A federal judge says a historic ocean liner that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago must leave its berth in Philadelphia by Sept. 12.
FILE - The S.S. United States glides down the Hudson River as it begins its first voyage to Europe from New York in view of the Manhattan skyline, including the Empire State Building on the center right, in this view from Hoboken, N.J., July 3, 1952. In a decision issued Friday, June 14, 2024, a federal judge said the historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago must leave its berth in Philadelphia by Sept. 12.
and its landlord, Penn Warehousing. It stemmed from an August 2021 decision by Penn Warehousing to double the ship's daily dockage to $1,700, an increase the conservancy refused to accept.When the conservancy continued to pay its previous rate, set in 2011, Penn Warehousing terminated the lease in March 2022. After much legal wrangling, Brody held a bench trial in January but also encouraged the two sides to reach a settlement instead of leaving it up to her.
“The judge’s decision gives us a very limited window to find a new home for the SS United States and raise the resources necessary to move the ship and keep her safe,” Susan Gibbs, conservancy president and granddaughter of the ship’s designer, toldBesides finding a new home, the conservancy also must obtain funds for insurance, tugs, surveys and dock preparations for a move.
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