Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Giant Ship Hulk: SS United States (Gone)
Colossal ocean liner, once the pride of transatlantic passenger travel, sat rotting at this wharf for decades. No tours. Hauled away to be sunk in February 2025.
- Directions:
- Docked at a pier on the Delaware River. FROM THE NORTH: I-95 exit 19. Follow the signs for I-76 E toward Walt Whitman Bridge/Packer Ave., then keep right at the fork toward I-76 W/Packer Ave., then keep left at the fork toward Oregon Ave. Turn left onto Front St., then turn right onto Oregon Ave. After a half-mile, turn left onto Columbus Blvd. Ship is a quarter-mile on the right. FROM THE SOUTH: I-95 exit 20 for Columbus Blvd toward Washington Ave. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Snyder Ave./Oregon Ave. and merge onto Columbus Blvd. Drive south about a mile to the Ship.
- Hours:
- Hauled away Feb 2025.
- Status:
- Gone
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We just had a three-hour tour of the ship on 20 July 2024; it was great but not cheap ($250.00). Funds are being raised to construct exhibits in the ship. The ship will have to be moved in the near future.
[David Bohaska, 07/23/2024]
The ship is still a hulking abandoned vessel, and still not open to the public.
[Brenda, 06/16/2023]
The SS United States is right across the street from IKEA and visible from the 400 section of Phillies Stadium. Just look for the giant smoke stacks along the Delaware.
[Eric Anderson, 02/07/2010]Driving back from a vacation trip on 1-95, my 8 year old daughter suddenly said "Dad, there's the Titanic!"
I looked to the side, and wow, there was a giant black hull ocean liner, complete with deep V hull and giant smokestacks! Upon getting home and researching, I found it is the SS United States; a long neglected classic ocean liner, with a long suffering following of people who faithfully dream of its "resurrection." It cannot be toured, but makes an awesome roadside sight!
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The SS United States is 990 feet long, so they'd better save that exhibit money and use it to pay for a fleet of tugboats.