
Opportunity Beckons for the SS United States
The Empire State VI -- the training ship at the State University of New York's Maritime College -- will soon be decommissioned, and SUNY Maritime will need a state-of-the-art replacement. The New York Times explores the story, but neglects to mention a possible solution: Could the SS United States play a role? Could the nation's maritime history be preserved in service of training a new generation of merchant mariners? All three United States Lines commodores were Fort Schuyl