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.
What have the steamships of the Holland-America Line, the Hague furniture factory H.P. Mutters & Son and entrepreneur Casper van Hooren have anything to do with each other? A story that reads like an adventure novel.
We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of Richard O'Leary, a member of the Conservancy's Advisory Council. Richard served as the youngest deck officer aboard the SS United States for five years beginning in 1957, and he later became a strong supporter of the Conservancy's efforts.
