I was just thrilled to hear the news. Hope the one year study provides good results. She's an icon and deserve's much better than this.

Thats Fantastic news the ship was saved Steve, i was curious after your first video of this Ship what had happened to it. Sitting at my Home Office Desk watching this video, i wanted to throw up when you reached the top and went outside LOL. Look forward to another video of this Ship. Keep up the good work Steve!

KZread is the slowest ever during Peak hour to process the video into HD and 4k Resolution. If you're watching I low quality, check back in an hour for much better quality.

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

PineKushDude TWIC card is required. I was escorted by a care taker of the ship

Great video, I can't wait to see more footage. By the way, you wouldn't catch me climbing that crow's nest!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Grier Thank You Jeff!

I bet you have a little better appreciation after that climb of the sailors that did it in all weathers on the old galleons lol! Very interesting videos from you on this ship and thanks for sharing. Glad to see you guys (I'm from UK) preserving your history too. I really hope that if this preservation happens they don't change or add to the superstructure outline - after all it's the original design and the visual identity that made the ship the SS United States.

Though it'll be a little upsetting to see essentially the entire superstructure go, I'm glad the SS United States has a good chance of not only being saved but to sail again. So cool that you've gotten the opportunity to explore her. Looking forward to the next video!

I'm stunned. I did a little research on this ship following your first video, and I never imagined any future for this ship except the cutting torch, because she was just so seriously stripped down to husk. Truly amazing news, and I really hope that Crystal do decide it is worth doing - it would just about be a world first, surely, to take a passenger ship in such a state, and rebuild her to her former glory. Most get scrapped as it is uneconomic to perform a major refit, considering what a new ship would cost to build from the keel up. I will be waiting with baited breath for the final decision, and I look forward to your next video of the ship with anticipation. :)

@1940limited

8 жыл бұрын

+VauxhallViva1975 Money will move mountains. If enough can be put together, the ship will have a new life.

@Formulabruce

8 жыл бұрын

+VauxhallViva1975 The ship looks worse than it is. Lots of Pealing paint. The top and upper is All aluminum. This ship was built with NO wood. Its fast hull design and the steel/Aluminum construction make this a real possibility. Only lead paint really stands in the way. Being stripped and C;leaned of asbestos has made evaluating and renovating Much easier

@VauxhallViva1975

8 жыл бұрын

+g bridgman So it would seem. Amazing news. I know it is not 100% certain yet, but one lives in hope. :)

@VauxhallViva1975

8 жыл бұрын

+Formula Firebird I guess that is certainly true. I will be watching this ship with interest to follow progress.

@1940limited

8 жыл бұрын

Today I saw a picture of the proposed redesign should it come to that. I wasn't thrilled by it, but it's better than scrapping. Ideally we'd like to see it restored to its 1952 configuration, but it's better than scrapping it. Link to picture is below: tinyurl.com/gm9yg7e

damn my knees were jelly just watching that, i do not like heights lol

@justforever96

8 жыл бұрын

I don't usually mind heights much, but I found a video the other day of GoPro footage of young people climbing to the tops of skyscrapers and bridges and radio towers, and hanging off the edge, and standing on the very top and looking over the edge. Then they started riding skateboards along the edge, and breakdancing and sitting on the corner with their feet over the edge, about half an inch from death. I couldn't watch it; it literally made me dizzy. Young idiots who think they'll live forever. Maybe they'll mature a lot on the way down once they finally fall!

When I heard about the save, I was wondering if you were going to do a update. And I am so happy you did. Can't wait to see the rest! :)

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Crowvamp1979 Lots of footage to come. Stay Tuned :)

so cool, awesome video Steve !

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Gina Diefenbach Thank you Gina

Good to hear there is hope for this ship. I hope the strip down of the ship will help with the retrofit. Hope it becomes a profitable cruise ship.

Awesome footage!

Nice video Steve! Looking forward to the next episode!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Curacao Life Thank You

great job man ,bravo!!!

Excellent Steve, thank you.

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+jwrappuhn71 Your welcome. Thanks for watching

wow thanks for the update and good news. hope it works out. that ship is special

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Rick Reid your welcome and me too.

Wonderful..Hope they Do Save This Awesome Ship...Great work Steve...

It's amazing what you've just done. :) Thanks for the news :) Fingers crossed :)

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Otter's Underground Your welcome.

Wew!! That one made my feet tingle!

I'm so glad that she has a chance at being restored, she's an icon to the US, and she's a beautiful ship, it'd be heartbreaking if she was scrapped, I'm not from the US but I really want to see this ship restored!

@qe2836

8 жыл бұрын

+Christopher Tinker 100% the same here!

Has to be the best of all your videos ever. May the US live again. Thank you for the great tour. Someday I would love to wonder an engine and generator room before I die. Steve

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Polaraco Hobby Thank you

Yet another great vid, Steve! (I like all your stuff.) Sure hope the plans go through, to put this baby back into workable condition!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Seth Tyrssen Thank you Seth

Very interesting and informative videoclip ! The video quality is excellent. I am watching the video on 2/7/2016 at 9:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. !

I just messaged them and apperntly they are possibly going to do a photography fundraiser. I hope to be able to take some pictures on there come springtime

Imagine being up there in high seas! Thanks for posting, very cool!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+the artist Yea I could imagine. I am sure they weren't

It would be freaking awesome to see Big U pounding the waves again , never thought the day would come when she would have another chance to do her thing. 700-800mil would be well worth it .

Great work Steve. Can't help but wonder if your advocacy helped sway Crystal toward evaluating this for resurrection. Hope this ship sees more glory days. It's a beaut.

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+sixten3 that would be cool but the ship 2 months ago was about to hit the scrap yard. The news media blew it up in coverage which I think helped them get the deal.

Glad they are considering restoring it. It may cost as much as building a new ship, but it saves using and wasting more materials to build another. I think restoring existing ships is a great, environmentally friendly idea.

@qe2836

8 жыл бұрын

+78FullSizeBronco They say it will be almost $ 100 million cheaper than a new ship

Good that you where able to document this place before it gets reno`ed

zi'm glad too about the ship getting rebuilt.. I hope so anyway!

man thats so awesome. may take a ride on that bad boy!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Olympic Gaming me 2 :)

Great shots!!!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Kary Munster Thank you

@karamuenster

8 жыл бұрын

+Abandoned Steve (Historical - Urbex) ^.^

Great video Steve..from Italy Enzo and Urbex albyphoto..

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Gian Enzo Bracco Thank you!

Great news, great vid!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+mike anderson Thank you mike

I also would of been nervous at that height too! 😨👍

Thank you for sharing this, Steve! It's a privilege to able to go along with you for the visit to the crow's nest and see what few people have ever been able to see.---This is the first I've heard about the possibility of saving the S.S. United States. I really thought she would decay until someone finally bought her for scrap. The removal of the passenger accommodations back in the 80's may have been good after all as all that probably would have had to be removed or greatly altered anyway because of modern health codes (lots of asbestos used to be there) though the liner is already remarkably strong and safe. Today's passengers would also want more and better amenities than the passengers of the 1950's and 60's; for example in John Maxtone-Graham's book "S.S. United States---Red, White and Blue Riband Forever" the author mentioned the high ratio of passengers to restroom facilities in Tourist Class. Also the days of liners divided into three classes are long over. I'm hopeful for more good news about this extraordinary ship.

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Brendan Thank You Andrew. Thanks for sharing that information.

I am SO happy that the United States will be saved from the scrapyard!.....for now...

@1940limited

8 жыл бұрын

+Rock Tuner Let's hope it's preserved forever.

Being in that crows nest, you wouldn't want to be in a hurry to go to the latrine

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+myfeeling4you very true :)

Jeez man, you're a lot more brave than I am.

@Formulabruce

8 жыл бұрын

+MrAnimeopera looks worse than it is...

I sure hope it gets saved. The dollar amount you quote sounds about right. I'd rather spend it on that than build a new one. This ship's an American icon and it's a shame it's been allowed to fall into the condition it is in. The US Navy should have looked after this ship and kept it up over the years. When you think of how much money the US government fritters away constantly, the cost of renovating the United States is nothing. People who think it's an old piece of rusty metal and should be scrapped are ignorant. I find people with no interest in historic preservation quite annoying and near sighted, to say the least.,

@qe2836

8 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. Even if it seems that there wouldn't be much more left of the ship than her hull she's still the same ship. Of course it would be nicer to see her be restored in her original condition but with the claims and regulations of today it isn't possible. There are only a few real ocean liners left so everyone has to be saved, especially this one.

@1940limited

8 жыл бұрын

I would have liked to see it maintained in excellent condition under the auspicious of the US Navy and used as some kind of royal yacht for special occasions. Now it's almost impossible to do that so we'll have to take whatever we can get. As long as it's not scrapped, that's a good thing.

@styldsteel1

8 жыл бұрын

+g bridgman Very well said

@justforever96

8 жыл бұрын

I agree. Ignorant fools. On the first video he posted on this ship, some idiot actually said they "ought to take her out to sea and sink her as an artificial reef for divers". Like the thousands of wrecks we have now aren't enough? You take one of the only remaining ocean liners, and deliberately sink it where no one but divers can enjoy it (as they watch it crust up with marine life and rust away over the years). The thought process (assuming there is one) is foreign to me...what a damn waste that would be, even if we weren't talking about a beautiful and historical artifact! I also agree that the government's priorities suck. They spent, what, a billion a day to fight a useless war in Iraq that just made things worse in the end, and they can't find $800M to fix a ship? They probably spend that much every time they refurbish an aircraft carrier, or more!

@1940limited

8 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. I'm sure it won't be sunk for a diver's reef, but it's a national embarrassment that the US Navy allowed this ship to deteriorate to the state it is in today. The best we can hope for now is some heavily modified cruise ship that will hardly do justice to the original United States. It will be akin to making a hot rod out of an old car. But it's better than scrapping it; maybe.

Great Job, Save Our Ship "SOS" USA... We can do allot better than that in the future... We need to do both, take care of and save our people and ships. It does cost money and unfortunately we are all not made the same. I can't in all my wisdom leave someone behind that cannot keep up with the rest of us... We need to take care of objects and each other... How do we get this done?

@Formulabruce

8 жыл бұрын

+Curiosity more videos like this bring more awareness.. There is already talk of tickets on its maiden voyage

Back when I drank a lot of beer, I would have climbed that. 👍😆

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Steven Padgett haha good luck with that

@styldsteel1

8 жыл бұрын

+Abandoned Steve (Historical - Urbex) Beer? haha phuck that. I wouldnt want to do anything to ruin this sort of an experience. Please pass the Pepsi

What a tease I thought you where going all the way to the top by the way my first ship was CV-66 USS America

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+njchuck1 I was told no top although i was close

Steve, could you see the USS New Jersey from up there?

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Jared Stein yes you can

So the "STOP" for at :53 marks the level so you don't have to look and see where you are? Also, that's not thay high. I'd do it anytime. Must have been awesome to be up there while the ship was plowing across the water at 35 knots!

I know nothing of this ship besides your vids and it's a beautiful ship! Kinda the same style of the titanic, only newer. Would like to see restored back to the original looks without all the updates the new cruise ships have. Almost a working museum.

@qe2836

8 жыл бұрын

+schoon3303 The fastest of all ocean liners and the last one built in America. They will not run a museum. Everything inside and the whole superstructure will be new. I would also like to see her restored in her original condition but there are several reasons why that isn't possible.

And then you got fuckin IKEA just across the street :o (watching from Denmark)

I hope they can get it running again i hope they turned the engines on once in a while :-)

hmm sweaty hands after watching this

Please save this beautiful ship Mary Babiec

Steve, can you tell me the actual color green of what little remains of the actual decking - mostly near the stern of the ship? i will be building a model of this ship soon and would like get the shade right. Most models show it as a bright emerald green, but I am thinking it is more a blue-green / slate like color. Any help would be appreciated.

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+John Deschamps The deck is a green color

@johndeschamps1797

8 жыл бұрын

+Abandoned Steve (Historical - Urbex) What shade? www.december.com/html/spec/color2.html

I wish the work was done at Newport News Shipbuilding.... who knows that ship better?

@1940limited

8 жыл бұрын

+Paperista Good point! :)

@Formulabruce

8 жыл бұрын

+Paperista That could happen IF they are not under too many Govt contracts

@1940limited

8 жыл бұрын

It's a tragedy the government didn't take better care of the ship in the first place. At least now there is hope for its salvation.

@styldsteel1

8 жыл бұрын

+Paperista Well, the only thing left of NNSB is the building itself. The men are long gone as Francis Gibbs.

@Paperista

8 жыл бұрын

+styldsteel1 NNSB is still a very active shipyard. At least some of those there are very aware of the SSUS even if they were not part of its beginning.

Nope I would not have stepped out there 😱

I AM SO GLAD THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO SAFE THIS SHIP OF HISTORY ALSO.. I HOPE CITY OF LONG BEACH GETS THERE ACT TOGETHER TO ALSO SAVE THE QUEEN MARY! AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM SIDE BY SIDE IF THE SS UNITED STATES SAILS THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PICTURE,,.. VETERAN...

For those who ARE sitting down.. :). This ship, BIG "U" With her 247,785 Horsepower ( corrected thanks to styldsteel1 )and her 4 massive ( 60,000 Pounds each) propellers Traveled on her First Maiden Voyage at an "AVERAGE" speed of around 38 knots, thats Over 40 MPH at only 2/3 Power ! .. 40 mph for a ship this size is well, a World record holder, which she STILL Holds!

@styldsteel1

8 жыл бұрын

+Formula Firebird Impressive, but, however...The big U had four Westinghouse double-reduction geared steam turbines and eight Babcock Wilcox boilers. Total generation was 247,785 hp.

@Formulabruce

8 жыл бұрын

+styldsteel1 I have no idea where that big number came from either, thanks for that correction..

@styldsteel1

8 жыл бұрын

pleasure. Jokingly, I suppose using the numbers you previously provided, I have visions of passengers hanging onto the railings clinging for dear life in a totally horizontal position with the engines at full ahead full.. What a kodak moment that would be eh? lol

@styldsteel1

8 жыл бұрын

The ship woud be jumping on top of the water like we did as kids skipping rocks LOL. Captain!!!! HEY!!!! THIS AINT' FUNNY!! lol

@qe2836

8 жыл бұрын

+Formula Firebird Really Amazing. You have to take three Oasis-class cruise ships to get the same power. They have three 20 MW (27200 hp) azipods each so that will be 244,800 "shaft" horsepower together . I would like to know what the fuel consumption for the US was at 38 knots.

the ship on the interior looks in good shape

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Tony Thatcher the ship is in ok shape. A lot of restoration will be needed though.

@styldsteel1

8 жыл бұрын

it is. as per Susan Gibbs, the hull is 95% in tact. hey.... made in America.

That's a very risky investment if they decide to go through with getting the ship in operational service.

Amazing it's more expensive to build new ship and from beam up but demo is what takes cost of all the new iron I still can't believe it's cheaper to make new I sopose like building vs restoring old buildings

If it has to get running again from renovations, how are they gonna get I to NYC? Tug boats all the way? Good to see it will be ronod anyways!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+mason methot yes it would get tugged to NYC. It can no longer move on it own power

@1940limited

8 жыл бұрын

+Abandoned Steve (Historical - Urbex) I believe it was tugged all the way from Turkey at one point, so NYC should be a cake walk! :)

@masonmethot3186

8 жыл бұрын

I see.

It will be nice to see it in all it's former glory. Today's ships have no style, floating barges.

4:02 I wonder who they sold all the furniture from this ship to... Oh. That's who.

When people speak of American pride, this ship speaks volumes. It's Oct. 3...any updates?

@AbandonedSteve

7 жыл бұрын

crystal cruise lines backed out of the deal

All of your videos of this ship are great. As we now know, all of these plans are dead. It's time to haul this out to sea and let it sink.

Well, they saved the USS Texas and that was older and in worse condition - so I suppose anything is possible.

couldn't save the ss america that thing is gone I would like to see the ss united states still run

Great video, nice view from up there. But climbing up on a vertical ladder isn't really my thing. I wonder what the ship would look like if the plans in 1978 to convert her to a cruise ship had became true. Maybe the steam turbines had been changed to more fuel efficient diesels. And I also think the interior had been changed a lot. So if it happens now instead it's not so bad. If you restore her in a completely original condition she can't meet the regulations of today, that means she could not sail. She would be a museum/hotel ship but that wouldn't be possible without a lot of voluntary donations because the revenues wouldn't cover the costs. This is just my opinion, I could be wrong.

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+QE2 Thank You. They have a computer drawing online that shows what they plan to do with it. It definitely more modern looking.

Well, "Steve", this IS indeed, magnificent news! I only hope that Crystal(?), will have the sense, to install a powerplant that's ALSO capable of taking her right up to 50KNOTS, her maximum speed, way "back in the day." With concurrent attention, given to her hull and keel--any part of her designed for underwater action--I'm sure this fine old gal will once again, LOVE running LICKETY-SPLIT, skimming the TOPS of the waves. Her speed is about in the same range of today's modern Naval Supercarriers. Fifty Knots?; why, that's about the SAME speed that you and I would drive FREEWAYS, in moderately heavy traffic; think of THAT! Yes, I too, was getting a mite queasy, as you ascended the top tiers of the Crow's Nest. I hope that the railing up there, was at least chest level. If she DOES sail again--HOT DAMN YES!!--I'm gonna ride her, if all the prerequisite elements of my life line up correctly.

i hope that they save this ship, i would love to go on this beast. I just hope they they restore it to its previous state and not renovate it to look modern.

@sealover5861

8 жыл бұрын

+ChocolateMilkMonster I'm afraid that they have to add a lot of space on the ship if they want her to be successful (profitable) for a long time. Im sure that the first cruises would be sold out without big changes on the ship...but later?. For example the SS France / Norway: By making her more "top-heavy" they could keep her on the market much longer. And the Queen Elizabeth 2 underwent a lot of changes during her 40 year long career. The QE2 was built as a top-modern ship the same year (1969) as SS US got retired, and has now beeing retired for almost 8 years herself. So these changes are bad but necessary.

@sealover5861

8 жыл бұрын

Well, it will not happen anyway. Crystal abanoned the plans a few days ago. The hull isn't so bad but it would still be to expensive to refurbish her to a ship that meets the standards and regulations of today.

The going down......

it's too bad her sister ship, SS America/American Star, is now gone

Go to Long Beach California and join Queen Mary.

@justforever96

8 жыл бұрын

What, so everyone on he East Coast has to fly to the West Coast to see a ocean liner? Seems kind of unfair to me. You already get all the good weather.

Fantastic video, it's great news that there going to save it :)

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+IKS (Real History) - Fridays 10AM Thank you

Would think it would have comfortable small income are to get out of weather

retro fitting an old ship is financial suicide,.you cant spend nostalgia...good luck!!!!

@qe2836

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Loppe They will not run a museum. Everything inside and the whole superstructure will be totally new and modern. New diesels, azimuth thrusters, bow thrusters etc.

The only thing to salvage the Queen elisbeth

800 million dollars to build that shit. hell Fucking no.... maybe 100 million. there is absolutely no fkng way in hell it needs to cost that much. PERIOD

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+cate carter well I am no money wiz, but that is what they are estimating if they choose to rebuild her. If you do a google search on the article, there is a picture of what they would do to her. In order to meet modern day standards, she has to get a complete face lift. The bridge has to be moved up higher, the 4 engine rooms have to be completely torn out as they were steam. Interior will need to be rebuilt.

@alexander1485

8 жыл бұрын

+Abandoned Steve (Historical - Urbex) restoring doesnt mean add in new shit, it means to replace old or broken stuff with the same period (time line) stuff.

@Threatstodebts69

8 жыл бұрын

+alexander1485 well for safety regulations, new radar systems, engines etc are gonna be required. they will not use the same systems they used back in the 50s and 60s. a lot of shit will be brand new and contain high tech systems. but the aesthetics Will look authentic.

@Formulabruce

8 жыл бұрын

+cate carter The ship should come in at around 750 Million, and a new ship would run a bit over 900 million. That said.; this is more than a restoration, its marketing for the current demands. This will NOT be your average ugly top heavy cruise ship. Its smaller, will run more efficiently and will be able to make many more port calls that the "whale " ships do. There may even be some package/ parcel revenue on this if it ports in Australia. Leaner and meaner while keeping its original flavor.

He's getting white knocked parked in port flat water imagin out at see it would be awesome

would be so fun to play airsoft/paintball

Yes, it should be fixed up and preserved but not made sea worthy. I would think that the hull engines and guts would not meet todays standards. I think it should be made into a hotel like the Queen Mary!

@AbandonedSteve

8 жыл бұрын

+Ron Pearson you are correct and if they move forward, the entire ship will go through a rebuilt

This new cruise company should not get the ship as they want to make it look modern and take away its unique 1950s transatlantic liner look

I think we can out fit the ssunited States for 9 million