Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Yesterday's Hero
The rusting SS United States has been ordered to move from its long-time berth in Philadelphia. Not many remember that it set the transatlantic speed record for an ocean liner in 1952. Fewer recall the era when ocean liners were the only way to cross to Europe and back. Time and technology passed by the ship, and it is a shadow of its once magnificence. Will the liner survive its imminent move and will it ever find a role as a museum? No one apparently knows. The SS United States is yesterday's forgotten hero.
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