SS United States Has Just Been Sunk—What Happens Next?
The SS United States has completed its final voyage, but beneath the waters off Florida its transformation is only beginning. The 990-foot former ocean liner was deliberately sunk off Destin-Fort Walton Beach on November 11 to become an artificial reef. Okaloosa County selected a site roughly 22 nautical miles (25.3 miles) southwest of the coast,…