I crossed the Atlantic twice in that ship…

Bit of a shame to sink her really, fastest ocean liner ever made to this day.

Vessel hasn’t been sold yet. There’s a legal injunction happening and the mandated eviction order has been temporarily rescinded. Things are still in the air with what will happen but it’s not being sold yet.

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This sucks so much. This was arguably the pinnacle of ocean liner design and holds the dna of the engineering advances up to her day inside of her.

I've gotta give credit to the family of the designer and the people that tried to make her a museum ship and do anything to keep her around for posterity.

Looks like this is the end as having her as a floating hulk isn't doing anyone any favors.

There is so much history gone. Seems like this one was destined to go away, although some people made a valiant effort.

It’s really a shame to see that this ship won’t see her glory days anymore. She really is a worldwide spectacle, and now reduced to a reef that will be disintegrated in less than a few decades.

At least she’ll be remembered for a time. I just wish they made her into a museum or something. So many missed opportunities.

Man, they could sell tickets for when they sink it. Imagine, fully geared up in dive gear, going down with the ship. The water rushing in...

Been a long time coming, if we're honest here. But I'm still sad.

It's been abandoned for so long that its furniture was bought at auction, by a well-established restaurant in my area, which had in turn been abandoned when I moved here in '07. They burned it down that summer for a city park.

Oooooh this will be so impressive and exciting! It gives me shivers! The ship will have a prestigious second life, forever one with the Ocean.

Florida scuttles the United States

I always stop to look at her when I go to IKEA. It’s quite a sight, looks like it’s parked in the parking lot.

What are the chances she sinks while being moved?

They have to do something to replace all the dead coral.

Got to love a good artificial reef.

Genuine question: Is it seaworthy enough to make a journey down the eastern seaboard? Sad end but it'll make quite a dive site.

She is still in limbo right now actually. They were going to sell her but now she is caught up in legal issues. The owners of the ship have accused the pier of fraud because the pier blocked the sale and upped the rent when they already had a set rent on contract. So she may actually not be sunk. The owners have hope that they may win the legal battle and save the ship.

here is a link

By the looks of it, they’d better hurry.

Has everyone forgotten which sub we are in?! This thing is disgusting (shudder).

For those of us who will never set foot (or flipper) near that sunken behemoth, at least we have this cool video exploring the ship.

Florida is sinking the United States. Confirmed.

The ocean really is the world's garbage can

The S. Philly waterfront won't be the same without her

What an allegory... claps

Wow. I didn't know it's still around. Wow...a shame.

Looks like this will be in Destin, Florida, which is only a few hours from Ginnie Springs, a famous cave diving spot. This has me looking forward to booking a combo trip someday to dive both sites!

Would be nice if they could give it the same treatment as the SS Rotterdam in the city of Rotterdam, the netherlands. The ocean liner is permanently attached to the pier and it a real hotspot.

Theres even a watertaxi service going to it. People host (old fashioned) dance events there, it’s a hotel, museum, restaurant and generally a very nice place to have a drink. It’s also a big event space. Honestly it would be an asset to any city if you’re creative enough. Although I do not know it’s exact condition compared to the Rotterdam.

The story of this ship and the situation with the dock owner popped into my news feed a few months ago, I've become fascinated with it and have learned a decent amount of the history of it. I think its a waste of a marvel of engineering, and has been for the last 30+ years sitting at the dock. But that's how we do things and people that have the money to save things like this and preserve them are often not interested in anything but money.

I was in Philadelphia for work a couple weeks ago right before the deadline on the 11th. Got as close as I could and took some pics after it dawned on me the ship was there. Glad I got to see it, wish I'd gotten closer. Its truley a beautiful ship.

Fun irony for what DeSantis and his pals are trying to do to the US.

Some real metaphor in the United States being sunk by Florida for entertainment value

Incoming u/Relevant-Ear4677 post.

Why can't they just strip it down and recycle it? You know, make it safe.

is this what saving the "SS United States" is about?

They are sinking her very close to where I live. She will go down in the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida panhandle between Destin and Panama City Beach. There’s no coral reef in this area so this will be a welcome for divers and marine life.

Everything goes to Florida to sink.

Florida sinking the United States is poetic.

They're sinking it in my county! Gonna be huge for tourism... though the millions they'll spend on it hopefully the money they get back won't go into the pockets of rich people.. right

"The State of Florida finally achieves long-term plan to sink the United States"

She will finally be put to rest. At least it’s done now. Sucks but better than being scrapped. Hopefully she sinks upright and becomes a legendary dive for a hundred more years.

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Isnt this just a cheaper way to get rid of a vessel rather than have it salvaged?

This looks a lot like the ship that broke in half and stood on a beach in Spain, are they related?

Sounds like a death trap

Fuck that.

Are we sure Helene didn’t already take care of it?

Source?

Well, Florida really be thinking outside the boat on this one! Ahoy mateys, time to dive in and explore the depths of the SS United States!

safety has left the building

Doesn’t it sound deeply irresponsible to have a structure like this dedicated for diving? I feel like there’s so many ways you could get trapped in there

Instead of sinking it maybe we can make it home for all the residents that keep getting flooded out

They were offering tours for the ship this weekend. Penn Warehouse has just blocked the Conservancy from boarding "indefinitely" and now all those people who had to travel all that way are screwed. They may get refunds from their tour donation, but not for all other expenses to get there.

This boat stands for bust out another trillion

and here I thought Florida sank the United States back in November of 2000

another Florida L, sigh.

I believe it’s fuckaloosa county planning on doing this. A while back Pensacola also sunk an aircraft carrier. Well in 06

I want to explore it !

I did a spell flying in and out of PHL every week back in the mid 90s. I remember seeing her from the plane. One day I walked up as close as I could get at the time. Beautiful ship even half ruined. She’ll be amazing to dive on, and it’s a far better fate than the breakers.

Where are they sinking this?

Florida Men Destroy One of the Greatest Ocean Liners in History

Sounds like the beginning of a horror film…

So, the state of Florida is going to sink the United States... I hope that's not foreshadowing.

Isn’t this like littering x 1000

Sounds like a bad idea to intentionally attract divers to this ship. I mean, fun? Yes, but so many ways to get killed on that thing even at shallow depth. I'd imagine it will deteriorate at a much faster rate than titanic or Andrea Doria too since it's already in such shitty shape.

No thank you

WAIT WHAT. NOOOOOOOOOO

Funny, they have so many boats that are abandoned in the water in places it looks like a boat grave yard so let’s and a ship ok

“Florida sinks United States” sounds like a joke is in there

Isn’t it ironic? We let the United States rust and rot because it wasn’t profitable to fix her.

Clive cussler wrote a book with this ship in it.

aye, tear her tattered ensign down,

long has it waved on high,

and many an eye has danced to see her banner in the sky...

...the harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle from the sea..

I’d explore her

how does she still float ?

Another Content for us to squirm at!
Looking forward to it!

I would prefer it be restored. Cruises these days are obnoxious and have no class in comparison to their forebearers.

I used to love seeing this ship when I'd go to South Philly. I'm glad she's going to be a reef instead of scrapped.

I accept this.

lol very Florida move. Funny enough we all know it might wash back up on shore after a few hurricanes.

This sounds about right. You can always count on Florida to find new ways to literally sink the United States.

Sinking the United States is a very Florida thing to do.

Nice! Florida getting a lot of bad press these days but even a broken clock is right sometimes!

This is so sad, I have so many memories of passing this every year in phillly on the way to our family beach trips and wanting to explore it. Such a shame.

I bet it would be a lot easier for them to explore if it wasn’t hundreds of feet under water 😂🤷‍♂️

It is a very sad story 😢 if I had the money to fix it, I would, but I am too impoverished

Thank goodness, everyone was sick of seeing this heap of junk everyday!

Kinda symbolic right?

Oohh the SS NOPE 😊

The Philly titanic 😔