OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

SS United States leaves Philadelphia

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February 19, 2025

An article in The Inquirer today included a video on YouTube of the departure of the ship. It is 3-hours long but there are several highlights mentioned here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4RdLLURpLQ

At 1 hour and 12 minutes the ship has been pulled out of its docking space and the tugboats are taking their positions and jockeying it into position to head down the Delaware.

At 1 hour and 51 minutes it approaches and passes under the Walt Whitman Bridge.

At 1 hour and 59.30  minutes the camera footage pulls back and shows the whole city with the ship in the foreground

There are a number of other videos being added to YouTube on the ship’s passage. 

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