# Retired ocean liner to become largest artificial reef in the world > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/1522339 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 3 outlets covering · First listed: Phys.org, Nov 11, 2026, 7:00 PM · Read it: 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. ## 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]() — 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, 6:04 PM: [SS United States to become world's largest artificial reef]() — 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. - Nov 11, 2026, 7:00 PM: [Retired ocean liner to become largest artificial reef in the world]() — Phys.org (Science news) 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.