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13 News Now: Newport News-built SS United States passes by birthplace on final voyage to become the world's largest artificial reef
13 News Now: Newport News-built SS United States passes by birthplace on final voyage to become the world's largest artificial reef

The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world's largest artificial reef departed from south Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront on Wednesday, marking the opening segment of its final voyage.

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NewsGuest UserFebruary 21, 2025Hampton Roads, Newport News, Artificial Reef
Post & Courier: America's largest, fastest ocean liner to pass SC on way to its watery grave
Post & Courier: America's largest, fastest ocean liner to pass SC on way to its watery grave

The S.S. United States — still the world's fastest ocean liner — will cruise by the Palmetto State on its final voyage after seven decades above the waves.

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News, News and UpdatesGuest UserFebruary 21, 2025Philadelphia
The Washington Times: Legendary, long-neglected SS United States begins final voyage
The Washington Times: Legendary, long-neglected SS United States begins final voyage

A storied ocean liner that offered passengers regal elegance while setting trans-Atlantic speed records for decades began its final journey this week at a much more measured pace.

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News, News and UpdatesGuest UserFebruary 20, 2025Philadelphia
NPR: Fabled ocean liner SS United States begins final voyage
NPR: Fabled ocean liner SS United States begins final voyage

The SS United States is getting towed down the East Coast on its way to the Florida panhandle, where it will be sunk and turned into an artificial reef. The ocean liner was once a technological marvel and still holds the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing for a vessel of its size.

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News, News and UpdatesGuest UserFebruary 20, 2025Philadelphia
USA Today:  SS United States starts last voyage to its final destination – at the bottom of the Gulf
USA Today: SS United States starts last voyage to its final destination – at the bottom of the Gulf

The long-retired SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever to cross the Atlantic, left the Delaware Bay on Thursday for its final voyage, after having been anchored to a Philadelphia dock for more than three decades.

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News, News and UpdatesGuest UserFebruary 20, 2025Philadelphia
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