Tag: SS United States Conservancy

SS United States.South Philadelphia

Brooklyn Concrete Magnate Wants to Save SS United States from Becoming Artificial Reef, Has Another Idea in Mind

While plans are already in place to turn the SS United States into an artificial reef, Quadrozzi Concrete is making a last-ditch effort to…

A closeup of the SS United States.Travel

SS United States to Soon Embark on Journey Toward Becoming World's Largest Artificial Reef

The SS United States has a historic legacy, but despite it being unable to be saved, it won’t be scrapped as it will become…

Closeup of the SS United States.Historic

SS United States Cost Various Owners Over $40M During Its Time in Philadelphia

The SS United States has cost its various owners over $40 million during the nearly three decades it has been docked in Philadelphia, write Ximena…

The SS United States ocean liner.Chester

Plans to Move SS United States Friday Delayed by Tropical Storm

Plans to move the SS United States out of Philadelphia Friday that would have temporarily closed the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester have been delayed…

The SS United States cruise ship.Historic

SS United States Leaves Philadelphia Home of Nearly Three Decades

The SS United States hosted a small event over the weekend to bid farewell to its Philadelphia home of nearly three decades as it heads…

SS United States from 2017.Historic

New York Times: SS United States One Step Closer to Becoming World’s Largest Artificial Reef

After a federal court ordered that the SS United States had to leave its South Philadelphia pier, the once famed cruise liner has found its…

SS United States.Historic

SS United States to Find New Home, Underwater As An Artificial Reef

Just days after a judge temporarily halted a court-imposed deadline for the SS United States to vacate its dock in South Philadelphia, the once…

SS United States.Legal

SS United States Moving Day Deadline Passes, Ongoing Legal Battle Heads to Mediation

The deadline for SS United States to move from its South Philadelphia dock has come and gone without a clear resolution.

Now, the ongoing legal…

SS United States.South Philadelphia

Okaloosa County’s Plan to Acquire, Sink the SS United States Hits Snags as Vote is Delayed

It was announced in early September that Okaloosa County, Florida, had signed an agreement to acquire the SS United States.

The plan was to move…

SS United States.Transportation

SS United States Caretakers Have Until Sept. 12 to Remove Historic Ocean Liner from South Philly Pier

After a prolonged legal battle, a federal judge has ordered the caretakers of SS United States, the 70-year-old ocean liner known as the…

Susan Gibbs.Transportation

New York Times: Meet Susan Gibbs, the Granddaughter of Ship’s Designer Working on Saving SS United States

Susan Gibbs, granddaughter of naval architect William Francis Gibbs, who designed the SS United States, is working hard on saving the ship that needs to…

SS United States.Transportation

SS United States Conservancy Launches $500K Fundraising Campaign As it Continues Relocation Search

The SS United States Conservancy, which oversees the historic SS United States ship, has launched a new $500,000 fundraising campaign to help cover costs…

SS United States.Transportation

SS United States Must Leave Pier 82 in South Philadelphia by September

The iconic ocean liner SS United States — once the fastest passenger ship in the world — has been ordered to leave Pier 82 in South Philadelphia…

The SS United StatesTransportation

South Philadelphia’s Historic SS United States Could Be Repurposed As a Hotel in Manhattan

After 30 years of sitting dormant and mostly unused, the SS United States on South Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront has a proposal for its…

The SS United StatesTransportation

What Could Become of the SS United States? Redevelopment Plans All Hinge On Potential Partners

As the search for a new home for the SS United States marches on, the possibilities of its future are aplenty, writes Ximena Conde for…