Drove by it today. shame. The brass screws i think used to be on the stern deck. They were huge. We would sail past it many times when we had our boat. I recall that they had to flood it partially to get it under the walt whitman bridge when they brought it in. The SS United States was fitted with four propellers — two four-bladed and two five-bladed. The propellers have been distributed to museums. One each at the Mariners' Museum in New Port News, VA, The American Merchant Marine Museum, Kings Road, NY, The State University of New York Maritime College, The Bronx, NY, and Hudson River Park, Pier 76, NYC, :
The SS United States’ Preserved Propellers
