[rellic]

“so it sinks upright in about 180 feet of water.”
I’m trained to be a recreational diver and my limit is 120 ft.
I’ll never dive down to 180 ft. I don’t have the equipment or training. So who is this reef for?
Habitat for sharks, swordfish, sea stars, octopus, shrimp and many other kinds of fish?
Most artificial reefs are much shallower so people can go there.

[Dr. Franklin]

I’m trained to be a recreational diver and my limit is 120 ft. I’ll never dive down to 180 ft. I don’t have the equipment or training. So who is this reef for? Habitat for sharks, swordfish, sea stars, octopus, shrimp and many other kinds of fish? Most artificial reefs are much shallower so people can go there.

So you would get to see the top of the ship only. Maybe it still can be saved if someone can find a wharf.

[Always A Marine]

I’m trained to be a recreational diver and my limit is 120 ft. I’ll never dive down to 180 ft. I don’t have the equipment or training. So who is this reef for?

The keel-to-funnel height of SS United States is 175 feet, so after her two 65-foot funnels are removed, her top decks will be 70 feet below the surface if she rests at a depth of 180 feet.

[Paal Gulli]

She’s 122 feet from keel to superstructure so even in 180 feet of water, and even if she burrows 30 feet into the bottom when she settles, the upper decks will remain within the limits of sport diving.