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Luxury Travel: SS United States Ship across the Atlantic

pdxleaf
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Can't believe there wasn't a plan to bring her back to former glory and turn it into a floating museum. The history of SS United States was something which could of been experienced for generations because when you can touch it, it becomes real. When you sink it, it becomes a footnote in history. Definitely a shame they went with the latter.

Thanks for posting the great read and memorabilia.

There was interest, but no money. She was mostly gutted, which is another level of expense. My head can understand it but my heart is disappointed.
 
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Pickled walnuts are on sale in most British supermarkets. If we could figure out a way to get a glass jar of un-certified vegetables from UK to you without damage or customs nonsense I'll send you a jar.
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Or, really easy to make yourself
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Thanks. I have to check out the local supermarked then, never heard of them i Norway. I love walnuts.
 
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There was interest, but no money. She was mostly gutted, which is another level of expense. My head can understand it but my heart is disappointed.
Yeah, such a shame to see they gutted and auctioned off pretty much anything not welded to the superstructure. I think her fate was sealed after that.

This is a ship that should've been preserved and maintained, especially since nothing in that class of ship has beat those Atlantic speed records. Queen Mary 2 (launched 2003) got up to 32.8kts, but only as a one-off record for shorter period of time.
 
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There was even live stream of it heading down the river:
 
pdxleaf
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There was even live stream of it heading down the river:
It looks fast just being tugged
 
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Ships like the SS United States were built fast for military reasons, if needed they could be converted to troop transport duty where speed was desirable. They could outrun the submarines of the time, another factor for their speed design. Modern cruise ships will have a speed of 20-25 knots, they are built for a different market. Sad to see liners like this disappear, but technology has vastly improved, they just aren't relevant anymore. Once airplane crossings became affordable in the 1950's the days of the big ocean liners were numbered, they hung on as long as they could.

I've been on a couple of trans-Atlantic voyages on Holland America Line, Ft. Lauderdale to Rotterdam (or reverse). It's a 14 day crossing stopping in various places like the Bahamas, the Azores, France, UK, before docking in Rotterdam. Actually going on the ms Rotterdam in April as it relocates from the Caribbean to Northern Europe for the summer season.
 
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