The SS United States, once a luxury ocean liner, is being prepared to become an artificial reef off the Florida coast. After failing to repurpose the ship, the SS United States Conservancy sold it to ...

Fred Miller II didn’t know it then, but the $50 model ship he bought at age 9 would become more than just a childhood obsession – it charted a course straight into the future. Back in 1970, Miller ...

On the morning of Lundi Gras in early March, the SS United States arrived quietly in Mobile as a sleeping giant, rusting but regal as it was guided up the Mobile Bay. From a distance, “America’s ...

The SS United States, the world's fastest ocean liner and 100 feet longer than the ill-fated RMS Titanic, has entered the Gulf on its way to becoming the world's largest artificial reef off Florida's ...

Sailing from Delaware Bay, the SS United States is completing its final journey to sink off Florida's Gulf Coast to become "the world's largest artificial reef." "Once deployed off Destin-Fort Walton ...

The SS United States' 65-foot forward smokestack has been removed for preservation in a future museum. Okaloosa County purchased the SS United States to create an artificial reef. The vessel will be ...

Once a premier ocean liner sporting one of the world's most powerful engines, the SS United States is set to reach another historic benchmark later this year when it becomes the world's largest ...

MOBILE, Alabama — The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world's largest artificial reef has completed the first leg of its final voyage. Built in Newport News, ...

It might not look like much today, but the SS United States was once a luxurious ocean liner that turned heads. Its maiden voyage took place on July 3, 1952 with the promise to be the fastest, most ...