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SS United States en route to be scuttled and turned into a reef
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SS United States en route to be scuttled and turned into a reef

Gail P Sherman
Feb 26, 2025
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SS United States to Become Worlds Largest Artificial Reef. Photo: Brian E Kushner/Shutterstock.

The SS United States is bigger than the Titanic. It has held the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in either direction since its maiden voyage in 1952. It was the flagship of United States Lines until the company folded in 1969, after years…

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