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The Last Fastest Ocean Liner Allegedly Owes $800,000 In Back Rent
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| March 13, 2024
| The Last Fastest Ocean Liner Allegedly Owes $800,000 In Back Rent
Posted on 03/14/2024 4:15:07 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin
The SS United States is facing eviction from its mooring at Pier 82 in Philadelphia in a lawsuit filed by Penn Warehousing, the pier’s landlord. The ocean liner has been rusting away in the Delaware River since 1996 but has a storied past. In 1952, it broke the once-highly sought record for the fastest transatlantic crossing, the last passenger ship to do so. The SS United States Conservancy, a non-profit attempting to restore the ship, admits that relocation will be necessary but is still aiming to preserve the vessel.
The potential eviction stems from rent increases that could be against the terms of Pier 82’s rental agreement. Warren Jones, a Conservancy board member, told NPR that Penn Warehousing claims that the SS United States owes up to $800,000 back rent. The Conservancy claims that the daily mooring cost has jumped from $850 to $1,700 over the past few years. Jones said, “The rental agreement that they wrote and presented to us had no provision in it for escalating the rent and it even had no time limit on the lease as well.”
The lawsuit, whatever the outcome, will likely mean the SS United States will have to be relocated. Despite being covered in rust, the ship is still structurally sound and can be towed elsewhere. Finding a destination is the difficult part. Being a half-century removed from the age of ocean liners, there aren’t many places to have a ship of that size parked indefinitely.
... The ocean liner’s status as an emergency U.S. Navy troopship during the Cold War kept the ship preserved and ready for wartime service until 1978.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: delawareriver; godsgravesglyphs; jalopnik; oceanliner; pennsylvania; pennwarehousing; philadelphia; pier82; ssunitedstates; warrenjones
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To: Dr. Franklin
Fill it with illegals and send it to sea. Anyone know how many pound of live cargo it could hold?
To: Dr. Franklin
Pack it to the gills with ILLEGALS and cast off all lines.
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posted on
03/14/2024 4:23:43 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
To: Dr. Franklin
Put illegals to work scraping and painting.
Also tax them for the dockage.
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posted on
03/14/2024 4:36:01 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Dr. Franklin
the ship is still structurally sound and can be towed elsewhereTowed? So structurally sound but mechanically dubious?
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posted on
03/14/2024 4:40:28 PM PDT
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: Dr. Franklin
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posted on
03/14/2024 4:53:38 PM PDT
by
JZelle
To: monkeyshine
I took the SS US to Europe. Prior to boarding I had a dental procedure that knocked me on my can for four days (at sea). I woke up and we were in Southhampton. I mean it could travel, and fast. They say it served good chow. I never learned.
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posted on
03/14/2024 4:54:23 PM PDT
by
Bookshelf
To: JZelle
I only knew about this ship because I once ate in a restaurant in Nags Head N.C., furnished with a large collection of items from the ship, including the bar.
The restaurant, Windmill Point, closed years ago. The building was given to a local fire department. The collection was moved to a conservancy.
https://historyscout.blogspot.com/2016/06/return-to-windmill-point-of-nags-head.html?m=1
From WP:
"In 1984, to pay creditors, the ship's fittings and furniture, which had been left in place since 1969, were sold at auction in Norfolk, Virginia.[42] After a week-long auction from October 8–14, 1984, about 3,000 bidders paid $1.65 million for objects from the ship. Some of the artwork and furniture went to museums like the Mariners' Museum of Newport News, while the largest collection was installed at the later closed Windmill Point Restaurant in Nags Head, North Carolina."
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posted on
03/14/2024 5:18:47 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
That don’t confront me what about the front ren?
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posted on
03/14/2024 5:19:38 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: bigbob
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posted on
03/14/2024 5:25:09 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
Drove by it today. shame. The brass screws i think used to be on the stern deck. They were huge. We would sail past it many times when we had our boat. I recall that they had to flood it partially to get it under the walt whitman bridge when they brought it in.
To: monkeyshine
I believe the engines are removed and the twin brass screws were on the stern deck. many years ago.
To: kvanbrunt2
Drove by it today. shame. The brass screws i think used to be on the stern deck. They were huge. We would sail past it many times when we had our boat. I recall that they had to flood it partially to get it under the walt whitman bridge when they brought it in. The SS United States was fitted with four propellers — two four-bladed and two five-bladed. The propellers have been distributed to museums. One each at the Mariners' Museum in New Port News, VA, The American Merchant Marine Museum, Kings Road, NY, The State University of New York Maritime College, The Bronx, NY, and Hudson River Park, Pier 76, NYC, :
The SS United States’ Preserved Propellers
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posted on
03/14/2024 6:18:29 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
The aft view of the ship showing its screws:
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posted on
03/14/2024 6:31:06 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: oldasrocks
BETCHA those student loans that were forgiven would have paid this rent.
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posted on
03/14/2024 6:43:04 PM PDT
by
ridesthemiles
(not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
To: Dr. Franklin
This sounds like another iconic vessel meeting its end.
Kalakala went through this. An iconic futuristic ferry in the Pacific Northwest which met an untimely and embarassing end. Moneybags Bill Gates couldn’t be bothered.
To: Senormechanico
This sounds like another iconic vessel meeting its end. Kalakala went through this. An iconic futuristic ferry in the Pacific Northwest which met an untimely and embarassing end. Moneybags Bill Gates couldn’t be bothered.
Bill Gates still isn't interested in saving anything worth saving while he promotes "vaccines" that aren't. Some billionaire may want to make a hydrofoil to beat the S.S. United States' record. Sadly none are stepping forward to save her. This easily could make money as a floating hotel somewhere. Since it's home port was NYC, the idea was to return her there.
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posted on
03/15/2024 4:12:03 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
03/18/2024 12:55:20 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Dr. Franklin
If it ain’t in the lease, you must release.....................
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posted on
03/18/2024 5:28:21 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
If it ain’t in the lease, you must release.....................
It's maritime law, so it's in federal court. It's all up to the judge. I doubt the judge will find that the lease was valid in perpetuity, so that it couldn't be terminated at some point, or the owner of the pier couldn't adjust the price for inflation. The compromise could be that the ship leaves the pier in exchange for the pier releasing its claim against the ship. The ship still needs a place to go, and a way to get there since its now lacks its own propulsion and could be considered a derelict if just moored somewhere in the Delaware.
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posted on
03/18/2024 9:41:38 AM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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