{"id":314623,"date":"2026-10-26T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314623\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:08:10","slug":"ss-united-states-is-scheduled-to-become-worlds-largest-artificial-reef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314623\/","title":{"rendered":"SS United States is scheduled to become world&#8217;s largest artificial reef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DESTIN, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A historic ocean liner is a step closer to becoming the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-states-historic-ship-artificial-reef-florida-c9a58bd7182b2f576706598a88338bc1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">world\u2019s largest artificial reef<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Florida\u2019s Okaloosa County expect to sink the SS United States off the Gulf Coast during the second week of November. The exact dates could change because of weather.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ship-sinking-ss-united-states-artificial-reef-58da1c2ca7207d7c0774b22d80e21868\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ship will be sunk<\/a> about 22 nautical miles southwest of Destin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"FILE - The SS United States is towed down the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, from Philadelphia, on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke, File)\" width=\"4401\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Historic_Ship_New_Reef_9_163.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"15243165\" \/>FILE \u2013 The SS United States is towed down the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, from Philadelphia, on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke, File)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an exciting move forward to create a one-of-a-kind resource for the environment and for our tourism industry,\u201d county officials wrote in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The nearly 1,000-foot vessel shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952. Preservation groups tried to save the ship but were hindered by high costs.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters hope that sinking the ship will make it a barnacle-encrusted star among more than 500 artificial reefs and a signature diving attraction, helping to generate millions of dollars a year in local tourism spending for scuba shops, charter fishing boats and hotels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DESTIN, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A historic ocean liner is a step closer to becoming the world\u2019s largest artificial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,128317,128318,128316],"class_list":["post-314623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-ship-becoming-a-reef","tag-sinking-a-ship-to-be-a-reef","tag-the-ss-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}