Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
The SS United States will go forward to Florida to become the world’s largest artificial reef, after terms between the nonprofit overseeing the ship and Penn Warehousing and Distribution, the operators of the Philadelphia pier where the ship has been docked since 1996, have reached a settlement.
Read MoreThe national nonprofit SS United States Conservancy and Penn Warehousing & Distribution, the operators of the Philadelphia pier where the SS United States has been docked since 1996, have settled their longstanding dispute over the terms of the ship’s dockage at Pier 82.
Read More“The SS United States Conservancy welcomes today's court-supervised mediation in its dispute with Penn Warehousing. We are grateful that the Judge's earlier order for the ship to be removed from Pier 82 was held in abeyance as we continue to work in good faith to resolve this dispute and relocate the vessel safely. We remain steadfast in our determination to ensure that the legacy of America’s Flagship endures and inspires future generations. While we were disappointed that Penn Warehousing continues to disparage and denigrate both the Conservancy and the historic symbol of our nation, we hope that Penn Warehousing will enter mediation in good faith.”
Read MoreThe national nonprofit organization that owns the historic SS United States filed an urgent motion in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania containing new evidence that the iconic vessel’s landlord, Penn Warehousing & Distribution engaged in a range of misconduct to block the Conservancy’s effort to comply with a court order regarding relocating the SS United States from her current pier and advanced a scheme to seize America’s Flagship for its own financial benefit.
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