NY-based not-for-profit corporation formed in late 2024 for the purpose of preventing the historic vessel SS UNITED STATES from being scrapped or sunk.
Joined February 2025
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Meeting video clip is at: tinyurl.com/scrap-value-ssus (short url) (same as youtube.com/watch?v=sxhd1D7a…)
Sounds more like Mr. Mixon is seeking only to determine scrap value of hull (Coffey said $1-2M) and apparently also market value of artifacts (!?); not seeking bids (yet)...
May 6
Okaloosa County announced today that it intends to obtain bids to determine the scrap value of the SS United States, including pricing for major components, such as the funnels to be sold on the open market if deployment does not proceed.
This is a striking development, especially given that just days ago the county was publicly assuring stakeholders through press releases and media interviews that the project was in its final stages of approval and still on track for deployment, pending weather and routine variables.
So what changed?
If the county is truly moving full steam ahead, why introduce contingency planning that points so clearly toward dismantling the ship?
At the same time, the Conservancy continues to suggest that a museum remains possible under its stewardship.
Now, with the county openly acknowledging that artifacts originally intended for a museum may instead be priced and sold, it strongly signals that the museum concept, as proposed, is no longer a realistic path forward.
The reality is simple: there is no museum without the ship.
If the SS United States is scrapped, the opportunity for a land based museum honoring the ship is lost entirely. For those who believe in that vision, preservation of the vessel itself is not optional, it is essential.
Here’s how you can help:
Contact your elected officials. Make it clear that you oppose the destruction of an irreplaceable piece of American history and that the SS United States deserves to be preserved, not dismantled
@SSUSAlliance @Save_SS_US @SSUSPF488 @WKRG @FOX10News @MidBayNews
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NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES retweeted
Apr 11
All my love and congratulations to @NASA and @NASAArtemis crew (and everyone involved) for a successful mission!!!! Making the impossible look easy! -B #NASA
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The lawyer who filed the Coalition's case against Okaloosa County in the federal court in Pensacola has this to say about the etymology of a certain fairly obSCURE biological term. (But it's all Greek to me. —Editor)
Someone recently asked me if there's a word for "squirrel-like" that's comparable to such words as "bovine" and "canine." There is. It's "sciurine." Since the root seems to be a Greek phrase meaning "shadow-tail," I choose to pronounce it "SKEW-rhine" rather than "SHOE-rhine."
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Here's the MERCY in Mobile last August as SSUS was being dismembered...
Mercy's AIS Track Points to Panama Canal—Not Greenland—as Hospital Ship Steams South gcaptain.com/mercys-ais-trac…
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In 1952, Capt. Royce Williams left USS ORISKANY to engage in the dogfight for which he won the #CMH.
In 1952, SSUS made her maiden voyage.
ORISKANY still holds the record as the world's largest artificial reef.
💡Let's honor both Capt. Williams and SSUS and keep it that way.
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Pushing downward, actually...
Feb 13
Its nice to see Okaloosa County pushing forward
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"As the SS United States Conservancy advances plans for our future museum and visitor experience, Florida’s Okaloosa County is readying the ship for her next voyage." Next voyage, huh?
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NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES retweeted
Feb 7
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"...never stood a chance"?
Q: If our loss was so foreseeable, why did the County wait until AFTER the suit was dismissed to make their sanctions motion?
A: "...frankly, I did not want to look like a fool if Judge Rodgers denied the motion to dismiss..."
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Jan 24
You still lost. Face reality. You never stood a chance.
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NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES retweeted
Ladies And Gentlemen This Day 32 Years Ago
We Awoke To The News That SS United States Sister The SS America (American Star) Had Beached In Fuerteventura
Join @Save_SS_US To Prevent Her Sister From Having The Same Fate!!
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NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES retweeted
youtu.be/TXXmSX6vTuM?si=vAP5…
@SSUSPF488
@SSUSAlliance
@Save_SS_US
@SSUSC
For your viewing pleasure.
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NY Coalition to Save the SS UNITED STATES retweeted
19 Dec 2025
Today we are going to take a moment to respond to once again ”funnel talk”.
Unfortunately several persons had simply declared SS United States unrepairable due to the removal of the funnels and radar mast.
Thankfully history tells us this is completely nonsensical.
The Queen Mary had her original funnels replaced when she was in the process of being restored in Long Beach. USS Midway has had tons of steel that was not salvageable removed during her preservation process, USS Constitution which was designated by Congress as a museum ship in the early 1900s and never had this designation removed is less than 20% original.
And finally many ocean liners and other vessels had to have their entire bows replaced due to collisions with objects or other vessels such as the Stockholm after colliding with the Andrea Doria. And the USS Wisconsin also had her bow replaced.
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