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Associated Press: Historic ocean liner could ...

The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute that will clear the way for a Florida county to turn the historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef.

Associated Press: Historic ocean liner could soon become the world’s largest artificial reef

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Susan Gibbs Honored with National Maritime Historical Society's Rodney Houghton Award

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Susan Gibbs Honored with National Maritime Historical Society's Rodney Houghton Award

Conservancy President Susan Gibbs was recently honored by the National Maritime Historical Society. Susan’s article, “Naval Architect William Francis Gibbs, ‘A Dream Deferred Never Died,’” from the Society’s flagship publication, SEA HISTORY, was selected as the winner of the 2024 Rodney Houghton Award for the best article in SEA HISTORY in the past year.

NJ.com: The fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic is looking for a new home and N.J. is on the list

NJ.com: The fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic is looking for a new home and N.J. is on the list

Since being towed to a dock in South Philadelphia nearly 30 years ago, the SS United States has captivated people who have seen the ocean liner’s towering smoke stacks and giant hull, easily visible from the New Jersey side of the Delaware River and by those traveling over the Walt Whitman Bridge.