SS United States arrives in Alabama to become world's largest artificial reef
After being docked in Philadelphia for nearly three decades, the SS United States -- once the world's fastest ocean liner -- has arrived in Mobile, Al., ahead of schedule to be prepared to be turned into an artificial reef.
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A 990-foot shell of an ocean liner incapable of self-propulsion was essentially dragged by a vessel a fraction of its size from Philadelphia to Mobile, Ala. in under two weeks. Photos of the SS United ...
Crews will spend about six months cleaning the 1,000-foot vessel and removing hazardous materials as they prepare it to eventually be sunk off Florida's Gulf coast.
Efforts to save the SS United States from being sunk as an artificial reef are ongoing, with appeals for federal intervention ...
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SS United States: Historic ocean liner completes journey from Philadelphia to Mobile, AlabamaThe SS United States has completed its voyage from Philadelphia to Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepped to become part ...
The last World War I-era American dreadnought USS Texas (BB-35) will remain in the Port of Galveston as a museum ship, the ...
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