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Tonight at 11: Saving the SS United States

Posted at 12:07 PM, Oct 03, 2012
and last updated 2012-10-05 03:01:20-04

When this ship was built in Newport News, it was the sleekest - the fastest - the most advanced ocean liner to sail the world. Years later, it is not much to look at. It's a broken and battered ghost ship.

But a group of investors, along with a charity, are trying to turn the tide of the SS United States and maybe even restore it to its former glory and dock it in Norfolk.

Tonight at 11, how you can take action to help save this piece of Hampton Roads history.