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Design Begins for New SS United States Museum ...

The towering funnels of the legendary SS United States will soon be removed from the historic ocean liner in Mobile, Alabama. Soaring six stories high and sloping backward to convey the record-breaking speed of the ship, the iconic structures will form a dramatic centerpiece of the future SS United States Museum and Visitor Experience. The aft funnel is expected to be removed soon after the forward funnel. The ship is now being prepared for deployment as the “world’s largest artificial reef” off the coast of Florida’s Destin-Fort Walton Beach.

Design Begins for New SS United States Museum and Visitor Experience
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America's Flagship, the SS United States, ...

The SS United States, America’s Flagship, arrived in Mobile, Alabama today after an approximately 1,800-mile tow from her berth in Philadelphia. The iconic national symbol and last surviving American ocean liner will now undergo preparations for her deployment as the “World’s Largest Artificial Reef” off Florida’s Gulf Coast near Destin-Fort Walton Beach.

America's Flagship, the SS United States, Completes Voyage to Mobile, Alabama Well Ahead of Schedule
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America's Flagship Departs Philadelphia on ...

“Today, the nation’s sole surviving ocean liner will glide down the Delaware River to begin the next chapter in her uniquely American story. As the fastest ship to ever cross the Atlantic travels for the first time since arriving in Philadelphia in 1996, we are reminded of the postwar high-water mark that the SS United States so gracefully and powerfully embodied when she was launched in 1951.”

America's Flagship Departs Philadelphia on Historic Voyage
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Associated Press: Historic ocean liner could ...

The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute that will clear the way for a Florida county to turn the historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef.

Associated Press: Historic ocean liner could soon become the world’s largest artificial reef

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Fabulous SS United States Exhibition in Brooklyn Opens

The SS United States Conservancy's New York Chapter has partnered with the City Reliquary on the new exhibition, "The United States: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow." The show explores the extraordinary career of “America’s Flagship” and her relationship with the City of New York.City Reliquary - Opening Reception for 'The United States- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'SS United States supporters gathered in Brooklyn on July 1 to celebrate the opening of the exhibition, an event that ranked as one of Untapped Cities' list of the week's top 15 events in New York City! The celebration drew New Yorkers from all five boroughs as well as Westchester and Albany.City Reliquary Exhibit of the SS United States Glenn LappinThe Conservancy is deeply grateful to the staff at The City Reliquary as well as Montauk Rum and the Brooklyn Brewery for sponsoring the event. The exhibit runs from June 29 until August 20.Click here for more information.

"SS United States, Built in Newport News, Gets 3-D Laser Scan" - Hugh Lessig

The SS United States was a technological marvel of its day, a sprinting giant of a ship that rose from the Newport News shipyard in 1952 and earned legions of fans along the way. Those supporters now hope a new generation of technology can tell the ship's story. The idea was to scan the entire ship and return the data to the Conservancy for its use. The Gibbs & Cox team traveled to Philadelphia with a hand-held scanner and painstakingly set out to create a 3-D map of the expansive vessel. This data is an invaluable tool as plans are advanced for the ship's potential redevelopment.Read more from the Daily Press's Hugh Lessig HERESS United States 3D Rendering - Stacks from the Aft Deck Courtesy Gibbs and Cox

"Why the SS United States Should Matter to You" - William F.B. O'Reilly

When the American passenger ship entered service in 1952, the British magazine Punch grudgingly wrote of her, “After the loud and fantastic claims made in advance for the liner United States, it comes as something of a disappointment to find them all true.” Indeed, on her first transatlantic voyage the United States, at a length 100 feet greater than the RMS Titanic, beat the previously existing speed record set by the Great Britain’s RMS Queen Mary – by 10 hours. She still holds the transatlantic Blue Riband record, in both directions, 65 years later, having achieved trial speeds as high as 38.32 knots (44 mph) and average speeds across the Atlantic in her maiden voyage of 35.59 knots (40.96 mph).Read more from Newsday's William F.B. O'Reilly HERE4a4x6