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reptommel t1_j9n0vht wrote

Reply to comment by John_EightThirtyTwo in The SS United States by Nishamon

The USS Olympia is more historically important and hasn't been drydocked in awhile. If any ship in Philly deserves an effort to take care of, it's Gridley's flagship.

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John_EightThirtyTwo t1_j9pm9ns wrote

Yes, if we have to lose one or the other, we should lose the United States.

I think we will lose the United States, and we might eventually lose Olympia and even USS New Jersey as well. Saving the United States is an uphill battle in an environment where other ships that are better preserved struggle to stay afloat. That's why I said in my original message that it seems unlikely the SS United States can be saved.

My point is just that there's a difference between saying "This historic ship will, sadly, probably not be preserved" (which makes you a realist) and saying "I can't wait until the former flagship of the American merchant fleet, the finest ocean liner ever built in the USA, is sunk!", which makes you, in my view, a piece of shit.

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