A suit seeking to prevent Okaloosa County from turning the SS U.S. into an artificial reef says preserving the ship honors ...

An organization seeking to prevent Okaloosa County from turning the SS U.S. into an artificial reef say preserving the ship ...

The SS United States Conservancy had wanted to keep the Big U afloat and looked for alternative berths after it was evicted from Pier 82 in Philadelphia in 2024, but the ship is too large.

Its most recent owner before Okaloosa County, the SS United States Conservancy, purchased the ship in 2011 with plans to transform it into a hotel, condominiums or multi-purpose venue.

A campaign group has appealed to Trump to save a historic steam liner with links to Southampton that is due to be sunk.

"The SS United States Conservancy has been collecting art, artifacts, photo documentations, videos, components from the ship for over a decade," Gibbs said. "So we have a huge collection of items ...

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Dan McSweeney, cofounder of the SS United States Conservancy, was also quoted in the story as a backer of the proposal, though he is no longer affiliated with the nonprofit that owned the ship ...