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She Was Once the World’s Fastest Ocean Liner. It’s Now Been Deliberately Sunk to Create the World’s Largest Artificial Reef

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The world's fastest ocean liner has been deliberately sunk off Florida to become the largest artificial reef ever created.

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  1. ZME ScienceShe Was Once the World’s Fastest Ocean Liner. It’s Now Been Deliberately Sunk to Create the World’s Largest Artificial ReefThe world's fastest ocean liner has been deliberately sunk off Florida to become the largest artificial reef ever created.
  2. Phys.orgSunken treasure: Historic US ocean liner reborn as artificial reefA majestic and all but indestructible 20th-century ocean liner that once ferried royal leaders, movie stars and even the "Mona Lisa" to the United States was being deliberately sunk Wednesday to become the world's largest artificial reef.
  3. NPRWorld's fastest ocean liner is sunk to break another record: largest artificial reefThe SS United States broke trans-Atlantic speed records. On Wednesday, it was sunk off the Florida coast and will become a diving destination and home for marine life.
  4. GuardianHistoric US ocean liner sinks near Florida to become world’s largest artificial reefSS United States, which set transatlantic speed record during maiden voyage in 1952, is sunk off coast of DestinThe historic SS United States has reached the end of its journey at sea, sinking Wednesday off the coast of Destin, Florida, where it will begin a new life underwater as an artificial reef.The nearly 1,000ft American-made vessel, once the fastest ocean liner in the world, was launched in 1952 and made history by setting a transatlantic speed record during its maiden voyage. The ship carried thousands of passengers across the Atlantic over 17 years of operation before being retired…
  5. CBS NewsSS United States sinks, will become world's largest artificial reefThe 1,000-foot-long SS United States was 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.
  6. CNNWhy a History-Making Ocean Liner Is Being Sunk on Purpose