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The SS United States, America’s Flagship, arrived in Mobile, Alabama today after an approximately 1,800-mile tow from her berth in Philadelphia. The iconic national symbol and last surviving American ocean liner will now undergo preparations for her deployment as the “World’s Largest Artificial Reef” off Florida’s Gulf Coast near Destin-Fort Walton Beach.

America's Flagship, the SS United States, Completes Voyage to Mobile, Alabama Well Ahead of Schedule
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America's Flagship Departs Philadelphia on ...

“Today, the nation’s sole surviving ocean liner will glide down the Delaware River to begin the next chapter in her uniquely American story. As the fastest ship to ever cross the Atlantic travels for the first time since arriving in Philadelphia in 1996, we are reminded of the postwar high-water mark that the SS United States so gracefully and powerfully embodied when she was launched in 1951.”

America's Flagship Departs Philadelphia on Historic Voyage
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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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The Northern Virginia Daily: Navy Federal assists 11 nonprofits on Giving Tuesday

The Northern Virginia Daily: Navy Federal assists 11 nonprofits on Giving Tuesday

As part of its Dollars for Doers Program, Navy Federal Credit Union's Winchester Operations Center celebrated Giving Tuesday this week by donating $1,000 each to 11 regional nonprofit organizations.

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.