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  • Once grand luxury ocean liner to become majestic artificial reef off Florida

    10/21/2024 12:00:45 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 76 replies
    UPI ^ | October 21, 2024 | Don Jacobson
    Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Officials in Florida's Panhandle predict the transformation of the former glamour cruise liner SS United States into a sunken artificial reef will be a major boost for the region's eco-tourism industry. After a years-long legal battle over its future at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, where it has been docked since 1996, the ship Saturday was officially signed over a week ago to Okaloosa County, Fla. The county plans to submerge the 990-foot vessel in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Destin as part of its long-standing efforts to boost the popularity of sport diving...