This ocean liner was the world’s fastest. It’s being sunk to make the largest artificial reef

Mongabay
Nov 11, 2026, 5:10 pm96 ptsTrending
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — An ocean liner that once was the fastest on the seas is headed to its final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world’s largest artificial reef. Officials on Florida’s panhandle coast were scuttling the SS United States on Wednesday about 25 miles southwest of Destin,…

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