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SS United States will finally be sunk off Florida next month (www.delawareonline.com)

submitted 1 week ago by crayons_to_chaos@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/florida/p/1241207/ss-united-states-will-finally-be-sunk-off-florida-next-month

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Over the years, the then-stewards tried to find ways to give that ship a new lease in life, anywhere from refurbishing and powering it up again for cruise to a floating hotel/casino, but to no avail as -- except for a few enthusiasts -- no one cared about its reputation of being the fastest and then-modern ocean liner on the planet until they were forced to sink it after failing to pay for docking, and only then mainstream attention got focused again.