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Fastest Ship – The SS United States Faces Uncertain Future

By On June 24, 2008

Popular Mechanics updates us on the the World’s Fastest Ship, or at least the vessel currently holding the transatlantic speed record the mighty SS United States. They write: Though I [...]

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SS Independence – EPA Issues Formal Complaint To NCL and Oceanic

By On March 19, 2008

Photo By Tunnelbug In a new twist on the story of the S/S Independence, the EPA has issued a federal complaint for the illegal export of PCB’s. You may remember [...]

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Historic Ship Independence Barred From Her Adopted State

By On February 25, 2008

Photo By Alan Light Built in 1950 the SS Independence and her sister ship the SS Constitution were built to transport passengers between U.S. ports and the Mediterranean but with [...]

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Final Voyage – S/S Independence

By On February 13, 2008

Photo by dollar_bill Telstar Logistics provides details on this historic day: This is a”view of a newly vacant pier 70 shipyard, now that the Oceanic Independence has left to meet [...]

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Ghost Ship Tours

By On January 1, 2008

Our apologies to anyone looking for paranormal activity… you (probably) won’t find any here because by ghost ship we mean vessels no longer in service. In the U.S. most ghost [...]

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