# SS United States to become world's largest artificial reef

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3 outlets covering · First listed: CBS News, Nov 11, 2026, 6:04 PM · Read it: <https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ss-united-states-sinking-ocean-floor-largest-artificial-reef-world-florida-gulf-coast/>

The 1,000-foot long SS United States is being sent to the bottom of the ocean in a controlled, explosive-free sinking that is taking place about 20 nautical miles off the Gulf Coast of Florida.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 10, 2026, 8:05 AM: [Historic ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reef](<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/10/ocean-liner-ship-sunk-artificial-reef>) — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom)
  The SS United States will sink off Florida coast to become an artificial reef, ending long-running wrangle over its fateFinal preparations were under way on Tuesday to sink the world’s fastest ocean liner in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef, concluding a decades-long wrangle over the fate of the transatlantic icon.A fleet of five tugboats moved the rusting hulk of the SS United States from a quayside in Mobile, Alabama, on Monday for its short journey to 25 miles off the coast of Destin, Florida, where it will be scuttled in a precision operation on Wednesday afternoon.
- Nov 11, 2026, 12:14 PM: [Recalling the S.S. United States as It Becomes a Florida Reef](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/insider/ss-united-states-destin-florida-memories.html>) — New York Times (Newspaper, United States)
  A New York Times editor has had a lifelong connection to the S.S. United States, which is becoming an artificial reef off the Florida coast.
- Nov 11, 2026, 6:04 PM: [SS United States to become world's largest artificial reef](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ss-united-states-sinking-ocean-floor-largest-artificial-reef-world-florida-gulf-coast/>) — CBS News (TV network, United States)
  The 1,000-foot long SS United States is being sent to the bottom of the ocean in a controlled, explosive-free sinking that is taking place about 20 nautical miles off the Gulf Coast of Florida.