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By: Good News Flash! SS United States gets 5.8 Million Dollar Donation | Retro Roadmap

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:17:45 +0000

[...] As Retro Roadmap Readers know, I became fascinated by this ghost of America’s travel past when I saw it looming in the distance as I went about my regular shopping. Here’s a link to that article I wrote about the SS United States, and the interesting information in the comments that fol… [...]

By: SS UNITED STATES Conservancy Good News – Legendary Liner Has New Owner | Retro Roadmap

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:16:05 +0000

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By: Let Me Take You on a Sea Cruise « The Vintage Traveler

Let Me Take You on a Sea Cruise « The Vintage Traveler — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:21:29 +0000

[...] post was inspired by Mod Betty at Retro Roadmap. Last week she discovered that the S.S. United States is docked on the Delaware River at [...]

By: Mod Betty / RetroRoadmap.com

Mod Betty / RetroRoadmap.com — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:57:18 +0000

Barry – that sounds wonderful! Would love to hear the details, as I’m sure other RetroRoadmap readers would too!

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:19:21 +0000

I had the joy of sailing to Europe on the United States. Fabulous time.

By: SS UNITED STATES Conservancy Good News – Legendary Liner Has New Owner « RetroRoadmap.com

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:46:30 +0000

[...] SS United States – Ghost Ship Docked On The Delaware – Video & More Links! [...]

By: Mod Betty / RetroRoadmap.com

Mod Betty / RetroRoadmap.com — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:50:14 +0000

Oh, how interesting! I’m fascinated by that ship, for sure (shore?!)

By: Vicki @ Piccolo Takes All

Vicki @ Piccolo Takes All — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:11:15 +0000

Thanks for the video – that was fantastic!

The 1st episode of last season’s Cold Case (“The Crossing”) took place on a ship clearly based on the SS US. They changed the name to the SS Americana for the show. Unfortunately, the YouTube clip has been removed.

By: Good News Flash! SS United States gets 5.8 Million Dollar Donation « Retro Roadmap

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:15:13 +0000

By: Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap

Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:00:31 +0000

UPDATE! Hooray! Thanks to kind contributor and ship scholar shipgeek I am happy to report:

“Not to worry, the collection was donated intact to the Mariners’ Museum.
It’s a pretty significant collection, and it’s good that it wasn’t
sold off piecemeal and scattered across the globe.”

You can see a photo of a fork that was purportedly used by Cary Grant on the SS United States, part of the collection at The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News VA right here:

http://www.mariner.org/content/artifact-month-test-fork