End of an era

Last of the great Blue Riband liners.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/travel/ss-united-states-ocean-liner-departs-philadelphia/index.html

 

Just watched it get towed past marathon key.... or at least a boat with two massive funnels went very slowly by.

I guess the reef idea is something, still seems like recycling would be a more honorable end..

 

At Mobile for prepping to be an artificial reef.

The SS United States shows last bit of spunk as she finishes historic trip to Mobile https://www.yahoo.com/news/ss-united-states-shows-last-195722772.html

 

This iconic American ocean liner will be sunk on live video. Here’s what to expect. https://www.nj.com/camden/2025/10/this-iconic-american-ocean-liner-will-be-sunk-on-live-video-heres-what-to-expect.html

 

I went by the boat on Saturday.

Mobile Bay was not fun for me. Waves were 4’ plus on port bow quarter and I stayed in the marked channel and pulled an oblique muscle. It only hurts when I breathe.

 

• A trailblazer in a male-dominated field: At the time, Kaplan was one of only two women on the 50-person design team for the SS United States, which launched in 1951. She later returned to Gibbs & Cox as a marine engineer in the 1980s. A Woman and the Big Ship: Elaine Kaplan and the SS United States - The Captain's Table https://captainstableblog.com/a-woman-and-the-big-ship-elaine-kaplan-and-the-ss-united-states/