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Famed ship SS United States deliberately sunk off Florida coast to become a reef

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Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 04:03
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Famed ship SS United States deliberately sunk off Florida coast to become a reef
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Activists wanted the historic liner to be turned into a museum, but it will instead become the world's largest artificial ocean reef.

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  • —Famed ship SS United States deliberately sunk off Florida coast to become a reef
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