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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

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NPR: SS United States, record-setting ocean liner, makes its final voyage

NPR: SS United States, record-setting ocean liner, makes its final voyage

In the coming days, the United States is expected to take its final voyage, on its way to be buried at sea. It's not the country nearing its end, but a ship that bears its name. The SS United States is a mid-20th century ocean liner that set the speed record for crossing the Atlantic.

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.