Abandoned - S.S America 

The fact her bow survived for so long despite rotting away is impressive.

Did I see the original? Yes. Do I know this information already? Yes. Will I be watching this 3 times over anyway? Also yes.

If I’m being honest I think the “death” this ship had was a good ending rather then being scraped, it got to die with the ocean it had sailed on for many years.

If the ship had become the floating hotel it was supposed to be it would've almost certainly been destroyed by the 2006 Tsunami, phuket was one of the hardest hit areas by that disaster.

Rest In Peace SS America 🇺🇸 . Passenger 1959 NY to Bremen Germany. She served well. And was a beautiful ship. Took our family safely and in style across the Atlantic. Her memory rest in my heart. Thank you for putting this out there to view.

I saw the original, but hey I'll watch it again since I love the series so much

Oh My God. First of all, I thank you for this video. Secondly, this ship actually saved my life when it was the Australis owned by Chandris Lines. Back in 1966 my father died suddenly when I was 9yrs old and cutting a long story short the grief I had nearly killed me. Doctors gave up on me, I was on my way out of this world and the only thing they could think of was for me to go on a holiday - so my mother booked a cruise and we sailed from Southampton on the day of the 1966 World Cup Final. I remember it so, so well - you wouldn't believe how much I can remember ..... Southampton to Le Havre (to pick up French passengers) to Lisbon to Naples to Cannes to Casablanca to Le Havre and back to Southampton. Oh gosh, the memories of that holiday. The holiday actually cured me. Oh, what can I say, the gradual demise of this ship is just so, so sad - I could just weep. I've lost a dear friend

In 1960 I was 13, and sailed on the SS America with my Mom, Dad, Brother and Sister to Europe. It was a magical time. Took many B&W photos and still have them today. Thanks for sharing the history of this iconic ship. Bob

Real ones remember when this video first came out

Who else was excited for a new episode....and then cried when they realized it’s a re upload

It is amazing how the interiors were preserved when the ship was left to rot. This is a testament to the building quality, since there was little to no water ingress after all these years. A modern ship left in those conditions would probably have their interiors completely rotten.

Thanks for going through the effort of reuploading instead of just deleting. It is appreciated!

The crew that filmed the wreckage after the ship broke in two is amazing documentation to have especially now that there's nothing left. And the illumination they did is the icing on the cake!! what a beautiful wreckage it was before it sank into the sea completely RIP SS America 🇺🇸

my grandmother came to America from Ireland on this ship. Interesting to learn more about it.

I'm impressed by the quality build of that ship.

The Ocean gave her a career like no other. May she rest in the waves she served. Well deserved.

I traveled to New Zealand on that ship in 1974. I have fond memories of that trip.

What a sad story this ship has. It was destined to do great things and in return, it was tossed around like some left over until its final demise. The sheer thought of a stranded ship this size is mind boggling. I wish I had the chance to see it in person.

A ship named after a nation, abandoned by her people, and ultimately left to disappear with time. Heres hoping we don't wind up going the same route.

Fondest memories of this graceful ship, when I travelled as a 12 year old with my family, from Greece to Sydney Australia, when we migrated there, in 1976. There wasn’t a corner of that boat that we had not explored as children! Still have the menus from festive banquets served on board.

When I was about 7, I was fascinated by shipwrecks. I had this exact picture of the ss america on my wall. So cool to learn the backstory. Thank you

I had the pleasure of sailing on this beauty in the 1960s when I was young. I still remember the voyage (from Europe to NYC) fondly to this day.

How and why did I become obsessed with ships that sunk or rusted to death- Oh well, still really cool!

I have actually been to the beach where the ship was wrecked. It is hard to believe that there was once a huge ship stranded there. This ship was once the pride of its namesake country and had just been left to rot until nothing was left. It was definitely one of the most intriguing shipwrecks in the world.

You should just make a playlist of all of your ship videos, the ones from abandoned, bankrupt, canceled, and "the story of", in order of release date. Your ship videos are my favorites and most rewatchable. I was heartbroken when I saw this video gone when going through a marathon and not finding it. Thank you for re-uploading it.

I can remember watching this whilst on Fuerteventura, the very island where the SS America ran aground. Thank you for uploading this again!

In 1962 when I was 9, my family took the SS America from LeHarve France to New York. My sister and I had so much fun! I remember winning $13.00 in a bingo game, and learning card tricks in one of the lounges. We were in first class, but we brought kids from coach into our area to play. We played shuffleboard, and must have lost 100 ping pong balls over the rail. They finally brought us a whole box of ping pong balls because we kept asking for more. I also remember the great milkshakes! Thanks for posting this. I’m 68 now, and will always be grateful to my parents for all the exciting adventures we had! Also, they made us go up on deck to see the Statue of Liberty as we approached New York. Even though we were raised overseas, our parents made sure we knew we were from the greatest country on earth! ❤️

Tragic, but fitting. I think that She would probably rather go back to the sea than become a tin can.

This was the sister ship of the USS United States. My dad (RIP) took me aboard the US when I was a kid. My dad was- a merchant marine in ＷW 2. Told me stories of German Wolfpack’s haunting convoys and torpedos running near the ships.

I lived in Fuerteventura for a year in 2006 and we drove down to see the wreck, it was like the last picture at the beginning of the video. I remember there being very high winds that day and there were lots of pieces of the wreck scattered along the shoreline and on the beach and we took a piece of the ship with us but its gotten lost over the years.

Nothing says staying home and watching RU-vid better on a Friday evening than a brand new edition of Abandoned! Okay...a reupload but hey I’m treating it as if it were new!

Damn, I'm sad for a ship.

Its back! Another great piece of content from BSF.

My father served on this ship in the war and had fond memories of it and his service. Thanks for uploading it.

Amazing how the salt water completely dissolved the whole structor

This episode is new to me!

The Part where she finally went underwater literally brought me to tears... so sad to see such a beautiful ship go...

Remember seeing this when it came out first, Great Video!

Jake, I feel you have outdone yourself with this one. Do not ever lose interested in making films. Your truly gifted.

That is one tough ship! Respect.

Hey Jake, maybe one day for "Abandoned", you could talk about the RMS Queen Elizabeth, the infamous sister ship to the RMS Queen Mary

As the SS Australis, it brought me as a 4yo and my family, from England to Sydney, Australia to start our new life. A 4 week journey I believe, not that I really remember anything about the journey. Thank you Chandris Lines and the SS Australis.🌍🚢🌏

I love how the narrator makes us emotional and overwhelmed about things we didn't ever hear about before the video.

I remember watching the original but I'll watch again. Thanks for editing and reuploading instead of deleting. Appreciate your hard work, and love this series. C:

When it comes to BSF you never need to wait to like the content cause you know you always will. Excellently written, spoken and put together. Great content Jake as always

Hey Jake maybe you could make a video about the Research Vessel Arctic Discoverer. It was a ship used in the 1980’s to search for and successfully retrieve the largest amount of shipwrecked treasure in United States history from the sunken SS Central America. The Arctic Discoverer is currently sitting abandoned at a shipyard near Jacksonville, Florida and it is slowly sinking into the river unfortunately. The history behind the r/v and the man who found the treasure is pretty interesting so I thought this might be a worthy idea for a future video :)

I was wondering why it looked familiar... Bright Sun Films is one of my favorite channels. Flawless editing and topics. Thanks!

I am so happy this video is back. Like many, I too tried to locate this video and wondered why it was no longer posted. This shipwreck is so unique and I could only imagine standing on the shore, looking at the ship while it was illuminated during the art project.

Have I seen this?... yeah. Are Jake's videos so good you can rewatch them more than once...YES!!

This is one of the most interesting ship stories I have seen. The pictures of her decay in Fautueventura are incredibly striking and poignant.

Thanks for this video. Dad came over from Germany on her June of 56.

I remember Myself watching "Das Wrack der America" as a Kid on NDR. Definately one of my favourite Documentaries of my whole Life so far. 😃

Don’t worry I’ll watch again

Been here since almost the beginning. Jake, you're one of the best content creators on RU-vid. Keep it up you have a bright future ahead of you!.

As a 13 year old, my family returned to the USA from New Zealand on January 2, 1968. Leaving from Auckland, our ports of call included Sydney, Melbourne, Fiji, Acapulco, & Panama Canal, arriving at Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) February 1, 1968. It would continue on its around the world cruise. Fond memories of lots of Chess & Ping-pong tournaments.

I'm sixty years old and I rode on this ship as a kid. This video made me so happy. Please upvote my comment.

This poor ship deserved a better fate.

oh it’s back up! no wonder why i couldn’t find it-i was trying to binge watch your videos the past week, lmao

I lives in fuertaventura On and off for years. I saw the decay from this ship in various States. If you go to the restaurants and the bars along that coast. You can see still ,all the fixtures from It, in them .

I was lucky enough to visit the wreck back in 2008 just before it completely disappeared. I was on honeymoon and completed an offroad bike tour which was epic. It was great to see the wreck.

I wish some of these ships were still around, and maintained in such a way how Boston keeps the famous USS Constitution alive. To step back in time like that would be so amazing

Thank you so so so much for reaploading this Master piece of a video

My parents and I travelled aboard the SS Australis (as the S.S. America became) when we migrated from Suva, Fiji to the United Kingdom in 1967. I have the photos. I was only two years old and don't remember a thing except, extraordinarily, arriving in Southampton and waiting with my Mum while my Dad went to have the documentation done. That is my earliest memory until about three years later. Fiji was still part of the British Empire -- which itself was rapidly breaking up -- and we could go and live anywhere in the world coloured pink on the map under the doctrine of Civis Britannicus Sum. What a world away all that is now.

It’s back! I swear I went to rewatch this a few months ago after seeing it in recommended a billion times and it had been taken down. I was so bummed

Ah a classic, really love your videos and it’s cool to see how you actively talk with people in comments even though this channel is as big as it is. Looking forward to all the content in the future

I really love the series on this channel. Thank you for the great and well documented videos!

Thank you for another wonderful video. I did a cruise on this ship in 1967 from Wellington, New Zealand. Although I have been on other cruises in recent years I still remember the Australis with fondness. Sad to see that it finished its life this way.

Thanks for the video. I visited the ship wreck in 2006. Amazing sight :)

This channel made me interested in ships and their history. Thank you.

I remember watching this originally and it is still just as amazing

Thank you so much for re-uploading this video, this was my favorite video.

In 1964 I was seven years old; my father was a Major in United States Army. We had lived at Fort Rucker, Alabama, when my father got orders for Germany. We went to the New York's World Fair that same year and the ship we took to Germany from New York was the S.S. America. We were told it was the ship's last voyage before it was going to be sold. I still remember as a seven-year-old kid how my older brother and I would roam the ship exploring it. I remember going to a movie in a little movie theater on the ship. I also remember my brother and I asking foreigners for coins from the country they were from. In the end we ended up with a jar full of different coins from all over the world. My family had traveled already, and my mom collected little sterling silver charms from each place we had traveled. While on the S.S. America, she bought a sterling silver charm of the S.S. America ship and added it to her bracelet. When my mom passed away several years ago, my younger brother got the bracelet, but before he did, I took the S.S. America charm off the bracelet and still have it to this day in my safe. I wanted it because I remember that trip from New York to Germany like it happened yesterday. It was an adventure I'll never forget, and that charm is something my mom cherished. I also remember when we boarded the ship and got to our sleeping compartment, there were two little rubber balls, with the name of the ship printed on them, S.S. America. I remember having those rubber balls for years, but I don't know whatever happened to them. Going to the New York's World's Fair in 1964 and taking the ship S.S. America to Germany was an adventure of a lifetime for a seven-year-old kid. I guess that's why I remember it so fondly.

Been a while since I had seen the original upload. This was a well timed refresher. Great episode.

I hope that with this re-upload you are reaching a wider, new audience. You deserve it, Jake!

A few weeks ago I wanted to share it with my friends but realized that it was removed. Thank you for re-uploading! This is one of the interesting documentaries.

One of my favorite topics - glad to see u bring it back up.

I was hoping for an update, since, from what I understand it is basically gone now, since the last google images seem to only show the shadow of some wreck under the water. Will still re-watch this and await the next full video!

Well not a bad reminder to watch this one again. One of my favorites

Still stands up to a second watch, despite being a re-up. Thanks Jake.

Oh hell yeah, time for a rewatch! Thank you for all your hard work!

Thanks Jake for re uploading. 😀

babe, wake up. jake just uploaded

In my fictional world, this ship never gets abandoned and still successful

You're honestly the best for keeping this up. Love this video

I always wondered where this video went, glad I’m able to rewatch it again. :-)

CONGRATULATIONS JAKE ON THE MILLI!!!!!

Ah, the SS Australis... we sailed on it twice: first in 1976 from Auckland, New Zealand via the Panama Canal back to Nederland after spending 2 years looking around New Zealand. As soon as we disembarked in Rotterdam, we realized it was a big mistake to have left the wide open spaces and laid-back attitude of NZ. Long story short, we had another chance to sail on the Australis (this time via the Suez Canal) and arrived back in Auckland in 1977-just under a year after we had left! We remain as Kiwis in Aotearoa/New Zealand with fond memories of our time on the Australis. Tears in our eyes in the last ten minutes of this video. Thank you for sharing!

Excellent! I was fascinated with the SS America and its entire history as a kid, and even built a model of the wreck. I spent hours on research and actually found out that the many of the crew and passengers from the Australis era have reconnected online and are a connected community who remembers the ship (and other Chandris ships) quite fondly during its Chandris life. The wreck highly fascinated me as well and I was often following the Explorer Magazine blog documenting the ships dilapidation. The entire history of the vessel is fascinating, including its military service as the West Point.

Whenever you upload it always puts a smile on my face 😀😀😀 love the vids

Glad to see this one back up!

Man I was looking for this episode the other day and was sad when I couldn't find it. Glad it's re-uploaded

Your ship videos are some of my favorites! Glad to see this one back.

The endings of abandoned make me tear up

Thanks for giving me an excuse to watch it again!

Omg I was freaked out when I saw this video gone thank you for reposting it!

Your video is a wonderful tribute to a beautiful American built passenger liner from the past. Thank you.

The fact that German film crew relit the ship one last time is so touching

i been looking for this video for like 2 weeks going crazy. 😂

I travelled on this Ship from the UK to Sydney Australia in 1975 when it was the Australis. Thanks for the Video.

At least you were able to preserve the episode. I remember seeing the original, and this was just as informative. I don't really know what you had to cut out, but this is just as good.