Former crew member of retired passenger liner SS United States, Joe Rota, walks in front of the ship at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Susan Gibbs, executive director of the SS United States Conservancy, walks aboard the retired passenger liner at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Retired cruise liner SS United States is pictured at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Susan Gibbs, executive director of the SS United States Conservancy, walks by retired passenger liner at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Susan Gibbs, executive director of the SS United States Conservancy, walks toward the retired passenger liner at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Retired cruise liner SS United States is pictured at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former crew member of retired passenger liner SS United States, Joe Rota speaks to reporters aboard the ship at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former crew member of retired passenger liner SS United States, Joe Rota walks aboard the ship at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Retired passenger liner SS United States is pictured at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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People in a boat take a close look at the retired passenger liner SS United States at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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1952: Cheering crowds lining the quayside as the record breaking liner, SS United States arrives in Southampton. She crossed the Atlantic in record time on her maiden voyage. (Photo by M. Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
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The new United States liner SS United States, winner of the Blue Riband for 1952 with a transatlantic crossing speed of 41 mph. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Susan Gibbs, executive director of the SS United States Conservancy, poses aboard the retired passenger liner at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2015. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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