SS United States – Ghost Ship Docked On The Delaware [ 2018 Still There! ]

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    • Mark Eichelberger
      January 4, 2010 at 11:13 pm

      I too have passed by the United States many times when I lived in Philadelphia. From what I have read, the interior of the ship was completely gutted as it was supposed to be sold for scrap. Therefore, restoring the ship would be outrageously expensive. But it is sad to see it just sitting there and rusting away.

      • Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap
        January 5, 2010 at 9:50 am

        Mark- According to Wikipedia “In 1984, the ship’s remaining fittings and furniture were sold at auction in Norfolk. Some of the furniture now represents a substantial portion of the interior of Windmill Point, a restaurant in Nags Head, North Carolina. These items include dining room tables and chairs in the main restaurant and the bar and lounge tables and chairs in the upstairs lounge as well as other items.” I may just have to check out Windmill Point!

        It would be expensive to restore it, but I think it just screams adaptive re-use, or something.

        The thought of a once grand United States now dry docked and rusting away is too sad, and too symbolic!

    • John Young
      January 5, 2010 at 6:38 am

      Betty, THANKS for pointing this out — I had *no idea*. Wow, what a location for a movie, huh? 🙂

    • Lizzie
      January 5, 2010 at 7:59 pm

      What a treasure, and what a shame it was gutted.

      Yea, I just put Windmill Point on my to-go-to list as well.

    • Jim McGowan
      January 11, 2010 at 9:04 am

      I am saddened to report that the Windmill Point Restaurant in Nags Head, NC is closed.

      http://hamptonroads.com/2009/08/investor-sought-keep-nc-restaurant-site-going

      I had the privelage of dining there once back in 1996 or so, when I was in the Navy stationed in Norfolk, VA. Being a fan of the SS United States, I med the long drive down with my girlfriend (now wife) and was amazed by the SS United States memorabilia.

      We dined on tables, sat on chairs and I believe even ate off of original ships china and flatware. And the food was spectacular too!

      • Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap
        January 11, 2010 at 9:24 am

        Jim- thanks for letting me know, I will update the post. Glad you were able to visit and see the memorabilia before they closed, that sounds like a treat especially being a fan of the ship! I wonder what happened to the memorabilia?

      • Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap
        January 12, 2010 at 8:00 pm

        UPDATE! Hooray! Thanks to kind contributor and ship scholar shipgeek I am happy to report:

        “Not to worry, the collection was donated intact to the Mariners’ Museum.
        It’s a pretty significant collection, and it’s good that it wasn’t
        sold off piecemeal and scattered across the globe.”

        You can see a photo of a fork that was purportedly used by Cary Grant on the SS United States, part of the collection at The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News VA right here:

        http://www.mariner.org/content/artifact-month-test-fork

    • Vicki @ Piccolo Takes All
      October 6, 2010 at 1:11 pm

      Thanks for the video – that was fantastic!

      The 1st episode of last season’s Cold Case (“The Crossing”) took place on a ship clearly based on the SS US. They changed the name to the SS Americana for the show. Unfortunately, the YouTube clip has been removed.

    • Barry
      February 28, 2011 at 11:19 am

      I had the joy of sailing to Europe on the United States. Fabulous time.

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