SS United States will finally be sunk off Florida next month
cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/florida/p/1241207/ss-united-states-will-finally-be-sunk-off-florida-next-month
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If it was any other administration, this wouldn't feel like a metaphor
You succinctly put into words what I felt deeply when reading the headline.
Aptly, it's going to be sunk in the "Gulf of Mexico".
Nice to see that not all US-American news goes along with the orange guys nonsense.
The SS Unites States. It has electrolytes.
Can we rename it the TrunpShip and invite him for a cruise, and accept a peace prize?
I wouldn’t put it past them to rename this at the last minute for a new stupid headline
No. "np" is difficult to pronounce. :P
Trump will order it renamed it to the SS Liberal or some other stupid shit before it sinks.
Jokes aside, this is sad. SS United States is a tremendous part of maritime history, and because of money, we literally have to destroy it. May as well have scrapped it back in the day and spat in the faces of those who tried to save it.
Honestly, that's a pretty solid prediction. I guess we'll see what happens.
Misread. Thought the American-SS was about to sink the state of Florida. That didn't seem right, since that's like their headquarters.
At first glance I parsed this as United States will finally sink Florida
or Florida finally sinks into the ocean. we know all about the rising sea levels, and hurricanes that florida seems to want to ignore. but the mouse's property will stay afloat.
And it was stripped inside, basically just a shell and bare decks. The cost to make it a useful venue of any kind was astronomical. It's sad.
I'm worried about the NS Savannah. It is a nuclear powered civilian vessel, combination cargo and passengers, built under Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace effort. The reactor has been removed, and she's docked in Baltimore. The caretakers are desperately looking for a place to take her as a museum ship. (I did the tour a year or two ago, it's really interesting.)
Yeah and right next to one of the few remaining Liberty Ships, the SS John W Brown.
When we visited the Savannah, the Dali (the ship that hit the Key Bridge and triggered its collapse) was anchored at the dock next to it. So I got a few pictures of that. And the missing bridge. :(
I think the United States is already sunk.
Huge waste of resources. 53,000 Tons of steel and aluminum that could have been recycled.
It'll make a neat reef and dive location. Also ship breaking is costly and dangerous.
But America has the right to dump 53,000 tons of rotting metal into the Gulf? You think they will remove toxic substances from that wreck?
Artificial reefs are a thing. There is plenty to be outraged about but this ain't it.
Over the years, the then-stewards tried to find ways to give that ship a new lease in life, anywhere from refurbishing and powering it up again for cruise to a floating hotel/casino, but to no avail as -- except for a few enthusiasts -- no one cared about its reputation of being the fastest and then-modern ocean liner on the planet until they were forced to sink it after failing to pay for docking, and only then mainstream attention got focused again.
Nice to see the Florida panhandle in news that's not something terrible. heh
I mean this is possibly bad for their marine environment unless they’re very careful…which yeah given this administration I’m sure it’ll be fine
Nah. these ships provide good areas for marine life.
the irony. so heavy it will forever rest in the Florida Keys.
The AS United States will besunk in the Golf of America. Let that one sink in.
After the midterms so... Just like actual united states?