Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
The iconic SS United States is in dire straits, having lost challenges and now facing eviction from her home at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, where she has rested since 1996. The ongoing legal battle over rent and dockage fees, which were dramatically increased in 2021, has been lost, and the ship now has 90 days to relocate.
Read MoreThe SS United States Conservancy has recently launched an urgent effort to raise $500,000 to try to save the 1942-built SS United States. According to the not-for-profit organization, the resources will be used to help cover the costs of the ship’s potential relocation and other critical expenses.
Read MoreIn its day, the SS United States was a nautical marvel, the fastest passenger liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a record time that has stood for more than 70 years. It was also hailed as an engineering masterpiece, designed in close cooperation with the U.S. Navy as a potential troop ship in the event of a war.
Read More“America’s Flagship” is being evicted. That is the situation the SS United States faces in a yearslong dispute with its landlord, a warehousing company in Philadelphia. The historic ship is the largest ocean liner ever constructed in the United States and the record holder for the fastest average speed during a transatlantic voyage.
Read MoreOnce the pride of America and one of the last big transatlantic ocean liners, the SS United States is being booted from its pier in Philadelphia and must relocate by Sept. 12. This historic vessel needs our help to survive.
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