Historic ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reef
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This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the Alabama category. Published on November 10, 2026 • Originally reported by Richard Luscombe in Miami. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.
This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the Alabama category. Published on November 10, 2026 • Originally reported by Richard Luscombe in Miami. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.
The SS United States will sink off Florida coast to become an artificial reef, ending long-running wrangle over its fate
Final 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.
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