I would like to share a section of the SS United States Conservancy E-Newsletter of Nov22 with the great news of more and more interest is being generated on helping to save the SS United States....read on . . .
Reuters, USA Today, and Newsmax Magazine Highlight SS United States Conservancy
photo credit Peter Knego of Maritime Matters
Reuters joined many other media outlets in covering the next phase of the Conservancy's Save the United States Campaign. New features and functionality have been added to our SaveTheUnitedStates.org campaign site, which we first launched this summer. There you'll find an improved user interface, enhanced content and more ways to help save the SS United States. Click here to read the full coverage. Your support is needed at this very crucial time as we continue our quest to save this extraordinary piece of history. Donate today.
USA Today posted a comprehensive and compelling slideshow of the SS United States to its Travel page, with many beautiful present-day photographs by Peter Knego of MaritimeMatters.com. Also included are some wonderful shots of the SS United States in her heyday, and accounts of her brilliant service career. Click here to see the coverage.
In addition, the November issue of Newsmax Magazine published a spectacular new article on the SS United States and her place in history and also profiled our executive director Susan Gibbs. Said Gibbs about saving the SS United States, "It was a calling; that this ship needed not just me, and this is an important point. The United States is a champion. I felt called to serve." You can read a full PDF of the article here.
Historian John Maxtone-Graham Visits the SS United States 
World renowned maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham attended the Conservancy's Philadelphia Chapter meeting this month and paid a visit to the grand lady herself (left, pictured on the stern with Conservancy Executive Director Susan Gibbs.) Maxtone-Graham is the author of several books on ocean liners, including The Only Way to Cross - considered one of the best accounts of shipboard life during the golden age of transatlantic travel. He is currently working on a new book, tentatively titled, SS United States: Red White and Blue Riband. He strongly endorsed the Conservancy's efforts, saying, "I hope this ship will be restored as expeditiously and as perfectly as Susan [Gibbs] and the Conservancy are now planning."
Video highlights of Maxtone-Graham's recent visit to the SS United States will be shared in our next issue. This production is being prepared by the extraordinarily talented Bill Magee of MageeMedia.
Source: ssusc.org
