End of an Era - SS United States Passes Florida on Her Final Voyage
- Mar 1, 2025
- 1 min read
A rather long time ago I was on a bulk carrier loading coal in Newport News Virginia USA. Some way off lay an enormous passenger liner sitting idle. The SS United States. Even then, one of the last bastions of a passed era.
Fast forward over 40 years and we meet again, of Delray Beach Fort Lauderdale. Video thanks to SeaTow and my friend Capt Brianna Kerrigan of Yacht Management (South Florida). Under tow on her way to Louisiana to become a dive reef. Enough said for this Blog, never see the likes again I wager.
As a personal story my family have a connection with the era of large liners. Our maternal Great Grandfather, Capt Robert Baker. One of his commands was RMS Mauritania of the Cunard Line (1907-1935). I wonder when the world stopped being sepia?
Chris Leigh-Jones
I lived in Norfolk VA during much of the 80s, the United States was docked there and left to decay for much of that decades. It sure was a beautiful ship ... RIP