Video: SS United States Begins Final Journey To Become World’s Largest Artificial Reef

SS United States Begins Final Journey To Become World’s Largest Artificial Reef
Screengrab from Facebook video posted by Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners

The famous ocean liner SS United States has started her final journey, leaving her long-time dock in Philadelphia.

After nearly three decades at Pier 82, the ship was carefully moved in preparation for a 14-day tow to Mobile, Alabama, where she will undergo environmental remediation before being sunk as an artificial reef off Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Tugboats and crews carried out the complex manoeuvre,...

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