Over the years, the then-stewards tried to find ways to give that ship a new lease in life, anywhere from refurbishing and powering it up again for cruise to a floating hotel/casino, but to no avail as -- except for a few enthusiasts -- no one cared about its reputation of being the fastest and then-modern ocean liner on the planet until they were forced to sink it after failing to pay for docking, and only then mainstream attention got focused again.
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The AS United States will besunk in the Golf of America. Let that one sink in.
If it was any other administration, this wouldn't feel like a metaphor
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Can we rename it the TrunpShip and invite him for a cruise, and accept a peace prize?
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Trump will order it renamed it to the SS Liberal or some other stupid shit before it sinks.
Jokes aside, this is sad. SS United States is a tremendous part of maritime history, and because of money, we literally have to destroy it. May as well have scrapped it back in the day and spat in the faces of those who tried to save it.
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Misread. Thought the American-SS was about to sink the state of Florida. That didn't seem right, since that's like their headquarters.
At first glance I parsed this as United States will finally sink Florida
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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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SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, earning the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title that remains uncontested.
I think the United States is already sunk.
Nice to see the Florida panhandle in news that's not something terrible. heh
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Huge waste of resources. 53,000 Tons of steel and aluminum that could have been recycled.
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the irony. so heavy it will forever rest in the Florida Keys.
After the midterms so... Just like actual united states?
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