shamrock838
2007-07-06, 11:11 AM
Greetings,
For those of you who are also ship spotters ... here are some images ... taken on a recent visit to Philadelphia ... of our once "glory of the seas" ... the Blue Ribband winner SS United States. She's a sorry sight indeed.
I was surprised to find she still existed. Many years ago I heard she was being preserved for possible conversion to a high-speed troop transport in time of national emergency. That possibility probably doesn't exist any more ... and I believe she was sold to another owner ... for what?
Mike (shamrock838)
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9363a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9367a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9373a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9378a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9388a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9397a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9398a.jpg
For those of you who are also ship spotters ... here are some images ... taken on a recent visit to Philadelphia ... of our once "glory of the seas" ... the Blue Ribband winner SS United States. She's a sorry sight indeed.
I was surprised to find she still existed. Many years ago I heard she was being preserved for possible conversion to a high-speed troop transport in time of national emergency. That possibility probably doesn't exist any more ... and I believe she was sold to another owner ... for what?
Mike (shamrock838)
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9363a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9367a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9373a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9378a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9388a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9397a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/SS%20UNITED%20STATES/IMG_9398a.jpg