[foreverfree]

Of course, they're talking of bringing a harness race track to Chester (on the site of the old Sun Shipbuilding yard on the east end). Meanwhile, that ex-power plant on the west end (mentioned in the article) is around the corner from the now demolished rowhouse that was home to my now deceased paternal grandparents.

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[Tony in Hawaii]

Someone who uses the term "Knots per hour" has very little credibility writing about ships.

Still, I hope the SS United States will survive.

[Sicvee]

When I was a kid in the '50's I got a paper model building kit of this ship, one where you punch out the parts and insert tab bb3 into hole BB3. It was tedious but the end product was impressive. And then 3 years ago I took my family back east and we happened to be driving east out of Philadelphia when I saw the stacks on the horizon and thought it looked like the USS United States. Sure enough. There is a great website with all the facts on this ship that you could find on Google. I don't have the link now. As an economic proposition it is probably doomed.

[mgstarr]

Beautiful ship.

[DBtoo]

Oh wow! When I was a little kid and moved to France, we went there on that ship. My mother was the ping-pong champion of the journey and I had a model of the ship for years. I hope I still have it; it's probably buried in a box somewhere. That sure brings back memories. I hadn't thought of that ship in awhile.

[PAR35]

interiors were gutted down to the metal bulkheads

It doesn't sound like it has much of a future as a tourist attraction if there is nothing left to see except bare metal.

[IronJack]

I've followed this story for some time, and the SS US is truly an eyesore. When they say she was stripped, they mean it. It's bare metal inside, and mostly rust on the outside.

But she's still magnificent, if faded. Assuming she's seaworthy, there might be some profit in refitting her for the Caribbean cruise trade.

It would take a looooootttt of work and a loooooottttt of loot. But to lose her would be a tragedy.

There are numerous sites on the web where her story is told.

[brityank]

A great ride (November 10 - 15, 1958) Bump.