Rare Laszlo Posted March 3, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Enjoy the video........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted March 3, 2017 #2 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Enjoy the video........ She is sitting on the Delaware River on the Philly side. If you cross the Ben Franklin Bridge from NJ into Pa you can see her at the pier. Every once in awhile someone issues a press release that they are going to do something with her. Costs might be too high and from what I've read she's loaded with Asbestos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_CA_GAL Posted March 3, 2017 #3 Share Posted March 3, 2017 She is sitting on the Delaware River on the Philly side. If you cross the Ben Franklin Bridge from NJ into Pa you can see her at the pier. Every once in awhile someone issues a press release that they are going to do something with her. Costs might be too high and from what I've read she's loaded with Asbestos. Not the Ben Franklin bridge it is the Walt Whitman bridge. If you are coming from NJ into Philly, it will be on the right hand side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Laszlo Posted March 3, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Not the Ben Franklin bridge it is the Walt Whitman bridge. If you are coming from NJ into Philly, it will be on the right hand side. Yup, just across the street from IKEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshagan Posted March 3, 2017 #5 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Crystal Cruise Lines looked into rebuilding her for passenger service but ... ... modifying the ship for today’s standards for oceangoing service (SOLAS) would require significant changes to the hull that would pose stability challenges. Additionally, the installation of a modern, state-of-the-art diesel electric propulsion plant would have necessitated altering of the existing shaft lines and rebuilding about 25 percent of the hull to reconfigure the ship to a twin shaft-twin rudder arrangement. While it was known that the vessel would need to have been essentially rebuilt from the inside out, these specific challenges, among others, collectively posed significant risk to the success of the project. From http://www.ssusc.org/crystal-cruises-concludes-ss-united-states-technical-feasibility-study/ Crystal donated $350,000 to the SS United States Conservancy, the organization hoping to restore her. The hull is sound, so the conservancy is hoping to get her docked a bit like the Queen Mary is in Long Beach, as a waterfront business of some sort. All of the interior fixtures and most of the building materials have been removed "down to the bare walls" so interior construction can happen without regard to preservation of historical objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted March 4, 2017 #6 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Not the Ben Franklin bridge it is the Walt Whitman bridge. If you are coming from NJ into Philly, it will be on the right hand side. I've seen it from both bridges, only said Ben because that was the last one I took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakelorain Posted March 4, 2017 #7 Share Posted March 4, 2017 My DH was a waiter on the SSUS a very long time ago. His brother worked in the crew mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_CA_GAL Posted March 4, 2017 #8 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I've seen it from both bridges, only said Ben because that was the last one I took. OK, you could see it from the BFB. Here is a shot of WWB at the bottom with BFB at the top, with the SSUS circled in red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted March 4, 2017 #9 Share Posted March 4, 2017 OK, you could see it from the BFB. Here is a shot of WWB at the bottom with BFB at the top, with the SSUS circled in red. I have seen it from there also as I said but for you to say that I was wrong was incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_CA_GAL Posted March 4, 2017 #10 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I have seen it from there also as I said but for you to say that I was wrong was incorrect. And I apologize. I hope you will accept it as I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted March 4, 2017 #11 Share Posted March 4, 2017 And I apologize. I hope you will accept it as I was wrong. No problem, I've made my share also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMG Posted March 4, 2017 #12 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Thanks for posting. We see her when we cross the bridge. Reminds me of the cruise we took on the SS Norway. The ship was in disrepair but it was special to be on one of the great ships of days past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixerDave Posted March 4, 2017 #13 Share Posted March 4, 2017 She set the trans Atlantic crossing record and never fired up her fourth boiler!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted March 4, 2017 #14 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Enjoy the video........ She was designed for another era of ship travel - cruise as fast as you can and do not worry about fuel consumption. Also, she was essentially a high class bus designed to get the passengers across the Atlantic in the minimum time possible. A wonderful ship in her day but a total dinosaur now. I class the people who say that she should be brought back to life as the same class of people who say that we should rebuild a new Titanic. Dreamers. DON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephillykid Posted March 4, 2017 #15 Share Posted March 4, 2017 The reports that I have read from local sources is that NCL both her and was deciding on what to do with her. Every few years, there is a report that they are going to scrap her, but someone comes trough and donates money to pay for the upkeep. She is a real South Philly Landmark, just south of Pends Landing. You should go to John's Roast Pork and get a sandwich and step outside and eat it while taking in the sights of a magnificent old ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dog Posted March 5, 2017 #16 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Sigh. The SS United States was my first "cruise", and I have not only a soft spot, but mixed feelings as to what her fate should be. Granted at the time of those travels, this was a primary method for getting people between the U.S. and Europe. But as a transport, she has been made obsolete by more modern methods of transport, and is impractical to retrofit her as a leisure liner. Sure, some folks will board her for sentiment reasons (I probably would), but people would eventually discard her for the more modern cruise ship. This leaves only making her an attraction like the Queen Mary (that might actually be worth a renovation). Outside of that, it is probably time to let her go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STIguy Posted March 5, 2017 #17 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Growing up, my next door neighbor was Chief purser on the SS United States. RIP Mr. Perkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2NHcruisers Posted March 6, 2017 #18 Share Posted March 6, 2017 my dad was first radio officer on the America and then the SSUS including maiden voyage... great ship.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise_Dancer Posted March 7, 2017 #19 Share Posted March 7, 2017 No problem, I've made my share also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted March 7, 2017 #20 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The reports that I have read from local sources is that NCL both her and was deciding on what to do with her. Every few years, there is a report that they are going to scrap her, but someone comes trough and donates money to pay for the upkeep. She is a real South Philly Landmark, just south of Pends Landing. You should go to John's Roast Pork and get a sandwich and step outside and eat it while taking in the sights of a magnificent old ship. NCL did once own the SSUS, but sold it to the SSUS Conservancy a few years back. Then Crystal Cruises (another line under the umbrella of Genting Group) proposed putting her back in service, but that idea was scrapped after spending a bunch of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shipshape sam Posted March 7, 2017 #21 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Never seen her up close, but did eat at US United States on Infinity. :rolleyes:Maybe IKEA can outfit her. You have to wonder how long can she just stay docked in current condition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NordicPrince Posted March 7, 2017 #22 Share Posted March 7, 2017 There's a restaurant in the Outer Banks in North Carolina ( I think it's called the Wind Mill) that bought a lot of U.S. United States fixtures at auction and are all on display there. They have photos of all of them on their web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixerDave Posted March 7, 2017 #23 Share Posted March 7, 2017 There's a restaurant in the Outer Banks in North Carolina ( I think it's called the Wind Mill) that bought a lot of U.S. United States fixtures at auction and are all on display there. They have photos of all of them on their web site. It was the Windmill - in Nags Head. Unfortunately it closed many years ago and was burned down as part of a fire training. They had the ship's bell,, as well as the bar. The seats had name tags for such celebrities as JFK, Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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