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S.S. INDEPENDENCE Final US Departure

Peter Knego's MidShipCinema
Peter Knego's MidShipCinema
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👁️ 11K views📅 1 years ago⏱️ 9:08
What This Creator Said
Creator Had Mixed FeelingsCabin / Ship Tour🥈Expert Creator
Veteran Cruiser

Source: Our analysis of the creator's lived experience, based on what they said in this video.

Creator's Key Takeaways

one of my favorite ships was being nudged from her birth to begin an overseas toe to her death

the oceanic better known as American export Lin's 1951 built Independence seemed to resist

if you have to say goodbye to a beloved ship there's no more beautiful setting to do it from than San Francisco

it just never ends well for these beautiful ladies

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat happened to the SS Independence after its final US departure?

Topics Covered

Ship Condition4½ Sad Bacon

Port Highlights

San Francisco2½ Sad Bacon
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YouTube Video Description

On February 8, 2008, the SS OCEANIC, which was originally American Export Lines' SS INDEPENDENCE, was towed from her layup berth in San Francisco through the Golden Gate and across the Pacific to her doom. Her fascinating life and sad, complex ending are recalled in Peter Knego's narration as this majestic ship was escorted out of San Francisco Bay, never to return to U.S. shores. Ultimately denied access to the shipbreaking yards of Alang (through another complicated quagmire of events), the forner INDEPENDENCE grounded off Gopnath (near Alang) where she broke in two and was scrapped in 2010. #ssindependence #alang #scrapyard #scrapships #classicliners #oceanliner Music licensed from Artlist includes: "When I'm Gone" by Gal Lev; "Footsteps" by Diamonds and Ice; "Arietta" by Damon Power and "The Candle Goes Out" by Anthony Vega