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Deadline Arrives For SS United States To Vacate South Philadelphia Pier, Though Path Forward Is Unclear
At the Sept. 5 meeting, the board postponed voting on whether the ship would be taken there and sunk off the coast as an artificial reef.
September 12, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The deadline has arrived for the SS United States to vacate its current home along the Delaware River, though it doesn't appear that the vessel will move any time soon.
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Earlier this year, a federal judge sided with Penn Warehousing that the once-great ocean liner can't stay at Pier 82 in South Philadelphia past Sept. 12. According to court documents, Penn Warehousing warned the SS United States Conservancy, which oversees the vessel, it was prepared to impose a $3 million penalty if the ship is there on Sept. 13.
In August, CBS News Philadelphia learned that the SS US could be sunk off the coast of Florida, and that the Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners was expected to take up the matter at a meeting in early September.
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