The SS United States, once a luxury ocean liner, is being prepared to become an artificial reef off the Florida coast. After failing to repurpose the ship, the SS United States Conservancy sold it to ...
(QUEEN CITY NEWS) — How does a historic aging ocean liner get sunk on purpose to become an artificial reef? Gradually, one step at a time. In February, the deteriorating SS United States left her port ...
The SS United States' 65-foot forward smokestack has been removed for preservation in a future museum. Okaloosa County purchased the SS United States to create an artificial reef. The vessel will be ...
The SS United States Conservancy has started the design phase for the new SS United States Museum and Visitor Experience. The ship was recently tugged down the East Coast, ceremoniously leaving its ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Friday marked another milestone in the stripping of hazardous material from the SS United States ahead of it becoming an artificial reef in Okaloosa County. Mobile Krystal ...
On the morning of Lundi Gras in early March, the SS United States arrived quietly in Mobile as a sleeping giant, rusting but regal as it was guided up the Mobile Bay. From a distance, “America’s ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - She’s been here for nearly five months ― the SS United States ― generating lots of conversation among locals and visitors ― even giving us plenty to talk about on Good Day Gulf ...
With the historic ocean liner's two iconic funnels being removed earlier this month, the clean-up of the SS United States is nearing completion – meaning the mammoth ship is nearly ready to become the ...