NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES

NY-based not-for-profit corporation formed in late 2024 for the purpose of preventing the historic vessel SS UNITED STATES from being scrapped or sunk.

[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

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[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

Meeting video clip is at: https://t.co/iqRzzRONdC (short url) (same as https://t.co/tFpVZV5uIY)

Sounds more like Mr. Mixon is seeking only to determine scrap value of hull (Coffey said $1-2M) and apparently also market value of artifacts (!?); not seeking bids (yet)...

[Alex Harrison @AlexHarrisqw]

Okaloosa County announced today that it intends to obtain bids to determine the scrap value of the SS United States, including pricing for major components, such as the funnels to be sold on the open market if deployment does not proceed.

This is a striking development, especially given that just days ago the county was publicly assuring stakeholders through press releases and media interviews that the project was in its final stages of approval and still on track for deployment, pending weather and routine variables.

So what changed?

If the county is truly moving full steam ahead, why introduce contingency planning that points so clearly toward dismantling the ship?

At the same time, the Conservancy continues to suggest that a museum remains possible under its stewardship.

Now, with the county openly acknowledging that artifacts originally intended for a museum may instead be priced and sold, it strongly signals that the museum concept, as proposed, is no longer a realistic path forward.

The reality is simple: there is no museum without the ship.

If the SS United States is scrapped, the opportunity for a land based museum honoring the ship is lost entirely. For those who believe in that vision, preservation of the vessel itself is not optional, it is essential.

Here’s how you can help:

Contact your elected officials. Make it clear that you oppose the destruction of an irreplaceable piece of American history and that the SS United States deserves to be preserved, not dismantled
@SSUSAlliance @Save_SS_US @SSUSPF488 @WKRG @FOX10News @MidBayNews

[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

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[Barbara Eden @Barbara_Eden]

All my love and congratulations to @NASA and @NASAArtemis crew (and everyone involved) for a successful mission!!!! Making the impossible look easy! -B #NASA

[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

@mercoglianos So you're saying that the vessel temporarily became a transcontinental bridge?

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The lawyer who filed the Coalition's case against Okaloosa County in the federal court in Pensacola has this to say about the etymology of a certain fairly obSCURE biological term. (But it's all Greek to me. —Editor)

[James Michael Maloney @maloney_esq]

Someone recently asked me if there's a word for "squirrel-like" that's comparable to such words as "bovine" and "canine." There is. It's "sciurine." Since the root seems to be a Greek phrase meaning "shadow-tail," I choose to pronounce it "SKEW-rhine" rather than "SHOE-rhine."

[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

Here's the MERCY in Mobile last August as SSUS was being dismembered...

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

Mercy's AIS Track Points to Panama Canal—Not Greenland—as Hospital Ship Steams South https://t.co/JkS3sxBa3s

[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

In 1952, Capt. Royce Williams left USS ORISKANY to engage in the dogfight for which he won the #CMH.

In 1952, SSUS made her maiden voyage.

ORISKANY still holds the record as the world's largest artificial reef.

💡Let's honor both Capt. Williams and SSUS and keep it that way.

[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

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[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

Pushing downward, actually...

[BradleyTate @Bradleytatertot]

@Save_SS_US Its nice to see Okaloosa County pushing forward

[NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES @Save_SS_US]

"As the SS United States Conservancy advances plans for our future museum and visitor experience, Florida’s Okaloosa County is readying the ship for her next voyage." Next voyage, huh?
https://t.co/BvrbIvftH4

[Alex Harrison @AlexHarrisqw]

@Save_SS_US @SSUSPF488 https://t.co/eXca7HqoRD

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"...never stood a chance"?

Q: If our loss was so foreseeable, why did the County wait until AFTER the suit was dismissed to make their sanctions motion?

A: "...frankly, I did not want to look like a fool if Judge Rodgers denied the motion to dismiss..."

See lines 23-24:

[BradleyTate @Bradleytatertot]

@Save_SS_US You still lost. Face reality. You never stood a chance.

[DurrBarry #TeamFoundation @Harrythebest21]

Ladies And Gentlemen This Day 32 Years Ago

We Awoke To The News That SS United States Sister The SS America (American Star) Had Beached In Fuerteventura

Join @Save_SS_US To Prevent Her Sister From Having The Same Fate!!

[Mark E. Collingsworth @PhilipMich8019]

https://t.co/IWAvkRd07d

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