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Friday, 13 November 2026 IST

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Famed ship SS United States deliberately sunk off Florida coast to become a reef

Activists wanted the historic liner to be turned into a museum, but it will instead become the world's largest artificial ocean reef.

Famed ship SS United States to be sunk off coast of Florida
Famed ship SS United States to be sunk off coast of Florida — image via BBC News World — Credit: Storywire

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Activists wanted the historic liner to be turned into a museum, but it will instead become the world's largest artificial ocean reef.

Read the original report — BBC News World

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