Comments on: Rumors and more rumors…

By: Clinton Gray

Clinton Gray — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:12:46 +0000

This is merely a translation of comment #5, by Norbert Buijel.

Dear SS United States Conservancy,
My name is Norbert Buijel, and I’m from Rotterdam (Holland). I hope each of you is doing the right thing to preserve and restore the ship. Like you, we also fought for a ship, the SS Rotterdam, and we are happy that she is still in one piece. Continue to fight for the preservation of the SS United States.

Good Luck,
Norbert Buijel

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By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:40:21 +0000

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Details.
Does anyone have any details about the sale terms ?
I determined that data at the SS Maritime is knowingly inaccurate.
Does anyone have details about estimated costs to acquire, besides sale price: survey, insurance, guard service, etc ?
Any reliable estimates to restore one half of the propulsion system ?
I saw an estimate of $3 Million to tow to NYC. Where did that come from ?

I am working on a long-shot to put her back into some kind of service (not as a liner or cruiser,) and I need data to help the potential client decide.

Thnx.
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By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:24:58 +0000

Since there hasn’t been interest on the east coast has anyone thought about Lake Michigan? They have nothing like this in Chicago(Musuem of Science and Industry). It could be that hotel and maritime museum there.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:57:15 +0000

NCL obviously can no longer be trusted. If Knut Kloster still ran the company, the Norway would have not been scrapped and the United States would be sailing the seas with passengers. Knut is not happy with Star cruises and regrets having sold NcL to them. Actually it was his son who sold them.
As for the United States, expect the worse. I would fully expect that Sadje Metha or however that person of whom I can not describe my feeling for in polite society has his minion staff on alert 24-7 for the sale of the United States. Then when they hear any word, to investigate and call him no matter the time, so he can wire the money. If any of you believe that someone could buy the ship off of him, he will not budge. A group from the United Arab Emrits (sp?) offered to buy the Norway off of him and he would have made a profit. He just jerked them around. This guy if he does get possession of the ship will be Satan bent to tear apart the ship.

By: vince Towles

vince Towles — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:45:44 +0000

The Queen Mary in Long Beach is a favorite of mine and is not being taken care of as well as she deserves either. I feel the public needs to be informed of just what the S.S. United States should mean to the country. Most people were happy to help when informed of the demise of the Statue of Liberty. Public television and the History Channel need to air the new film “The lady in waiting” to help educate those uninformed about this historic ship. In my mind the perfect thing would be to restore The United States old dock in New York and permanently moor her there. The very name of Manhattan brings to mind ocean liners on the hudson. If the city of Long Beach can’t seem to get their act together on a better venue for the Queen Mary move her to New York as well.

By: MMacleod

MMacleod — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:23:47 +0000

I would have to agree with Verela, if nothing else she should become an underwater reef and dive spot like the Oriskany, the hulls already been stripped and cleared of asbestos she could become a significant underwater attraction at virtually no cost. In the right environmental conditions she’d last for hundreds of years intact, look at the Britannic or the Vasa.

I was also wondering about the condition of the United States aliminium superstructure. The QE2 was built in the 60’s in a similar manner with a steel hull and aliminium superstructure and one of the main reasons Cunard opted to retire the QE2 was that after 30 years the aliminium had began to seriously corrode and fail against the salt water of the atlantic, its the reason Cunard built the Queen Mary 2 out of pure steel instead. As the United States has already been exposed such erosion for the first 17 years of her life I was wondering what state shes in now?

By: Norbert

Norbert — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:36:07 +0000

Geachte stichting safe s.s. United States,

Mijn is Norbert Buijel en ik kom uit Rotterdam (Holland) , ik hoop dat jullie voor elkaar krijgen dat het schip bewaart blijft en behouden blijft. Zoals jullie hadden wij ook moeten vechten voor onze Schip s.s. Rotterdam en gelukkig krijgen dat voor elkaar, dat het s.s. Rotterdam in onze haven voor altijd als hotel en leerschool kan uitoefenen. Blijven vechten voor het behoud van het s.s. United States. Succes

Groet Norbert Buijel,

By: stesir

stesir — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:14:19 +0000

Metals/Aluminum are at their cheapest prices in years. Every cruiseline company is hurting. Wouldn’t it be better instead of selling for scrap, for an entity to buy the aluminum/metals/supplies needed at such drastically low prices and fix-up/repair the ship?

By: James Varela

James Varela — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:45:02 +0000

In a absolute worst case scenario I would like her towed out to sea and sunk. I think the ship could be reasonably restored in some third world ship yard in China, India, or Brazil, Mexico. The furniture designs could be sent to China or Korea to be copied and make the ship look like the way it did in 1969. Then Queen Mary it in NYC. or similar city. What is needed is someone with 15 Million dollars or so with the determination to save the ship the right way.