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Associated Press: Historic ocean liner could ...

The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute that will clear the way for a Florida county to turn the historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef.

Associated Press: Historic ocean liner could soon become the world’s largest artificial reef

Artificial Reef

CNN: The fastest transatlantic ocean liner is heading to the bottom of the sea

CNN: The fastest transatlantic ocean liner is heading to the bottom of the sea

The SS United States is bigger than the Titanic, as long as a skyscraper and holds the record for the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic. But after nearly three decades of sitting dormant and rusted in a Philadelphia pier, it is now headed to its final home—the bottom of the ocean.

USA Today: How SS United States, bigger than Titanic, will become world's largest artificial reef

USA Today: How SS United States, bigger than Titanic, will become world's largest artificial reef

The SS United States, a long-retired and once-glamorous ocean liner bigger than the Titanic and the fastest ever to cross the Atlantic, will soon set sail for the last time. Its final voyage will end off Florida's Gulf coast with "America's Flagship" becoming the world’s largest artificial reef.

UPI: SS United States to be towed from Phila., launching transition into artificial reef

UPI: SS United States to be towed from Phila., launching transition into artificial reef

The historic ocean liner SS United States, whose fate had been in limbo for years, will begin its transition into the world's largest sunken artificial reef beginning this week in Philadelphia, its owner says.