SS United States set to sink, despite 11th-hour efforts to intervene

The ship's new owners are 80% done with the prep required to turn the vessel into an artificial reef in Florida, but a New ...

SS United States set to sink in March, despite eleventh-hour efforts to intervene

The 990-foot SS United States could be making waves as an artificial reef at the bottom of the Florida Panhandle coast as ...
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SS US’ downward progress; Cooking up success; I-95 closures | Morning Roundup

The SS United States is currently docked in Mobile, Ala., where crews are completing work to remove hazardous materials, dismantle certain superstructure elements, and prepare the hull to create a ...
The New York Times

Will a Once Glamorous Ship Become a Reef in Florida?

The S.S. United States was an opulent passenger steamship. Now it might be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll look at a last-ditch move to save the S.S.
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Now on Gulf Coast, SS United States moves ever-closer to its watery fate

The SS United States, sitting dockside in Mobile, Ala., in August 2025, as crews prep it for its eventual sinking in the Gulf of Mexico. (Courtesy of Okaloosa County, Fla.) The SS United States inches ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Final resting place set for historic SS United States to become artificial reef off Florida

A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef after it's sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast early next year. Okaloosa County officials announced Tuesday that they expect to sink ...