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Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become an artificial reef.

Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become a coral reef.

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Both of these elements make a massive ocean liner a fairly strong choice: The SS United States, specifically, clocks in at 990 feet long and weighs around 50,000 tons.

Built in the early 1950s, the SS United States is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the U.S., and is the fastest of its kind to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction.

Built in the early 1950s, the SS United States is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the U.S., and is the fastest of its kind to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction.

As a result, the ocean liner will be too far out into the Gulf to see. The SS United is expected to arrive in Mobile by the middle of next week. You can track the SS United States’ journey here.