The commander on the bridge in this video was the SS United States 2nd Officer Robert King. I met him and his wife on a 2005 crossing on QM2. I'm a former SSUS passenger and we shared a lot of stories about the U. He was sharp, full of energy and well aware of the efforts by some to try and save the ship. An enlightening chance meeting. Afterward he opened his wallet and gave me one of his old US Lines business cards.

My grandparents sailed the Big U and her sister ship, SS America. I was very fortunate to have boarded both magnificent ships for their Bon Voyage parties. The Big U was such a classy gal. Now when I drive home to visit family in NY and PA I go to Philly to see her. My first visit was heartbreaking. I hope they can restore her.

@matthewcox6615

5 жыл бұрын

Rickie Nothstein Have you heard about what happened to the America?

Some people don't realize the difference between 40's and 50's style. The interiors of this ship are stunning and a true sign of the times. A lot of this is making a comeback but has a modern twist. Thank you for the video I very much enjoyed it.

Her interiors were deemed important enough to be featured in a major article with lots of photographs in Modernism magazine, which highlights all kinds of design from the middle of the last century.

Excellent!!! I also grew up in NY Harbor and remember seeing the SSUS, and most of the ther liners sailing in the 50's and 60's. Always a treat, even today to be on the SI Ferry when a Liner or Cruise ship passes...If I only had a camera back in the day!

@alvinclay8525

2 жыл бұрын

instaBlaster.

This film was made before the fall of 1953. The Tug-Boat Alice M. Moran was Scrapped in the late fall of 1953.

I really enjoyed that movie and having the United States in the background and over the whole ship that is so cool I wish that they would start that back up and bring it through the Great Lakes

Interesting film. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing behind the scenes footage of the SS United States. The SS United States Conservancy has acquired the ship and is making plans and raising funds to restore her as a floating attraction/museum. It's sad she'll never sail the seas again but this is a dignified alternative for this great lady of seas that still holds a Trans-Atlantic speed record. If you'd like to help preserve her Google "SS United States Conservancy"--view the site and donate.

love the sound of her horns

Great movie clip, brought me back in time since I grew up on Staten Island, rode the Staten Island Ferry and watched the New York Harbor Maritime Traffic. Four items of interest: 1. Nice shot of the SS United States outbound steaming by a Staten Island Ferry which I believe is Cornelius B. Kolff class. 2. Nice sound byte of the SS United States mighty steam whistles. 3. Moran Brothers Tugs hard at work assisting the SS United States Upriver, Downriver and Docking at Pier 86. 4. Nice shot of

I believe the film incorporates stock footage which would explain the Alice M. Moran. And the SS United States had her maiden voyage in 1952, so the film could not have been shot in the 1940s.

Great video, thank you.

This documentary was made before 1953, because the tug Alice M. Moran was scrapped in 1953. I would think that this was made in the late 1940's

You should make your logo much smaller! It takes up way too much space.

@perrypics Great link to Moran Brothers Tugs, grew up in Staten Island and use to watch the New York Harbor Traffic.

It's a shame that the Big U was never preserved. I believe this technology was able to last many many years given proper maintenance. Alas, as air travel took the world of travel to new heights, most of the old ships were either scrapped or left to depreciate with few exceptions.

@OldsVistaCruiser

2 жыл бұрын

The Big U still exists. She is moored, rusting away, in South Philadelphia along the Delaware River. No ship has been able to break her Blue Riband speed records in the 70 years since she set them.

@EskimoCanadian44

2 жыл бұрын

@@OldsVistaCruiser Touché. I believe the Big U was truly capable of reaching speeds much higher than even her official records had clocked. Who knows, may have been capable of 100 knots! If only ever in the dreams of her designers. This ship was, still is a sight to behold. A crying shame they gutted her; it would have been a remarkable feat to preserve the Big U in her original condition as an East Coast complement to the Queen Mary. In a perfect world...

@ejbonk That's interesting, because google leads one to be believe that "Americans At Work" the series began in 1959. If the dates are true, then it's entirely possible they used stock footage of the ship being guided by the tugs, in which case the Alice Moran would make sense but be anachronistic to those in the know.

Let it go!

Mark if you would make your logo smaller the films you post would be more enjoyable to view.

Not sure what you mean by "rarely depicted."

@BolexH8, I know, but I've had too many videos ripped off on KZread and then incorporated into other people's videos without credit, so the logo stays.

@gilzor9376

3 жыл бұрын

Worth mentioning 9 years later . . . that logo is outa control . . . . lol wow

Those were the days. Everyone dressed nicely and there were no body piercings or damned "thongs" sticking out of womens drawers, and the only tattoos you ever saw were on the arms of navy men. Sure wish I could go back to those times again...

Completely disagree about the interiors. I find them positively swanky!

why the heck are they still using telegraphs in 1959 ?!?

AFL-CIO in plain English: government condoned and sponsored extortion , run the best, professional extortionists. Whatever they say, be assured its a lie. Period.