The launch of the Conservancy’s survey of the vessel's existing artwork, furnishings, and other artifacts was featured in an Associated Press story that ran in over a hundred news outlets nationwide from CBS News, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, the Palm Beach Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Anchorage Daily News, the Las Vegas Sun.WHYY, a Philadelphia-based NPR affiliate did a follow-on piece about the Conservancy's efforts to track down the ship's fittings and interviewed the Conservancy's executive director Susan Gibbs. As reporter Peter Crimmins told his radio listeners, "The massive ship that set a record for crossing the Atlantic has been on the chopping blocks for decades. Every time a potential scrapper towed it to a new port, things went missing." The Conservancy is determined to learn where the ship's many treasures have ended up.
July 1, 2011 - Wall Street Journal
“Famed Liner Steers Clear of Scrapyard,” by Jesse Pesta, The Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2010View the full article here, and the video here.
June 21, 2011 - Sueddeutsche Zeitung
"Amerika Darf Nicht Sterben," [America Shall Not Die] by Christian Wernicke, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, June 21, 2011.Sueddeutsche Zeitung, one of Germany's leading daily newspapers, ran a full-page story on the SS United States and the SS United States Conservancy's efforts to save her. Under the headline, "America Shall Not Die," reporter Christian Wernicke explored the ship's plight and historical signficance, including the ship's ties to Bremerhaven, Germany, one of her regular ports of call. You can see a PDF of the article here.