The conversion is expected to cost an estimated $50 to $200 million to complete, plus another $2 million to tow United States from her Philadelphia pier down the Delaware River and up the New Jersey coasts to Brooklyn.
The SS United States Conservancy is struggling to raise the $500,000 in emergency funds that they need to retain their hold on the ship. A crowd-funding campaign, Save the United States, is underway, but time is running out: According to the conservancy, if they don’t have the necessary cash by October 31, they may be forced to sell the ship to a breaker.
United States in Philadelphia.
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