{"id":895016,"date":"2026-10-26T07:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895016\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T07:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:54:10","slug":"historic-ss-united-states-to-be-sunk-off-florida-to-create-worlds-largest-artificial-reef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895016\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic SS United States to be sunk off Florida to create world’s largest artificial reef"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authorities in Okaloosa County expect the vessel to be submerged during the second week of November, although the schedule could change depending on weather conditions. <\/p>\n

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\n The SS United States is towed on Wednesday down the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey from Philadelphia. Photo: UNB\/AP<\/p>\n

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\n The SS United States is towed on Wednesday down the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey from Philadelphia. Photo: UNB\/AP <\/p>\n

The historic ocean liner SS United States is expected to be sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast in November to create what officials hope will become the world’s largest artificial reef.<\/p>\n

Authorities in Okaloosa County expect the vessel to be submerged during the second week of November, although the schedule could change depending on weather conditions.<\/p>\n

The ship will be sunk about 22 nautical miles (41 kilometres) south-west of Destin.<\/p>\n


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“This is an exciting move forward to create a one-of-a-kind resource for the environment and for our tourism industry,” county officials said in a news release.<\/p>\n

Measuring nearly 1,000 feet (305 metres) in length, the SS United States made history during its maiden voyage in 1952 by breaking the transatlantic speed record.<\/p>\n

Preservation groups made efforts to save the historic vessel but faced difficulties due to the high costs involved.<\/p>\n

Supporters hope the ship will become a major attraction for marine life and divers after being covered in barnacles and other marine organisms. It will join more than 500 artificial reefs in the region.<\/p>\n

The project is also expected to boost tourism and generate millions of dollars annually for local businesses, including scuba diving shops, fishing charter operators and hotels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities in Okaloosa County expect the vessel to be submerged during the second week of November, although the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-895016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}