Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
The ocean liner that ferried four presidents across the Atlantic Ocean, hosted Duke Ellington and Sylvia Plath, and captured the world’s imagination in the mid-20th century has begun its final voyage. Leaving Philadelphia, where it has been rusting for decades, the ship, the S.S. United States, is bound this time for the bottom of the sea.
Read MoreAfter nearly 30 years, the historic -- and long-rusting -- SS United States departed Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. It's embarking on a journey to the coast of Florida, where it will be sunk and eventually turned into an artificial reef.
Read MoreThe SS United States embarked on its final voyage on Wednesday morning, setting sail on the Delaware River to travel to Alabama to eventually become part of a massive artificial reef off the coast of Florida.
Read MoreAlmost three decades later and with more than $40 million spent on rent, insurance, and feasibility studies, the SS United States — the dilapidated 990-foot ship that adorned or blemished the Delaware River waterfront, depending on whom you ask — has finally left Philadelphia.
Read MoreThe historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world’s largest artificial reef departed from south Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront on Wednesday, marking the opening segment of its final voyage.
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