on the new path is planed for this lady ! Thanx for understanding Captain Mark H Wirth

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Ask Trump! He will fix it!

[@GenesisSanctuary]

@@Schlipperschlopper Trump had four years in office to fix it before, but he didn't. Come back to reality, please.

[@1940limited]

What a travesty!

[@BlueFox284]

Shame. Would have been nice to see her as a museum or at least a floating hotel like the Queen Mary. . .But the ship is too far gone now. No one is gonna sink into her the kind of money needed to restore the ship. They'd never get their money back. If it were better taken care of over the years, it would have been easier. . . But they didn't.

[@zizzytwins5317]

🙏 Pls Save SS United States I From Philippines 🇵🇭 And I Made Cardboard SS United States

[@anthonyg9739]

She still looks fast

[@georgelevin6134]

Elon should purchase this wonderful lady and make her his private yacht!

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Not gonna happen.

[@WELIVEWEDIEOMY]

As we approach the eighty year anniversary of the end of World War Two this country, like the ship has been through so much change. And the greatest and most tragic is, as someone else has already stated, a change in priorities as to what is important! It is hard to tell which looks worse, the ship, or the spiritual and moral state of the nation. The ship is about to be scuttled and it is not a stretch of the imagination to say, perhaps the nation as well!

[@dirkmontgomery5983]

When is it lwaving

[@GenesisSanctuary]

It was just announced that it will leave on November 14.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Trump has to rescue this ship NOW!

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Trump doesn't care. If he did, he would have done something about it the first time he was in office. Remember, this thing has been sitting here since 1996. We've gone through 5 presidents in that time, and none of them did anything to help, nor did they show any sign of caring.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

@@GenesisSanctuary did anybody ever sent over a petition?

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Yes, they have. Dozens of petions have been made over the decades, and none of them have amounted to anything.

[@BrianLesliePerry]

Unlike the Mary and Elizabeth the SS United States had a very short career...l believe she was built primarily to take the record .... once that was achieved there wasn't any reason to keep her in service....The ship holds the record because nobody is bothered about the record any longer....

[@boataxe4605]

No,she was built primarily for use as a troop ship after the success of the Queen’s in WW2.

[@BrianLesliePerry]

@@boataxe4605 l was crew on the Queen Elizabeth in 1968. She still had much evidence of her use as a troop transport. ie:- the engine control telegraph still had 'Action Stations'' on it...Plus She was still pretty damn fast at 28-29 knots. Those Atlantic run ships looked so majestic....now, the ships look more akin to a floating block of apartments....

[@DaleRunningbear]

❤ that dock looks sad bet shes happy to move

[@jacquespollet7999]

Ce quai est comparable à celui qui avait accueilli le paquebot " FRANCE " , laissé à l'abandon pendant de nombreuses années par le pays du même nom ...

[@221b-l3t]

WHY ARE YOU ALL ACCEPTING THIS. I'm 13000 km away. Please someone stop this. I have 50€.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

There's nothing to be done. The ship is being moved out next Friday, and unless you have millions upon millions of dollars that you can pull out of your pockets, that won't change.

[@kathleenmcdonald6641]

💔💔

[@wallacegrommet3479]

Clickbait, there it still sits

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Mind explaining how it's clickbait when I literally said in the description that a departure date hasn't been set yet? Unless you're just attention-seeking, in which case congratulations on getting me to acknowledge you.

[@JohnDoe-ot3zd]

This is truly a sad day watching a piece of American history be taken out and destroyed.....would we do that to the Apollo 11 capsule if we ran out of room at the Smithsonian in DC?

[@stephenfarthing3819]

There's a certain poignancy of this situation of the SS United States suffering this fate. With much going on beyond this dockyard. There's a certain parallel here! I'd like to hope that it'll turn out different from matching this. I sincerely hope that it won't be deep sixed in the same way.

[@thevox1075]

But a British ship, the Queen Mary, has been preserved here in the US. Not our own flagship.

[@mikebrzostowski8183]

The older I get the less I understand! We can spend billions of dollars to go to Mars, but cannot save one of the most iconic ocean liners ever built! And for a reef! Aren't there enought artificial reefs already? PLEASE, someone, some organization, anybody do something to save her. If it must be at least give her a proper burial, one deserving of a proud liner.

[@jacquespollet7999]

Triste image de l'Amérique un peu comparable à celle de Trump ...!!!

[@jimlubinski4731]

This whole tragedy sickens me. Seems like someone like Elon Musk could make something of it, even if only anchoring offshore from one of the spaceports (after refurbishing the exterior) to exhibit innovative an historical sources of American pride from different eras together.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Musk has no interest in it. I truly don't understand why you and so many other people have convinced yourselves that Musk or Trump can just swoop in and save it. They don't care.

[@jimlubinski4731]

@@GenesisSanctuary I know that. No point in carrying this on since you feel like you know everything about everything. Have a wonderful time with your superiority complex.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

@@jimlubinski4731 Again, stop projecting.

[@jimlubinski4731]

@@GenesisSanctuary Sorry. I keep forgetting the only opinion that matters is yours. Have a wonderful day.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

How convenient of you to pretend that you weren't the first one to result to insults. I've read every single comment you've posted here. You're the one who displayed ignorance about the situation and then started insulting me the moment I spoke my mind. It's clear projection is the only thing you're capable of, so I'm done wasting my time with you. See ya.

[@stanleybest8833]

It should be scrapped not sunk. What a waste.

[@jeremyreese9663]

@stanleybest8833 Good idea, unfortunately that’s not gonna happen, but if it did I’d much prefer to see that plus it’ll generate jobs for people.

[@maryloulong6789]

If she was scrapped there would be no dignity to her death. Becoming a reef, she will live on. But with that said there is no excuse that at least the city of Philadelphia or even the United States government with all the money they waste couldn’t have done something to preserve her. 😢

[@adammcdonald798]

Call Oskaloosa county and offer them a few million more than they paid for it. Then YOU can scrap it.