There's finally an agreement on what to do with the historic SS United States, which has been docked in South Philadelphia for nearly 30 years.
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The SS United States Conservancy has reached a settlement with Penn Warehousing & Distribution the company that controls the Philadelphia pier where the once famed ocean liner has sat for nearly 30 years. As part of the terms of the settlement, the title to the ship will be transferred in the coming days to Okaloosa County, Florida which is proceeding with its plans to sink the vessel to become the world’s largest artificial reef.
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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.
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The 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.
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More than seven decades ago, the S.S. United States — a ship bigger than the Titanic — made its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, breaking the trans-Atlantic speed record.
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