Abandoned Cruise Ship Philadelphia

The Delaware River Port Authority began operating the terminal in 1998 in Building 3 a landmarked 1874 Navy Yard building.

Abandoned cruise ship philadelphia. From strange and mysterious cruise ships to the biggest oil tankers in the world. In 2012 the crew of the Diamond Royale moved the ship farther up the coast to South Carolina where it was abandoned. The Philadelphia Cruise Terminal was located at 5100 South Broad Street within the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

There has been a dramatic rise in cases over the past two years. Since 1996 shes been docked at Pier 82 on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Following the September 11 attacks the Philadelphia terminal accommodated some of the ships that had been diverted from New York.

The ship cost 78 million to build and was designed for speed. Today I wanted to take a look at the iconic American ocean liner resting abandoned in Philadelphia. Its been almost 21.

Other sources claim that the Galaxy was deliberately sunk on the west coast of Bang Bao beach. Either way the cruise liner ended up on Koh Chang and just a few years back you could actually stay on this ship-o-tel during your visit to this island. Worldwide 4866 seafarers on a total of 336 vessels have been recorded as abandoned on board ship in records kept by the International Maritime Organisation IMO and the International Labour Organisation ILO since 2004.

In November of 1978 the venerable Duke was retired from service on the seas a new landlocked career was about to begin. South Broad Street in the Navy Yard. Drone Footage From Laszlo Bagi Twitter.

The 50-year-old cruise ship which holds the speed record for a ship in its class for years has been unused and docked like a ghost ship on the Delaware River in South Philadelphia an aging. In fact shes the current holder of the Blue Riband an award given to the fastest passenger liner that crossed the Atlantic Ocean with record-breaking speed despite having retired from service in 1969. In 2013 the shipyard filed a lawsuit in court seeking to seize and resell the vessel to recoup.