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In keeping with the\u00a0Sept. 12 court-imposed eviction from its pier in South Philadelphia\u00a0, the SS United States very well may be sunk off the Okaloosa County, Fla. coast as part of an artificial reef.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The county’s board of commissioners is expected to take up the matter at a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, according to sources, as well as public meeting agendas and briefing documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for the SS United States Conservancy said a short time ago by phone that the organization has had conversations with a handful of Florida counties because of the court’s deadline for the ship to leave Pier 82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That deadline, sources say, has left the conservancy furiously trying to locate a temporary or permanent pier after the court declined to allow the historic ocean liner to remain longer at Pier 82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources say sinking the ship, once properly converted and meets stringent environmental regulations, is an alternative to outright scrapping the vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SS United States Conservancy declined to comment further on the matter. Sources cautioned a number of contingencies remain unresolved and that sinking the ship is not a “done deal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For decades, the ship has loomed large along the South Philadelphia horizon, just north of the Walt Whitman Bridge and towering over a nearby Ikea parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were grand plans for a “reimagined” SS United States. Still, time has been running out for the vessel after Penn Warehousing, the owner of Pier 82, filed a federal lawsuit seeking a significant rent increase . While the judge denied the increase, a mandatory eviction date was set for the ship, which is now less than two weeks away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving the ship is expected to be intensive, with coordination between the port, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Delaware River tides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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