A lawsuit is trying to evict the SS United States, from its current resting place in Philadelphia.
WATCH Delaware Online’s interview with Conservancy President Susan Gibbs.
The SS United States, America’s Flagship, arrived in Mobile, Alabama today after an approximately 1,800-mile tow from her berth in Philadelphia. The iconic national symbol and last surviving American ocean liner will now undergo preparations for her deployment as the “World’s Largest Artificial Reef” off Florida’s Gulf Coast near Destin-Fort Walton Beach.
“Today, the nation’s sole surviving ocean liner will glide down the Delaware River to begin the next chapter in her uniquely American story. As the fastest ship to ever cross the Atlantic travels for the first time since arriving in Philadelphia in 1996, we are reminded of the postwar high-water mark that the SS United States so gracefully and powerfully embodied when she was launched in 1951.”
A lawsuit is trying to evict the SS United States, from its current resting place in Philadelphia.
WATCH Delaware Online’s interview with Conservancy President Susan Gibbs.
The Conservancy is gearing up for an exciting new digital exhibition to be unveiled in June 2023, entitled, “Food Tastes Better at Sea: Dining Aboard the SS United States.” The exhibit and events will draw on the organization’s extensive curatorial collection to highlight aspects of food culture, history, and technology, including differences in cuisine among the classes, how food was part of the growing competition with the airline industry, and how the SS United States utilized new technologies to store and prepare food at sea. Visit the Conservancy’s website, www.ssusc.org, to subscribe to their e-updates and learn more.