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    Default S.S. United States 1952-1969 Superliner Rotting in Philadelphia

    The fastest ocean liner in the World now just a ship with no interior retired in 1969 Maintained Sealed and Maintained by the U.S. Navy 1969-1980 then sold to a guy who did a Auction for all the stuff that he could sell : tables ,chairs , linen, table service is silverware ,dishes, glasses, cups, napkins ,Bridge Telegraphs ( forward,reverse,full ,haft speed) in 1984 then the Asbestos removal ( The walls and ceilings was made fireproof) now since 1994 paint peeling and steam powered turbines still in the ship but all Four Ships Screws now in front of maritime museums well

    Take a look at this tour of this ship in 2016 by a daring explorer who with a owner's escort



    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0obAXTS93ck

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c_afFaZPAIc

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6D4eca0cU

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_u0qOKDV0V0


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    S.S. United States 1991 video

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    1980 local news video of the S.S. United States being unsealed and back then hoping that she would be refinished

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    Default Re: S.S. United States 1952-1969 Superliner Rotting in Philadelphia

    They used to marshal our trucks down by that dock for the convention center. I bet that ship was something in it's day. Looked sleek then.

    人生は恐れなければ、とても素晴らしいものなんだよ。
    人生に必要なもの。それは勇気と想像力、そして少しのお金だ。

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    S.S. United States Bremerhaven ,Germany to New York 1965


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    An AFL CIO film of the workers of the S.S.United States


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