The S.S. United States finally left its berth on the Philadelphia waterfront today, moved by tugboats. It is now on its way to its second-to-last stop: Mobile, Alabama. Ultimately, it will be brought to the west coast of Florida.
Here is a video from the S.S. United States Conservancy's' Facebook page; it shows the ship on the Delaware River, passing under the Walt Whitman Bridge, which connects Philadelphia and Camden County, New Jersey. The ship is best seen beginning at about 51 minutes into the video.
https://www.facebook.com/SSUSC/videos/507636859069707/
Below, as well, is a postcard of the ocean liner, which I've had for some time--date unknown (though probably not that long after the ship's 1952 maiden voyage. The description, on the postcard's reverse side, refers to the "New flagship of the United States Lines").
I am unsure if the image is a colorized (and additionally altered) photograph--or if it is an artist's rendering. Either way, it provides a good sense of the impressiveness, the grandeur, of the S.S. United States, during the years (1952-1969) that it was in service.
