Marins_Ballad comments on SS United States will finally be sunk off Florida next month

[–] Marins_Ballad@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I always admired her beauty when she was docked in Philadelphia for years. Very cool ship to see when walking out of Walmart.

She also has a great history. It’s quite sad (and very understandable) nobody bought her to refurb and turn her into a museum. She was for sale for $1 for as long as I can remember. Of course, the real cost is much much more with docking fees, needing to tow her anywhere.

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[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And it was stripped inside, basically just a shell and bare decks. The cost to make it a useful venue of any kind was astronomical. It's sad.

I'm worried about the NS Savannah. It is a nuclear powered civilian vessel, combination cargo and passengers, built under Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace effort. The reactor has been removed, and she's docked in Baltimore. The caretakers are desperately looking for a place to take her as a museum ship. (I did the tour a year or two ago, it's really interesting.)

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[–] Marins_Ballad@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

Oh wow. She sits among a sea of ROROs in Baltimore.

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[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah and right next to one of the few remaining Liberty Ships, the SS John W Brown.

When we visited the Savannah, the Dali (the ship that hit the Key Bridge and triggered its collapse) was anchored at the dock next to it. So I got a few pictures of that. And the missing bridge. :(

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