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The SS United States Conservancy, a non-profit organization that oversees the historic ship docked in Philadelphia, filed an ...
(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, 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
THIBODAUX, La. (WAFB) - This old, decaying ship in the port of Mobile, Alabama, has an impressive past. It’s the largest passenger ship ever built in the USA and still holds the transatlantic speed ...
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 ...