Famed ship SS United States to be sunk off coast of Florida
Summary
The SS United States, once the world’s fastest ocean liner, is scheduled to be sunk off Destin, Florida, on Wednesday and turned into an artificial reef. The ship will also be commemorated in a planned land-based museum after efforts to preserve it as a museum or floating hotel failed.Key Facts
- The SS United States is longer than the Titanic.
- The liner began carrying passengers across the Atlantic in 1952 and retired in 1969.
- It spent nearly 30 years docked in Philadelphia before moving to Florida.
- The ship traveled from Alabama to the coast of Destin on Monday.
- Officials plan to sink it in a precision operation without explosives.
- A Florida county purchased the ship for conversion into an artificial reef.
- A land-based museum about the ship’s history is planned.
- The ship carried celebrities and U.S. presidents, including Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.
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