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November 21, 2025

Final resting place set for SS United States to become an artificial reef

  • The ocean liner will be sunk off Florida's Gulf Coast early next year.
    • By DAVID FISCHER
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Matt Rourke [enlarge]
    The nearly 1,000-foot vessel has spent most of this year being scoured to remove chemicals, wiring, plastic and glass.

    A historic ocean liner will become the world's largest artificial reef after it's sunk off Florida's Gulf Coast early next year.


     
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