DESTIN, Florida (The Thursday Times) — Bahr-e-Auqiyanoos ko tez tareen uboor karne ka record aaj bhi rakhne wala bahri jahaz SS United States Florida ke khaleeji sahil ke qareeb samandar ki teh ki taraf apne aakhri safar par rawana ho gaya hai, jahan use duniya ki sab se bari masnooi reef banaya jaye ga.
Titanic se bhi lamba yeh ek hazar foot ka jahaz Destin-Fort Walton Beach aur Pensacola ke darmiyan sahil se taqriban 20 bahri meel door baghair dhamaka khez mawad ke, control ke sath pani bhar kar duboya ja raha hai. Yeh amal Budh ki seh pehar shuru hua lekin tawaqqo se kahin zyada sust raha, aur jahaz ki malik Okaloosa County ke hukkam ne kaha ke yeh wazeh nahin ke yeh kab mukammal ho ga.
Sainkron kashtiyan use dekhne ke liye Americi Coast Guard ki ijazat ki had tak qareeb jama ho gayin, jin mein baaz log California aur Philadelphia jaise door daraz maqamat se aaye thay.
Sadoor, filmi sitare, aur ek khufia design
Is jahaz ne 1952 mein apna pehla safar kiya aur Bahr-e-Auqiyanoos uboor karne ki raftar ka aisa record qaim kiya jo aaj tak nahin toota. Is ka design itna jadeed tha ke Pentagon ne is ke kuch hisse khufia rakhe.
Service ke 17 barson mein is ne sadoor Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, aur John F Kennedy, naujawan Bill Clinton, aur Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, Salvador Dali, aur Walt Disney jaise sitaron ko safar karaya.
Use 1969 mein service se hata diya gaya aur yeh taqriban 30 baras Philadelphia mein khara raha, jahan use museum, hotel, ya kisi aur tafreehi maqam mein badalne ke tamam mansoobe nakam rahe, aur is ka zang aalood dhancha shehar ki ek pehchan ban gaya.
Ek crore 30 lakh dollar ki reef
Okaloosa County ne 2024 mein yeh jahaz SS United States Conservancy se taqriban 10 lakh dollar mein khareeda. Yeh ek saal tak Alabama ke shehar Mobile mein raha, jahan is se eendhan, wiring, aur samandar ko nuqsan pohancha sakne wala deegar saman nikala gaya, aur dhanche mein suraakh kiye gaye taake yeh seedha teh mein baithe. Taqriban ek crore 30 lakh dollar ka yeh mansooba county ke siyahati tax se chalaya ja raha hai, aur maqami hukkam ko umeed hai ke yeh malba saara saal ghota khoron ko apni taraf khenche ga.
“Hum ne dahaiyon tak is jahaz ko bachane aur tairta rakhne ki koshish ki,” jahaz ke designer ki poti Susan Gibbs ne kaha, jo Conservancy ki sarbarah rahin. “Khuda kare use sukoon mile.” Conservancy ab Okaloosa County mein ek museum banane ka irada rakhti hai jis mein jahaz ki 10 hazar se zaid ashya rakhi jayen gi.
