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PHILADELPHIA, PA- JULY 10, 2014: The SS United States sits across the street from the parking lot of an Ikea store. The SS United States is slowly rusting away in Philadelphia while Susan L. Gibbs, of Chevy Chase, granddaughter of the ship architect works to raise money to save it. Her grandfather, the famous ship designer, William Francis Gibbs, designed the ship. The ship has been docked at a pier on the Philadelphia waterfront for 17 years and has been the target of numerous "save our ship" schemes, all of which have failed.(Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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ed note: you guys should've seen dave cooking with nautical puns in slack