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UD OLLI Summer Selections: June 22 – July 23, 2026
Five weeks of fun topics, short courses and field trips — registration details coming soon

S.S. UNITED STATES: THE FINAL VOYAGE (G540)

G – History

Wilmington (Arsht Hall) | July 14, 2026-July 21, 2026

Tuesday: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM

This is a hybrid course. One section meets on site at the location listed; and one section meets online only.

Once a record breaking transatlantic ocean liner, the S.S. United States has recently begun her afterlife as the world’s largest artificial reef. Any other passenger ship of her day would have been scrapped decades ago, but preservationists tried for years to find a new role for her, without success. In this two part class, using videos and graphics, we will take a look at her glory days, her many idle years, and her two part final voyage which begins a new, but final chapter in her long saga.

This offering meets for a total of 2 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Thomas Powderly

POWDERLY, THOMAS — Native New Yorker, degrees from Niagara University and The New School for Social Research. A long career in the travel industry, circumnavigator, travel centurion, and theatre lover on both sides of the Atlantic. Created and taught over a dozen courses at OLLI. Member of the Curriculum Committee. (A224, D298, G540)

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