Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
Earlier this month, as. part of Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) event, Brooke Lanier opened her studio on S. 4th Street in Philadelphia to Conservancy supporters and SS United States enthusiasts for a special exhibition and Q&A event.
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Read MoreDavid Lipsky, along with his parents and sister, enjoyed holiday cruises on the SS United States in 1966, 1967, and 1968. The family was booked for the 1969 trip as well, and they were devastated when the ship was laid up that November and their yearly tradition would be no more.
Read MoreWhen World War II began, and the museum’s model shop closed and Sumner returned to the shipyard as a hull designer. After the War, as Newport News transitioned back to peacetime operation, Sumer found himself at the center of one of the most exciting projects in the history of shipbuilding: the creation of the SS United States.
Read MoreKaren Hess’ father, Nick Landiak, was a kind of SS United States royalty. Landiak joined the United States’ crew in January 1952 before her record-breaking maiden voyage, and sailed aboard the ship as First Engineer and relieving Executive Chief Engineer until she was withdrawn from service in 1969.
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