SS United States set to become world’s largest artificial reef

SS United States, a historic ocean liner that has been docked in Mobile for more than 18 months, is set to be sunk this week.

The schedule has been moved up a few days due to this weekend’s expected weather conditions off the coast. Now, final preparations are being made to sink the ship Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Once it sinks, it will become the world’s largest artificial reef, surpassing former aircraft carrier USS Oriskany.

The ship will sit about 180 feet to the bottom and about 55 feet to the upper deck and roughly 22 nautical miles southwest of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

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