The Last American Ocean Liners

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Originally Posted by Kapitan

NCL has lied to us before:

SS Norway ex SS France now sitting on a beech in alang being cut up
SS Independance already in tow for alang as of mid january this year.

and guess what both owned by NCL

SS United states been laid up for a very long time i cant ever see her going back to sea, its full of rust and wont pass SOLAS 2010 for definate.

there are still two now three ocean liners about all belong to cunard Queen Elizabeth 2 Queen mary 2 and the new Queen Victoria and yes they are still classed as ocean liners.

actually thats not 100% true

Originally Posted by SOLAS 2010

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Alternative designs and arrangements;

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Safe areas and the essential systems to be maintained while a ship proceeds to port after a casualty, which will require redundancy of propulsion and other essential systems;

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On-board safety centres, from where safety systems can be controlled, operated and monitored;

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Fixed fire detection and alarm systems, including requirements for fire detectors and manually operated call points to be capable of being remotely and individually identified;

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Fire prevention, including amendments aimed at enhancing the fire safety of atriums, the means of escape in case of fire and ventilation systems; and

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Time for orderly evacuation and abandonment, including requirements for the essential systems that must remain operational in case any one main vertical zone is unserviceable due to fire.

Not sure what the first part is...but maintaining essential systems, dual engines rooms. and since the ship is gutted, adding safe area's is very easy

3rd part, once again, dual engine rooms

Fire alarms and fire saftey in general, gutted ship, easy to fire proof. and even before she was gutted, she was almost 100% fireproof. Gibbs was crazy about keeping her fireproof, even though there was no law asking for fireproofing to the extent he used.

Evacuation, the ship wqas built to US Navy standards as far as compartments. she was desinged to shot as should she ever need to be converted into a troop transport, which was suppose to take no more then 48 hours. she could take damage, and not sink, that remains true even today, as the watertight bulkheads have not been changed since the day she was built

NCL said they finished their feasabilty study, and they believe she could be brought back to service. But seeing how the treated the norway, I would much rather see the ship become a museum and hotel. and that I the goal that me and the rest of the "Save a Classic Liner" campaign are working to acheive