Yeah, I got that also.... Wonder what's up...I got an e-mail from the NRG today for an 'emergency meeting' via zoom....View attachment 502716
Yeah, I got that also.... Wonder what's up...I got an e-mail from the NRG today for an 'emergency meeting' via zoom....View attachment 502716
I don't know what's going on, but then I only subscribe to get the magazine (digitally only)....Yeah, I got that also.... Wonder what's up...
I don't know. I didn't participate.So what was the meeting about?
Thanks Phil.
Aluminum? Did you, by chance, notice all the rust? Definitely not aluminum.....For a group of people who like doing research, do some research! The United States was towed to Turkey back in the 1990s to yank all the asbestos, PCBs, etc. and there was a lot of asbestos and transite paneling om the ship. Someone, an owner, designer or officer once said the only wood on the ship was the piano. It's been an aluminum shell ever since.
Such a beautiful ship, even in disrepair. Taken February 2002.
Bon Voyage SS United States
The SS United States, a historic 990-foot ocean liner, has begun its final journey from Philadelphia to become the world's largest artificial reef off Florida's Gulf Coast.
Tugboats are guiding the largest passenger ship built in America, nicknamed "the Big U," to Mobile, Alabama, where the crew will remove hazardous materials, including fuel. The process will take at least a year. The ship—more than 100 feet longer than the Titanic—will then continue its journey before resting roughly 180 feet underwater and 20 miles off the coast of Okaloosa County, Florida. The ship will sit upright on the seafloor, becoming a habitat for marine life. The voyage follows a legal battle and decades of decay while the vessel has been anchored in Philadelphia since 1996.
The SS United States ferried four US presidents and hosted numerous celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, and Grace Kelly. It set transatlantic speed records and completed roughly 800 crossings until its retirement in 1969 as air travel took off. See its history here. Explore the ship here (w/video).
And happily they succeed!! There are ships for the young and spry, ships for families with young children, ships for families with older kids, and THANKFULLY there are ships for those of us that are up a few years and want to just be around others of our generation.What's left are cruise ships which don't require speed, just luxury, food and fun activities.
EVerything I ever have seen about this ship is that it was built with a CRUISER hull. Another reason no one wants to touch her. The only commercial shipyard that can technically build a cruiser hull is in Norway or Sweden.She was a lovey lady for her time and fast as heck. A little trivia that makes her more interesting, she was originally destined to be an aircraft carrier thus her top speed and HP were classified through the 60's when we were learning about her in naval architecture classes. It is sad, but she reminds me of Norman Bates trying to preserve his mother Norma Bates. It is a fine thing to let her go and do some good to the marine ecological system.
Allan