Bon Yoyage! Well the SS United States cleared all the US Coast Guard hurdles and on Wednesday she left her berth in Philadelphia and started the journey to Mobile, Alabama. It's a feat since she has sat in the much and mire of the Delaware River since 1996.
By this writing at 330 am on Thursday she has cleared the mouth of the Delaware Bay and is heading out into the Atlantic Ocean for a parallel trip along the coast down and around
around the tip of Florida to inside the Gulf of America before settling in for prep work in Alabama. Sorry, I'm one of those who likes it called the Gold of America. It's a body of water that sits between North and South America, well actually, not really. You can see where North ends and South begins below.
Now, while people are all butthurt about the renaming, probably more so because who named it than actually the name, it does falls within North America, so, it kinda makes sense. Remember when we went and all kinda renamed things a few years back? Now the name of Gulf of Mexico has been around for awhile, like a long time, since 1550 when Spanish sailors first sailed into it.
If you are stuck at work over the next week you can check the progress and location of the SS United States in real-time HERE. Hopefully all goes well and the people who are doing the heavy tugging remain safe. While many hoped this once fair Lady could have seen a better fate it will create a new underwater world for marine life and those that like to submerge themselves down into their world.