*We promise we will never SPAM you with unwanted emails. To provide a better website experience, owlcation.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. The wreck rolls over and the superstructure breaks off and sinks. HubPagesCopyright © 2020 HubPages Inc. and respective owners.As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. In less than a year, the sea ripped the stern apart until it was just a pile of twisted steel. Disaster struck during the journey. I was 13 years old, and that voyage, which took about a week, remains one of the highlights of my entire life. 1952 christened the While the glory days of American transatlantic travel were long behind her, a new market in Australia loomed just over the horizon.
We respect your privacy and will never share your email address with any person or organization. Her interior, which remained largely unchanged since the 1930s, began to show signs of mold. It was not a happy voyage but I feel sad to see the demise of the ship which brought us to our new life.Thanks, I enjoyed reading your account of the SS America and its sad fate.
Your history of the ship is fascinating and it's sad to see her final demise. In 1988, a burst bilge pipe nearly sank the ship and the subsequent damage left little hope for the ship's hotel conversion. Silver Moon Ferries began seeking bids for scrapping. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites.As a young girl, I emigrated to the USA from Holland. I sailed on the SS America from France to the port of NYC in 1961.I read somewhere that some nations navy had used the forward half for target practice.
This is the wreck of the SS American Star(SS America) for the new environment update. This is how she looked in 2004.The SS America in the early days of WW2. Everyone went out on deck to see the Statue of Liberty as we sailed into New York harbor.
She was painted blue and red during her so called 'refit'.The SS Italis with her crudely lopped off forward funnel. With cabins in Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class the ship was perfectly suited for comfortable travel. In 1964, the Chandris Cruise Line purchased the twenty-year-old After spending two years laid up in New Zealand, Ventures Cruises purchased the In July, a five-day cruise to Nova Scotia also failed. As of 2008, only a small tip of the bow remains above the waterline.Subscribe to our mailing list and get history updates to your inbox! Copyright © 2017 Learning History. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. In that time it gathered quite the cult following on the internet. Ever since the war, immigration from Europe to Australia exploded.
Two other towboats were called to assist Neftegaz 67.On January 17, the crew aboard the American Star was rescued by helicopter.On January 18 The American Star ran aground off the west coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.While discussions between the ship’s owners, the towing firm, and the companies insuring the ship were going on, the ship was left to Fuerteventura nature, with the forward part of the ship running aground on a sandbar.Within the first 48 hours of pounding surf of the Atlantic, the American Star broke in two just past the second funnel.The ship was declared a total loss on July 6, 1994.The stern section soon collapsed completely to port and sank, while the bow continued to remain intact.In November 2005, the port side of the bow section collapsed, which caused the liner’s remains to assume a much sharper list and the remaining funnel to detach and fall into the ocean of Fuerteventura.The collapse of the port side also caused the hulk to begin to break up and by October 2006, the wreck had almost completely collapsed onto its port side.In April 2007 the starboard side finally collapsed causing the wreck to break in half and fall into the sea.What now remains is also slowly sinking and disintegrating.
My father was a U.S. Army officer serving in Germany, where we had lived for about four years. The wreck 48 hours after the grounding. | {"cookieName":"wBounce","isAggressive":false,"isSitewide":true,"hesitation":"","openAnimation":"wobble","exitAnimation":false,"timer":"","sensitivity":"","cookieExpire":"15","cookieDomain":"","autoFire":"","isAnalyticsEnabled":false}We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.
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