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Retired ocean liner to become largest artificial reef in the world
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Bigger than the RMS Titanic and faster than the RMS Queen Mary, the SS United States was a nautical wonder during the mid-20th century—the nation's premier luxury ocean liner that once ferried presidents and Hollywood elite across the Atlantic in opulence.
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- Phys.orgRetired ocean liner to become largest artificial reef in the worldBigger than the RMS Titanic and faster than the RMS Queen Mary, the SS United States was a nautical wonder during the mid-20th century—the nation's premier luxury ocean liner that once ferried presidents and Hollywood elite across the Atlantic in opulence.
- CBS NewsSS United States to become world's largest artificial reefThe 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.
- GuardianHistoric ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reefThe 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.