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Final resting place set for the historic SS United States to become an artificial reef off Florida
The $10.1 million project includes a museum and marketing campaign to boost tourism and marine habitat at a site 22 nautical miles southwest of Destin, officials said.
- Several agencies in Northwest Florida announced a collaboration to promote the deployment of the historic SS United States as the world's largest artificial reef next year.
- Visit Pensacola is expected to approve $1.5 million and the Coastal Conservation Association $500,000 for marketing and tourism efforts around the artificial reef.
- The 990-foot SS United States was built in 1951 and is the largest ocean liner constructed in the United States and the fastest to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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Final resting place set for the historic SS United States to become an artificial reef off Florida
A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef after it’s sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast early next year.
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