[NativeSon]

docked right in Philly, and impressive ship, it’s just wasting away

[onedoug]

Like zero’s United States.

[tanknetter]

docked right in Philly, and impressive ship, it’s just wasting away

She's really just a shell, her interior was gutted years ago. And I don't think they've kept her sealed and dehumidified since they gutted her so anything left inside (like her machinery) is going to be very difficult to reactivate. The costs of restoring her to operational condition, or even to a Queen Mary-like condition (non-operational floating hotel) are extraordinarily high and prohibitive.

Better to take her out off the Atlantic Coast somewhere and sink her as an artificial reef.