Abandoned Cruise Ship Philadelphia
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Abandoned cruise ship philadelphia. Once inside its impossible to miss The Galaxy a giant abandoned cruise ship. Drone Footage From Laszlo Bagi Twitter. The ship hit bottom so to speak in 2007 when the City of Alameda California officially declared it abandoned.
Updated December 1 2019 By Matthew Christopher Going aboard the SS United States had been something I dreamed about for years but it seemed as though it would never happen. The Galaxy used to be a real cruise ship that was transformed into a 3hotel after heaving a leak. The cruise ship was sold to new owners who offered the incentive of a free cruise to garner attention for its inaugural trip where disaster struck.
The ship cost 78 million to build and was designed for speed. From strange and mysterious cruise ships to the biggest oil tankers in the world. Following the September 11 attacks the Philadelphia terminal accommodated some of the ships that had been diverted from New York.
Charles Barkleys superstardom has helped him win over many fans over the years. Today I wanted to take a look at the iconic American ocean liner resting abandoned in Philadelphia. Its peak year was 2006 when it handled 36 cruises.
The 2496 ton 1600 passenger cruise liner has since sailed under the names Delos Polar Star Pacific Star Xanadu Expex Faithful and finally in 2010 Aurora. The largest cruise ship scrap yard is in Alang India and it recycles more than 50 percent of the worlds abandoned and decommissioned cruise ships. In 2012 the crew of the Diamond Royale moved the ship farther up the coast to South Carolina where it was abandoned.
The 4450 ton 1800 passenger steamer operated as a passenger ferry on the Heysham-Belfast route and as a cruise ship calling at a variety of European ports from Spain to Norway for the better part of two decades. There has been a dramatic rise in cases over the past two years. After sitting for nearly a year the ships owners owed the local shipyard over 300000 in unpaid storage and maintenance fees.
