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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bruce Shipkowski

Historic ship completes first leg of journey to become world's largest artificial reef

Historic Ship New Reef - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world’s largest artificial reef has completed the first leg of its final voyage.

The SS United States, a 1,000-foot (305-meter) vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, arrived early Monday in Mobile, Alabama, nearly two weeks after departing from south Philadelphia’s Delaware River.

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