World● Low18m ago · Nov 8, 2026, 2:34 PM
The SS United States and her final destination
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She was the fastest ocean liner in history. But the jet age took the SS United States out of service, and she wound up docked in Philadelphia for nearly 30 years. Now, she's scheduled to be scuttled off Florida, to become the world's largest artificial reef.
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