OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. — The SS United States was sunk off the coast of Okaloosa County in the Florida Panhandle to serve as the world’s largest artificial reef.
Crews opened plugs in the hull of the former luxury ocean liner on Wednesday night to initiate the process.
It took about 5 hours for the ship to sink to the bottom of the Gulf.
The ship still holds the record for the fastest passenger ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean, set in 1952.
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