SS United States, the largest and fastest transatlantic passenger liner ever built in America, was towed this morning from the dock in Philadelphia where it has been moored for nearly three decades, on the first leg of its final voyage. The historic ocean liner’s next stop is Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepared for a new role, to become the world’s largest artificial reef, off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach in the Gulf of Mexico.
“Today, the nation’s sole surviving ocean liner will glide down the Delaware River to begin the next chapter in her uniquely American story,” said Susan Gibbs, president of the SS United States Conservancy and granddaughter of the ship’s designer, William Francis Gibbs, in statement just before ship left.
In the fall of 2024, Okaloosa County bought the ship to sink her to create an artificial reef off the Florida Panhandle. Since then, the ship’s departure has been delayed by bad weather, lawsuits over dockage fees, and the Coast Guard concerns over the ship’s structural integrity.
We recently posted about Ananya Prasad who completed the 2024-2025 World’s Toughest Row – Atlantic Challenge, a 4,800-km race across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Antigua, in 52 days. Ms Prasad, 34, born in India and raised in the UK, became the first woman of color to row solo and unsupported across any ocean.
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