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awoke_in_2003

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16. I've heard of it. nt

Reply to Orrex (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 08:18 PM

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SS United States Could Be Heading for Scrap By End of Month [View all] IDemo Oct 2015 OP

How very symbolic, considering the level of "United" there is here, now. As in... very little. n/t TygrBright Oct 2015 #1

Interesting metaphor there. hedda_foil Oct 2015 #2

Can I get a show of hands? Orrex Oct 2015 #3

Heard of it, and built a model of it when I was a kid. SeattleVet Oct 2015 #5

I've heard of it. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #16

By the looks of the ship, basic maintenance hasn't been done, i.e. painting and shraby Oct 2015 #4

Held 15,000 troops & refitted as a luxury liner? This sure would house a lot of families, Sunlei Oct 2015 #6

Friends of the S.S. United States Send Out a Last S.O.S. PufPuf23 Oct 2015 #7

Lots of people have heard of the SS United States - it's all we have LeftinOH Oct 2015 #8

My family & I crossed to Le Havre, France in December of 1964, outrunning a 100 year North Atlantic cpompilo Oct 2015 #9

We made the reverse trip the year before IDemo Oct 2015 #10

Sweet sight that! And it was a beautiful ship. cpompilo Oct 2015 #11

And political cartoonists across the country just lost their damn minds NuclearDem Oct 2015 #12

Crap. Just down the street from us. When we go to Ikea, we get a snack in their restaurant... onehandle Oct 2015 #13

what is a responsible metals recycler? snooper2 Oct 2015 #14

how bout we make it seaworthy and use it to move refugees accross the meditarainian dembotoz Oct 2015 #15

I rode on that as a kid, Southampton to NY JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2015 #17

World traveler IDemo, circa ~1963 IDemo Oct 2015 #18

Sad. I'm hearing this song now... petronius Oct 2015 #19

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