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Thursday, December 20, 2018

POTD: Wreck of the S.S. American Star

Source: "15 Amazing Shipwrecks, Boat Graveyards and Abandoned Vessels Across the World" The article notes that pounding of the waves has smashed the ship into just a pile of rusting metal.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 20, 2018 at 4:19 PM

    I was a passenger on her from New York to Bremmerhaven in December 1959. Such a sad end for such a great ship. Her sister ship was the SS United States, which held at that time the record for the fastest North Atlantic crossing.

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    1. DocentDecember 20, 2018 at 4:29 PM

      Thank you for the comment. Apparently the SS United States still holds her record. (http://www.ssusc.org/facts/)

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