Famed ocean liner SS United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in the US and the world’s fastest, on Wednesday headed for the sea floor near Florida in a deliberate sinking designed to transform the vessel into the world’s biggest artificial reef.The finale to a yearlong process preparing
The SS United States is set to be sunk off Florida to create an artificial reef, according to reports from November 10 and 11. The Guardian said the plan would end a long-running dispute over the ocean liner’s fate, while The Maritime Executive reported that the ship had left Mobile, Alabama, for the reef site. WQCS reported the sinking plan, but the reports do not confirm that the ship has already been sunk.
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