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| Photo from SS United States Conservancy Website |
Joann Loviglio of Associated Press announces the ills waiting for the SS United States, we need more people to participate, care and make things happen. It will be terribly sad if this ship is not saved for our future generations to admire and be proud of. I know times are tough; however, pulling it together will be well worth the efforts,that the time and let's run with it . . .
(AP) — The SS United States is sending out what may be its final distress call.
The 990-foot-long ship could be sold for scrap within two months unless the grassroots preservation group that's working to secure a home and purpose for it can raise $500,000 immediately, the group told The Associated Press. Talks are under way with developers and investors about the ship's long-term future, but without the emergency funding, its caretakers fear they will run out of money before a deal is inked.
The historic ocean liner carried princes and presidents across the Atlantic in the 1950s and 1960s but has spent decades patiently awaiting a savior at its berth on the Philadelphia waterfront.
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