It may be true that it's sad to see a great ship in such condition, but it's better than not having her around at all. Given enough time, she will capture some investor's eye and will get restored or converted into a presentable monument. Just seeing her in the distance from the Walt Whitman Bridge is inspiring. at that distance, the paint job doesn't matter. Her raked funnels look like slanted buildings in the distance. It reminds me of the 1950's and 1960's in New York, at Ocean Liner Row, where your first hint of the ships were the slanted buildings in the skyline. As you came south on the Hudson Drive, the buildings would gain color and could be distinguished as the funnels of the United States, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Nieuw Amsterdam, and others.

Great picture. Very sad to see such a wonderfull ship getting to in this condition.

As sad as it is, but I agree with tord and linerrich.
Isn't it true NCL had to own an American flagged vessel in order to be able to let Stars and Stripes fly over their NCLA fleet? Please correct me if that is wrong, but I think I read that somewhere.)
So why not buy a rather cheap rusty old cruise liner and get rid of her after some years? (See the fate of the Independence)

rgds
Jens

Forgot to mention: a beautiful photo!

Actually NCL has as much as admitted that it will be years more, before anything would be done with her, which is basically saying that nothing will. With their NCLA operations being scaled back to only 2 vessels, and those are on notice to make profits or the plug will be pulled next year, it's extremely doubtful they would invest the millions necessary on a 55-year-old ship. She is totally gutted out, and to make her workable, a new superstructure with loads of balconies would have to be added. The UNITED STATES that people knew and loved is already gone, and cannot be resurrected.

Very nice capture of a former beauty.
But are there actually anyone who believes that NCL has any intention of fixing her?