SS America - Exploring the Alferdoss

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  • @lawrencecvx
    @lawrencecvx ปีที่แล้ว +80

    This is the ship that took my grandfather to fight in Italy with the 10th Mountain Division in WW2. He wrote a letter talking about it

    • @Carambasjokk
      @Carambasjokk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did he regret it all, when he saw the result afterwards?

  • @ramonapetermann9585
    @ramonapetermann9585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    For me she will always be the American Star, and it hurts to see how this old beauty was treated when she grew older. She did her job for so many years, but nobody cares for something or someone who is not useful anymore. I can hear you crying, Mylady, and I won't forget you. Rest in Peace.

    • @Solid-Matrix
      @Solid-Matrix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      F

    • @IllBushido
      @IllBushido ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The ship was originally named America.

    • @EperogiLimousine
      @EperogiLimousine ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She was originally called america, so “American star” is the new term,

    • @Michipicoten
      @Michipicoten ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Least she died peacefully in the waters she once traveled and served.

    • @smakfu1375
      @smakfu1375 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It is sad, but as much as we anthropomorphize grand, beautiful and interesting old machines, in the end they are machines and eventually wear out or become obsolete. A few of the grandest examples, like the Queen Mary and (possibly) the SS. United States are held back from scrapping because of their exceptional status. The S.S. America didn't make the cut (even if it did have a storied career), but you can help the even more historically important S.S. United States by donating to the S.S. United States Conservancy, which is in desperate need of assistance. They've been working for years on multiple redevelopment projects for the S.S. United States, much like the Queen Mary received, but have been beset by one bit of bad luck, and unfortunate timing, after another. They could really use your help, and that ship is still afloat... for now.

  • @johnlunnun9769
    @johnlunnun9769 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Beyond sad, breaks my heart! 😪 I worked on her in the late 1960’s when she was the Australis. A magnificent ship, I loved her❤

  • @buttmankun
    @buttmankun 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    This looks like a far more appealing ship to sail on than a modern cruise ship.

    • @johnlunnun9769
      @johnlunnun9769 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      She was a proper ship, not a fun park!

    • @miapdx503
      @miapdx503 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Absolutely. Today's cruise ships are a garish, commercial enterprise. In those days they had style, and elegance. I guess those days are gone...😪🌹⚓

    • @craiglambert2131
      @craiglambert2131 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      You are correct. She was built to cruise the open sea providing luxury and comfort to her passengers, not for brief entertainment between ports of call. There is only one TRUE ocean liner left, and that's the RMS Queen Mary II. None of what is afloat today could survive or is built for transatlantic crossings.

  • @Titanic19127
    @Titanic19127 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Insane how the interior was preserved.

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I know! Like a time machine for ocean liner enthusiasts. Chandris loved the original styling that they decided to keep them.

    • @BarrelofBurger9554
      @BarrelofBurger9554 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Sadly I think the only parts left of her today are fully submerged underwater..

  • @smakfu1375
    @smakfu1375 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I'm glad this was posted and that we have this documented view of this once great liner intact, before she was lost. I also think there's something poetic about the grand old lady being taken by the sea, rather than the indignity of being torn apart by cutters at a scrapyard.

  • @HorizonAndrew
    @HorizonAndrew 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    The ship met the end with the rough sea waves tearing the hull apart, breaking it all down over time. These old ships are so beautiful, compared to ships of today.

    • @HK-gm8pe
      @HK-gm8pe 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      well it was the better end than being scrapped and forgotten

  • @sheldoncampbell2139
    @sheldoncampbell2139 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    the interiors are beautiful yet haunting at the same time...

    • @suzyqualcast6269
      @suzyqualcast6269 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll BET there's ghosts aboard, I prints from better, more glorious, days afloat...

  • @rich_edwards79
    @rich_edwards79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    She was very well preserved inside. Lots of the original 1940s fixtures and details. Such a pity she was lost - what were they thinking, trying to tow a huge ocean liner around the African coast in the dead of winter? Why oh why didn't they wait just a few months for better weather?

    • @Nick-tz3ke
      @Nick-tz3ke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's always those economic problems
      And probably even poor time management

    • @TransmissionEpicts
      @TransmissionEpicts ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Or an insurance job.

    • @Saltybuher
      @Saltybuher ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TransmissionEpictsyes you are right. It is commonly known to have been an insurance job.

    • @360Nomad
      @360Nomad 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The ship wasn't allowed to pass through the Suez Canal due to not being able to move under its own power.

    • @barryvincentredmond3973
      @barryvincentredmond3973 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was January and the Canary Islands in winter yes,normally calm waters there."the Islands of eternal spring".
      Sadly a strong storm changed all that.Had they sailed down to South Africa it would have been summer an a reasonable trip around the Cape of Good Hope.Very sad really.But the sea took this elegant liner,not the wreckers.

  • @torsten1125
    @torsten1125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Great video ! She was famous as SS America, Westpoint and Australis. And she died spectacular as the wreck of the American Star at the west coast of Fuerteventura, where I have seen here 3 times. The furniture which we can see on this video could be sold for high prices today, and even more the remaining art. But I guess nobody could expect that when he visited her in her blaming time as Alferdoss. A great ship !

  • @johnwalsh4948
    @johnwalsh4948 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    SO SAD. I TRAVELED FROM FRANCE TO NY ON HER IN 1964.

  • @CyberNate2202
    @CyberNate2202 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Rust In Pieces such a beautiful ship in its glory days. Once a magnificent ship is now rusting in pieces.

  • @roywhitman7109
    @roywhitman7109 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've seen alot of videos on this poor ships demise. I believe this is my favorite! I think the fact that there's no dialog or music makes it more respectful. Great job!👍

  • @SteveSmith-fk5rd
    @SteveSmith-fk5rd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Fantastic love the story so sad how she ended 😭

  • @InabaPrism
    @InabaPrism หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Some of the interior shots look so peaceful. Almost as if she was just asleep, waiting to take more happy passengers on a new adventure.

  • @micky2horses1
    @micky2horses1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My parents my sister and I emigrated to America on her in 1954 shame how she ended up!

  • @ClintWestVood
    @ClintWestVood 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    wild how ALL of this is in the ocean now.

  • @tseng-haisun1921
    @tseng-haisun1921 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1955 bin ich als Kind von Bremerhaven nach New York gefahren, ein tolles Erlebnis!

  • @johncalvert9331
    @johncalvert9331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sad, I remember her in her "second heyday" as the SS "Australis". Loudest ship's siren I have ever heard.

  • @romanceontheorientexpress30602
    @romanceontheorientexpress30602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Such a shame what happened to her, I remember seeing her when I was on holidays on Fuerteventura - sadly already broken in half. She must've been an impressive liner!

  • @16driver16
    @16driver16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Too bad she wasnt permanently drydocked at this point she was more beautiful than United States in my opinion, and her interiors are completely stripped too so its just a hull so sad what happened to these ships

    • @jamesholton2630
      @jamesholton2630 หลายเดือนก่อน

      SS United States will follow a similar path as she will be sunk as an artificial reef.

  • @focus3415
    @focus3415 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can always remember seeing her when I was young at Southampton docks

  • @whoohaaXL
    @whoohaaXL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Onboard footage from before she split two days later?!?! This is some rare footage here, boys and girls!

    • @crow_scripts
      @crow_scripts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This was filmed before it ran aground

    • @Kathleennebel
      @Kathleennebel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Can you imagine you’re in the ship and that’s when it breaks in half!!

    • @whoohaaXL
      @whoohaaXL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@crow_scripts I dunno bro, she looks pretty grounded to me... LOL. Sure they definitely dropped the anchors but I think that was intended to keep her from beaching any more!

    • @whoohaaXL
      @whoohaaXL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kathleennebel if I was on the bow or the stern I probably wouldn't be so concerned but if I was amidships? Oh yeah definitely!!! That'd be disconcerting at best and scary as shit at most! 😱

    • @lc08709
      @lc08709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@whoohaaXL she didn’t look like this when she broke in half. This is from when she was named the Alferdoss and was docked in Lebanon. When she broke in half, she had a new paint job and was named the American Star.

  • @shipspiros3766
    @shipspiros3766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I Was Visited The SS Noga/Alferdoss In October 1990!!!!

  • @Kathleennebel
    @Kathleennebel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So Erie so quiet !! Idk scary to me! Just think how much life and energy was in the ship at one time!

  • @2003BMW325i
    @2003BMW325i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    its so sad no one learned a lesson from this and now her younger sister is essentially going through the same thing

    • @IllBushido
      @IllBushido 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SS United States is new than SS America I’m quite certain.

    • @ksorsomeplace
      @ksorsomeplace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@IllBushido Correct. Substantially different design as well.

    • @aegonthedragon7303
      @aegonthedragon7303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not really. The States is in fresh water which means deterioration is slowed considerably, which is why she is still at 92% hull strength. There is existing rust and wear from the 20 year period of just sitting around before being bought by the Conservancy but that could be handled.

    • @ksorsomeplace
      @ksorsomeplace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aegonthedragon7303 I'm thinking of the overall structural design and engineering vs. SS America. I would have to do some research, but I believe that the hull plating on the SS United States is thicker as well.

    • @MilagrosMarisolMarinNarro
      @MilagrosMarisolMarinNarro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No te creas están trabajando en repararla para convertirla en un hotel de 5 estrellas

  • @Spy_Meow
    @Spy_Meow 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That ship is in the best condition I've seen a Old ship in without being Fully scraped

  • @camsmith336
    @camsmith336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    So sad how this once beautiful ship ended up. We can only hope the sister ship S.S. United States can be saved and not meet the same fate......

    • @randomuser9883
      @randomuser9883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      United States is not her sister she is more bigger and has a more futuristic looking superstructure compared to america sister ship’s are ship’s with the same design and look.

    • @EperogiLimousine
      @EperogiLimousine ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, United States and america were designed by the same person, but they are NOT sister ships,

  • @caseywagner8656
    @caseywagner8656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The song that go's perfectly with the SS Italis while she was Laid up is Doris Day's The partys over its all over my friend

  • @MarkWick
    @MarkWick หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am confused by the missing funnel, as she had two.
    Just today I have been working on improving/salvaging photos my parents took during our voyage on the S.S. United States in May of 1958. One image that I almost didn't look at because it looked to be just some traces of grey in white, now very clearly shows this ship docked on one side of the United States Lines pier in New York and the United States to her left on the other side of the pier. Two more piers to their left is the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth.

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MarkWick Well, when the Greeks rebought the ship in the late 1970s, they found that the forward funnel was badly corroded and decided to reduce it to a stump; they also thought it would modernise the exterior to compete with newer ships. The Italis only lasted for one season before she was laid up as seen here.

  • @michaelmutphy9077
    @michaelmutphy9077 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My family sailed on her from Ireland to New York many years ago. I was all of three years old then. Memories are a bit vague now. I do remember hitting rough seas though.

  • @RoccaAlessio
    @RoccaAlessio 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Gran bel video, grazie! É un gran peccato che sia andata persa...

  • @petrolhead28
    @petrolhead28 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. So nice to see her complete and inside and observe and compare to the qm2.

  • @otinanai2716
    @otinanai2716 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In this video,the ship is in greece?And more specifically in Elefsina port???
    Elefsina is a town near to Athens

  • @craigwadey2122
    @craigwadey2122 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Home for me in 1970 for three months

  • @nickshipway8199
    @nickshipway8199 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent footage! This must have only been a few months before she was wrecked. You had a great camera for the early 90s!

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@nickshipway8199 It was taken as part of a documentary about the ship.

  • @scuddster
    @scuddster ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope those Art Deco fittings were rescued?

    • @jamworthy14
      @jamworthy14 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Nope

  • @marijosecolubi9889
    @marijosecolubi9889 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    recuerdo perfectamente cuando avisaron a salvamento marítimo para que fuera a evacuar a la tripulación de ese barco. Al principio no se sabía quién se iba a hacer responsable de ese barco. poco a poco cada vez se iba oxidando y rompiendo más. en la situación en la que estaba se llegó a crear una playa artificial y muchas personas llegaban caminando y se metían dentro del buque. cuándo subí a la marea no podía salir y tenían que ser rescatados en un helicóptero. eres impresionante ver el barco doblado por la mitad.

  • @f00koff42
    @f00koff42 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Haunting...

  • @wannaplaythisdavid
    @wannaplaythisdavid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    why do the interiors look like my classroom at night time

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This was when she was not being used. She was not in service by then.

  • @Croatoan140
    @Croatoan140 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The fact that such a buetiful ship had such a fate is unfortunate

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely!

    • @KimBailey-w2g
      @KimBailey-w2g 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And look at her sister ship the last of her kind a literally rotting away tied up to a dock very sad and heading for a scrap yard

    • @KimBailey-w2g
      @KimBailey-w2g 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      United States

    • @dominicsherman
      @dominicsherman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@matthewcox6615they are planning to turn that boat into a prison ship in the 80s

  • @Life-kx9iw
    @Life-kx9iw 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Какая печальная судьба этого красивого корабля!!!
    А мог быть памятником

    • @miapdx503
      @miapdx503 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      No friend, she broke apart and is gone from us forever 🌹⚓

  • @stefanjouef5079
    @stefanjouef5079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When was this made? Inside it didn't look so bad than.....thanx.

    • @emperorryanii
      @emperorryanii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Stefan Josef , Her construction started in 1938 and launched in 1939, sadly, she is now fully sunken, with little remaining.

    • @randomuser9883
      @randomuser9883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She was laid down around either 1937-1938 she was launched in 1939 and entered service in 1940. This was filmed in 1992

    • @randomuser9883
      @randomuser9883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@emperorryanii actually he meant. When this was filmed not when she was constructed

  • @craiglambert2131
    @craiglambert2131 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Unfortunately, she's gone. She was wrecked at Fuerteventura in 1994 while under tow. She ran aground where she remains today. She started to break up shortly thereafter and by 2008, she was gone. She completely succumbed to the sea and is only visible at low tide. Such a sad demise for such an elegant lady. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_America_(1939); th-cam.com/video/GLQ1Y42yJpM/w-d-xo.html
    This is why we MUST save her sister, the S.S. United States: www.ssusc.org/; She too faces an uncertain future!

  • @rileywilliams9799
    @rileywilliams9799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This reminds me of something I heard in a movie: 'I see nothing but the shadows of ghosts.'

  • @sterni70
    @sterni70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    is this the movie prop for 'Ghost Ship'?

    • @kenhanks9620
      @kenhanks9620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The basis for the fictional "Antonia Graza" in movie Ghost Ship was CGI (computer graphic imaging) of the real, unfortunate, "Andrea Doria"

    • @kenhanks9620
      @kenhanks9620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The basis for fictional "Antonia Graza" in movie Ghost Ship was CGI ( computer graphic imaging) of real, unfortunate, "Andrea Doria".

    • @TransmissionEpicts
      @TransmissionEpicts ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Certainly does look like a horror film set! From the same era too!

    • @TransmissionEpicts
      @TransmissionEpicts ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kenhanks9620 the ship in that film was a model which they filmed. Certain sequences were CGI though

  • @tomassitar5088
    @tomassitar5088 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Veľká škoda krásna loď 😪😪

  • @JohnDoesItAll
    @JohnDoesItAll 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was more intact at abandonment than the SS United States is in preservation. Please tell me that artifacts were removed prior to her final demise.

  • @angelcaliber7876
    @angelcaliber7876 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man that's a shame for this ship to go down like that yet have all the things that made her so grand and gorgeous. It's like watching all that slowly break apart and disappear into the waves

  • @robertkees6048
    @robertkees6048 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's interesting to see the interiors of the ship still exist, most of the time they're gutted and it's just exposed steel and empty spaces. All things come to pass.

  • @WyneSw2
    @WyneSw2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's really sad this ship it's been abandoned like that 😭

  • @DavidThomas-me6pi
    @DavidThomas-me6pi 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    She was the Australis in 1975 when she brought my family from Australia back to America.

  • @jamesholton2630
    @jamesholton2630 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:06 that’s the stump of the rear mast. Also A lifeboat with its stern sliced off can be seen behind it.

  • @robstowe7679
    @robstowe7679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This footage belongs to Olivier Guiton and Peter Knego or both.

  • @sethcopeland4362
    @sethcopeland4362 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If this was her state in 1979, imagine what fifteen years of neglect did before she ended up in Fuerteventura.

  • @quickhistories6747
    @quickhistories6747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    do you mind if I use some of this footage for a video about the ss America.

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Of course you can! I hope to have footage of her spread around so that she will never be forgotten.

    • @quickhistories6747
      @quickhistories6747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@matthewcox6615 Thank you.

    • @whoohaaXL
      @whoohaaXL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@matthewcox6615 Good on you my man! Actually to you as well White Star Line fanboy. Keep her legacy alive!

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@whoohaaXL America was a special ship and she deserves to be remembered for what she was.

  • @kyleboester4005
    @kyleboester4005 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It really sickens me that they did not take care of her before washing up ashore and breaking in half. Heck she could've been a museum or a hotel just like the Queen Mary.

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Kyle Boester What happened to the America was a huge loss for the historic maritime community. The ship was once the pride of its country has been abandoned and claimed by the sea. For me personally, it was a tragedy that this happened at all, it once roamed the waves with beauty and class, now a faded memory of another time.

    • @kyleboester4005
      @kyleboester4005 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewcox6615 yes I 100% agree with you. And actually all ships like this one were full of beauty in their own special way. No matter what time period they were in.

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kyleboester4005 The thing I find fascinating about this ship is its story, it was launched before the Second World War and ended up having a long and diverse career. Its fate is also fascinating, to see such a huge ship surrendering to nature is almost unbelievable, slowly being eaten until nothing was left. Nature is unimaginably powerful and should always be respected and feared.

    • @kyleboester4005
      @kyleboester4005 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@matthewcox6615 And now sadly there's nothing left except for the haul with it's engine's and boilers sticking out. Well, depending on the tide.

    • @KimBailey-w2g
      @KimBailey-w2g 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because people are stupid

  • @Riccardo9869
    @Riccardo9869 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It reminds me the Virginian, in the movie "The Legend of 1900" when the ship was waiting to be demolished

    • @Riccardo9869
      @Riccardo9869 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      4:28 and here it is

  • @stephenblake2196
    @stephenblake2196 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing!!! Wow!!

  • @RollerCoasters62719
    @RollerCoasters62719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    USS Westpoint 1941-1946
    SS America 1946-1964
    SS Australis 1964-1977
    SS America 1978
    SS Italis 1978-1980
    SS Noga 1980-1984
    SS Alferdoss 1984-1993
    SS American Star 1993-2008

  • @falcon664
    @falcon664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Heartbreaking

  • @Peter_9_9_9
    @Peter_9_9_9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They had the perfect chance to reattach the line so they can tow it

  • @TheIntruder5150
    @TheIntruder5150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still breaks my heart to see this.

  • @josephmueller335
    @josephmueller335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How long did she sit abandoned

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Joseph Mueller I believe it was 14 years from 1979 to 1993 that she was laid up in Greece.

  • @Urlocallordandsavior
    @Urlocallordandsavior 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When was this filmed?

  • @yonas6945
    @yonas6945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How old is this Video?!

    • @jamworthy14
      @jamworthy14 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Read the description mate, the video is from 1979

  • @michalkowalski1983
    @michalkowalski1983 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What year of video

  • @Sobek79
    @Sobek79 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see only the name "Noga" on the stern and not on the bow. I wonder if she ever carried the name Alferdoss. Or only on paper .

  • @precisionfilms3777
    @precisionfilms3777 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Literally looks like the titanic. I see this scenario time and time again where a car,truck, boat, building, whatever reaches it's bottom values before it becomes historical. Some make it some get scrapped or ruined. This ship was too big too expensive to pull her from this situation. Had she been in a port intact probably could been restored. Your talking lead paint, asbestos, repower. Big big job.

  • @subaruimprezasti3966
    @subaruimprezasti3966 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    itane megalitero apo to titaniko afto??

  • @andrewcrown2778
    @andrewcrown2778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my.

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE OLD LINERS AND THIS WAS NOT the right way for her to die - she was BEAUTIFUL and people would have paid to cruise on her again if someone had bothered to save her - Instead left as aa derelict wreck smashed to bits by the sea. SO SO SAD🤬🤬😭😭😭

  • @PaulBateman-lb7wt
    @PaulBateman-lb7wt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This the one in greece?

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PaulBateman-lb7wt Yes. Late 1980s.

  • @michaelstephens360
    @michaelstephens360 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did you have to avoid the authorities to board this or are they not that strict?

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaelstephens360 I couldn't say because this was from a documentary.

  • @xkm-thebasetecchannel3823
    @xkm-thebasetecchannel3823 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well, actually sad after seeing how she looks today ....

  • @FreedomLovingLoyalist
    @FreedomLovingLoyalist 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    did you film this

  • @Amythehealer
    @Amythehealer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wondered what she looked like before she was wrecked. Not in amazing shape at all but good to see all the same.

  • @heinrichschaiper
    @heinrichschaiper 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:13 🎉 LET'S MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN🎉 2:43

  • @PedroLucas-rt2ub
    @PedroLucas-rt2ub 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    O ss America era um navio muito lindo e luxuoso mais depois de tanto tenpo em funcionamento ele ficou feio por Qualsa da sua estrutura quase enferrujada pelo tenpo

  • @randyclarke6284
    @randyclarke6284 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why can't it move on its own anymore?

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@randyclarke6284 It had been sitting around for a long time and the engines no longer worked; plus, the ship was beached in late 80s due to a burst bilge pipe that flooded the lower decks.

  • @manuels2266
    @manuels2266 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gli interni erano una meraviglia

  • @vipertt100
    @vipertt100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just saw a video of her now, half is totally gone and she is stripped bare

  • @MattFromWiiSportsAndWiiParty
    @MattFromWiiSportsAndWiiParty ปีที่แล้ว

    Only her port bow was the alferdoss. The Stern and starboard remaied Noga

  • @faustoribeiro9189
    @faustoribeiro9189 ปีที่แล้ว

    Remember! the footage is now outdated and the ship is in much worse state, ready to fall apart at any moment.

  • @Viking88Power
    @Viking88Power 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sad end

  • @Thts2561
    @Thts2561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    SS Alferdoss has a old age The company bought the vessel and turning into prison ship and floaty abandoned and but interior except

  • @andreacapuano8915
    @andreacapuano8915 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you interact with that telegraph? 1:15

  • @beatrizjoycepaa1782
    @beatrizjoycepaa1782 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So Sad

  • @newdefsys
    @newdefsys 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A sad fate for a grand lady.

    • @matthewcox6615
      @matthewcox6615  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@newdefsys In a way, all ocean liners are tragic because of their beauty.

  • @hflivares1824
    @hflivares1824 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sad, so sad.

  • @MikeFugily-hj3ok
    @MikeFugily-hj3ok หลายเดือนก่อน

    Same/similar fate as what's about to happen to the SS United States. Sad.

  • @FoxStarLine
    @FoxStarLine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Liked and Saved!!!!

  • @MattFromWiiSportsAndWiiParty
    @MattFromWiiSportsAndWiiParty ปีที่แล้ว

    RIP SS America 😢😢😢

  • @felipecavalzere5207
    @felipecavalzere5207 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    there is nothing left of the ship in 2024

  • @Legenz-v6q
    @Legenz-v6q 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did they didn't want go to my engine room

    • @rich_edwards79
      @rich_edwards79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It would be completely pitch dark down there, so pretty dangerous, and creepy as hell to boot. The public spaces and staterooms are eerie enough, full of the ghosts of better times in the fading light of an overcast day. Kinda fitting given what would happen to her later on.

    • @Legenz-v6q
      @Legenz-v6q 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Am i a creepy ship?

    • @earthman6700
      @earthman6700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Legenz-v6q You are now.

    • @HelenCyprus1
      @HelenCyprus1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@earthman6700 I don't think she is creepier than the RMS queen mary though

    • @MattFromWiiSportsAndWiiParty
      @MattFromWiiSportsAndWiiParty ปีที่แล้ว

      SS America is gone. She died in 2014

  • @fredcloud9668
    @fredcloud9668 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    So sad

  • @andreacapuano8915
    @andreacapuano8915 ปีที่แล้ว

    Old telegraphs: 3:18

  • @jamesholton2630
    @jamesholton2630 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:56 it’s not the alferdoss, it’s the ITALIS

  • @mr.juniii5523
    @mr.juniii5523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    on that time ss america is noga and she is now about to be scrap at that time then paid out so the scrapping end

  • @motofrenscooterseacessorio3453
    @motofrenscooterseacessorio3453 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😊 5:05