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This ocean liner was the world's fastest. It's being sunk to make the largest artificial reef

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM · 1 min read
This ocean liner was the world's fastest. It's being sunk to make the largest artificial reef — Boca Raton Technology news

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas headed Wednesday toward its final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world's largest artificial reef.The SS United States floated placidly under a cloudy sky off the coast of the Florida Panhandle ahead of what officials described as a controlled sinking and fulfill a long-planned $13.5 million project aimed at attracting more divers and fishing enthusiasts to the area while creating a home for tuna, marlin and swordfish.The project will keep what had been a technological marvel when it made its maiden voyage in 1952 from becoming scrap metal. The ship's scuttling was streamed live online.The SS United States crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times, carrying old Hollywood stars like Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor. Other passengers have included Presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisehhower and John F. Kennedy and Britain’s former King Edward VIII. In 1968, a young Bill Cl

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