Some still going...
Remember way back to July, 1956? That's 64 years ago this month. I was a kid. The ocean liner MS Stockholm collided with the SS Andrea Doria and sank her off the coast of Nantucket? Well the Stockholm is still sailing the oceans!!! We've seen her twice in our world cruising over the recent years. She has a distinctive stern and easily recognizable. Today she's known as the MV Astoria (and registered in Portugal). It's the 11th name she's had since being built in 1948. That makes her 72 years old and still going - LIKE MANY OF US!
PS: The Queen Mary (1936) is still afloat in Long Beach, CA. The United States (1952) is still afloat in Philadelphia. Queen Elizabeth-II (1969) is still afloat in Dubai.
So there's hope for some.
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