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Video taking off 25x its usual first day

SS United States' final minutes turn a liner into a reef

AP's nighttime broadcast drew more than two million views as the ship, longer than Titanic, rolled beneath the Gulf of Mexico.

Channel: Associated Press Story of Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 2,067,844 views a day, 25 times a normal first day on this channel (81,857).

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Video summary

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  1. 0:00The illuminated liner lists in open water at night, surrounded by support boats and tugs.
  2. 2:00Aerial views show the ship tilting farther to port as it takes on water.
  3. 4:00Close-ups show water rising along the decks and superstructure.
  4. 5:40The liner rolls onto its side and submerges in spray; it disappears completely at 05:58.
  5. 7:45The disturbed water settles, leaving small craft and their lights above the sinking site.

Water rises along the deck structures, illuminated against the darkness. The tilts farther onto its side, then disappears in a surge of spray and churning white water. Support boats remain above a patch of sea where an ocean liner had been.

The Associated Press broadcast shows the planned sinking off Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where the ship was deliberately sent to the seabed to become an artificial reef. AP credits Destin-Fort Walton for the footage.

For a vessel that crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times, this was a very different kind of arrival. Longer than Titanic, the former passenger liner was being deployed as what organizers call the world's largest artificial reef.

The broadcast passed roughly two million views in its first day, around twenty-five times AP's usual opening audience for long videos and live streams. Its comment section was also much busier than usual, with some viewers bringing memories of the ship's passenger days to the footage.

One recalls a Southampton-New York crossing more than six decades ago. Others focus on the final visible lettering on the bow. In the broadcast, the cameras stay after the hull has vanished, following the foaming water until it settles back into dark sea.

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What viewers say

  • What we have lost! I was fortunate enough to have made a trans Atlantic crossing on the SS United States from Southampton to New York. That was over 64 years ago. She put a spell on me and I have never stopped loving her. She never lost her grace and dignity even right up to the very end. She was so special. Funny, it feels like losing an old friend.
    @anniem57See it on YouTube
  • The last bit of the ship to go under the water being the name painted on the starboard bow is *chefs kiss*
    @ConsumerwhreSee it on YouTube
  • Wow. I wish we had a daytime view of it sinking but still awesome to see it go.
    @than217See it on YouTube

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The facts
Subscribers
4,720,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
16,000,511
Channel views, pace per day
5,632,469 (on a normal day: 2,258,576)
Video published
November 12, 2026
Video views so far
2,071,014 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
543,753

The numbers

The reef broadcast drew an unusually large first-day audience for an AP live stream. Comments also arrived several times faster than usual.

the video's first day
usual first day here
81,857
this video
2,067,844
subscribers
4,720,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
total views
4,686,761,031
views per day
5,632,469
typical day: 2,258,576
the video
views
2,071,014
likes
11,985
comments
385
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
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4,930,000
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4,790,000
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4,720,000
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4,380,000
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4,290,000
As of November 13, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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