Tuesday, October 20, 2015

The S.S. United States, in trouble

The ship--as has been the case before--is facing possible demise.  Here are two recent news stories:

http://www.history.com/news/ss-united-states-may-be-sold-for-scrap?cmpid=Social_Facebook_SiteShare

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/business/friends-of-the-ss-united-states-send-out-a-last-sos.html

Here, too, is the Facebook page of the S.S. United States Conservancy, the group which currently owns the ship, and which has for years been advocating on its behalf:

https://www.facebook.com/SSUSC?fref=ts