SS U.S. arrives safely in Mobile, Alabama

SS United States: Historic ocean liner completes journey from Philadelphia to Mobile, Alabama
MOBILE, Al. - The SS United States has completed its voyage from Philadelphia to Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepped to become part of the world's largest artificial reef. The historic ship spent over a week being tugged down the East Coast after it ceremoniously left its pier in South Philadelphia where it had been docked for decades.
SS United States arrives safely in Mobile, Alabama, for preparation to become world's largest artificial reef
The SS United States is about 1,800 nautical miles closer to its final destination. It took 12 days to move the massive ocean liner from its South Philadelphia mooring in the Delaware River to the port of Mobile,
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On that voyage, the ship crossed the Atlantic in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes, besting the RMS Queen Mary's time by 10 hours. To this day, the SS United States -- which is nearly as large as the Chrysler Building -- holds the transatlantic speed record for an ocean liner.
SS United States arriving Monday in Mobile where it will be prepped for sinking
The historic SS United States is seen off the coast of Palm Beach on Feb. 26, 2025 on its way to Mobile, Alabama to be cleaned before being sunk to create an artificial reef.
SS United States arrives in Alabama to become world's largest artificial reef
After being docked in Philadelphia for nearly three decades, the SS United States -- once the world's fastest ocean liner -- has arrived in Mobile, Al., ahead of schedule to be prepared to be turned into an artificial reef.
SS United States arrives in Mobile to become world's largest artificial reef
The vessel, which spent the last eleven days being tugged from Philadelphia, will undergo extensive preparations before its deployment in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, arrived early Monday in Mobile, Ala.
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