Over 700 miles — that's how far Joe Beaman of Indiana was willing to travel to visit the SS United States in the Port City. FULL STORY:
Photos of the SS United States being pulled by a 140-foot tugboat prompted many to ask how the move was even possible.
The SS United States, the former luxury ocean liner that was parked in South Philadelphia for almost 30 years, has reached Mobile, Ala., faster than expected and in one piece, proving the skeptics wrong.
Looking rusty and every bit of 75 years old, the former luxury cruiser limped into the Port of Mobile Monday with the help of a couple of tug boats.
The SS United States completed its long trip from Philadelphia to the Port City on Monday, but in many ways, its journey is just beginning.
Efforts to save the SS United States from being sunk as an artificial reef are ongoing, with appeals for federal intervention.