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Conservancy that oversees SS United States seeks $500K to help relocate historic ship
Associated Press ^
| June 26, 2024
| BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Posted on 06/27/2024 4:45:12 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin
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To: Dr. Franklin
I agree 100%.
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want to save the ship, but don’t know that I want to support the present board.
Just looking at the pictures, the board has not be conserving the ship. It needs rust removed and a paint job. They appear to have been working on grandiose schemes to work with developers to overhaul the ship, but neglecting the ship itself. The ship has been paying over $300,000 per year in rent for the pier, while no reconstruction has occurred. She could find a cheaper pier if no work is performed. I want to save the ship, but don’t know that I want to support the present board.
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posted on
06/27/2024 6:39:32 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: GreenLanternCorps
Had she been preserved like RMS QUEEN MARY was, it would be different. But there is nothing left of the ship’s interior fittings.
No, the interior bulkheads were disassembled to remove the asbestos, which was used behind the bulkheads to reduce the threat of fire to the ship. They still have those bulkheads, but haven't reinstalled them as it is an added labor cost, and the ultimate plan for the ship is unresolved. They may yet restore the original cabins, or go with a completely different lay out.
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posted on
06/27/2024 6:41:08 AM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
Here’s another piece of history that has been carefully restored and become a living part of San Francisco. I went on a cruise around San Francisco Bay for a whole day on the ship. Maybe it made a difference to me because my dad was a Merchant Marine during World War II.
https://www.ssjeremiahobrien.org/pages/history-of-the-obrien
Surely they can think of a way to bring tourists to this ship
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posted on
06/27/2024 7:24:57 AM PDT
by
tinamina
(Remember when Biden said “we have developed the most sophisticated voting fraud system ever”? )
To: Dacula
I agree 100%.
I would like to know what compensation the directors of the conservancy receive. Congress could use eminent domain to take the ship and remove them, if they are incompetent.
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posted on
06/27/2024 7:58:57 AM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
“The cheapest option would be to move the ship closeby to its present berth.”
Well DUH! If they move it to its present berth that is definitely “close by”, since they wouldn’t be moving it at all. /s
Urinalists!
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posted on
06/27/2024 10:13:42 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
To: Dr. Franklin
Sink her next to the Titanic.
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posted on
06/27/2024 10:18:35 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
To: Erik Latranyi
Yes, a reef! In shallow waters so people can “dive the wreck.”
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posted on
06/27/2024 10:19:31 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
To: faucetman
Well DUH! If they move it to its present berth that is definitely “close by”, since they wouldn’t be moving it at all. /s Urinalists!
Since there is at least one abandonded pier less than a mile away from the ships present berth, it would make sense for the conservancy to attempt to acquire that pier, and for the city to let them have it. Marrying off a derelict ocean liner with an abandonded pier would seem to be a win-win situation for everyone, unless you think a pier should be used for homeless winos.
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posted on
06/27/2024 10:46:27 AM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
Time to sink her. Her spirit will live on underneath.
To: MinorityRepublican
I doubt they have anywhere near the money to tow it out to sea and sink it. That’s a cause that’s not going to raise a lot of money.
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posted on
06/27/2024 1:50:40 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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06/29/2024 3:24:31 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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