Her name is the SS Nomadic and she is quite old.
Her keel was laid down a few days before Christmas in 1910 and in 1911 she was delivered, along with the RMS Olympic, to the White Star Line. She tendered both the Olympic and Titanic on their maiden voyages (for anyone who doesn't know this means she ferried people, luggage, etc. for the liners if they were too big to dock) and was used as a troopship during WWI.
After the war she became a tender for Cunard. In 1928 she survived a collision with the Orinoco (Hamburg America Line) and, as if that wasn't bad enough, was a victim to progress... the harbor at Cherbourg was updated and widened and so she was deemed no longer necessary.
After being drydocked for quite a few years she once again served during a war, ferrying troops. and then, like so many of them, was set to be scrapped. The harbor at Cherbourg had been heavily damaged by the Germans and suddenly she was needed once again.
From the 1950's to the 90s she was bought and sold a few times and used as everything from a tender for the great liners like the Queen Mary and Elizabeth to a restaurant. Inevitably she was put aside by whichever millionaire owned her as her hull was in disarray.
From 1999 to 2006 several groups were formed and made attempts to raise funds to save her. Northern Ireland's Dept. for Social Development set up a charitable trust on her behalf and after all these years she will open to the public on June 1st.
Figured anyone who cared even a little about the United States would be happy to see that another one has been saved and restored.
4 minute vid with some great pictures and footage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGzmuEgjFhU
The SS Nomadic on her way out to RMS Olympic...
http://www.nomadicbelfast.com/