The SS "Stevens", a 473-foot, 14,893-ton ship, served as a floating dormitory from 1968 to 1975 for approximately 150 students. Moored on the Hudson River at the foot of campus across from New York City, this first collegiate floating dormitory became one of the best known college landmarks in the country. Following the sale of the ship, students of the Class of 1975 presented funds to the institute for the preparation of a site on Wittpenn Walk where one of "Stevens"' six-ton anchors was placed in tribute to "the Ship". On the day "Stevens" was towed away, the alumni association recounted sentiments in its journal, "She disappeared into the fog and into our hearts."