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WalterBright • yesterday at 10:02 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

It's a sad day. I crossed the Atlantic in it long ago. Some great memories.


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bunderbunder • yesterday at 10:39 PM

Bittersweet, perhaps? I've never seen the ship in person but I've been following its story. It seems that Okaloosa County snatched it out of the jaws of the scrapyard just in the nick of time.

It won't be floating anymore, but it will at least be somewhat physically intact, at least relative to the state it was already in. It was pretty well stripped bare back in the 80s, and further gutted after that asbestos abatement project a while back. And it will be available for people who can SCUBA dive to visit.

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rkagerer • yesterday at 10:42 PM

Lasted three quarters of a century, not bad!