SS United States prepares for a new life beneath Florida's waters

FOX Weather's Brandy Campbell gets close to the former passenger liner before its planned transformation into an artificial reef.

Channel: FOX Weather Story of November 12, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 94,198 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (7,847).

Historic Day in Florida as the SS United States Prepares to Be Intentionally Sunk

Brandy Campbell points toward the stern, where the words "UNITED STATES NEW YORK" still identify a ship built to carry people across the Atlantic. From her boat off Florida, the FOX Weather correspondent explains a very different destination: the seabed near Destin and Fort Walton Beach.

The ocean liner is being intentionally sunk to create what Campbell describes as the world's largest artificial reef, providing habitat for marine life and a destination for divers and fishermen. Her Short previews the operation rather than showing the ship disappear beneath the water.

There is plenty of history above the waterline. Campbell recalls passengers including Marilyn Monroe and Walt Disney, and explains that the liner was designed so it could be converted into a troop transport. That contrast gives the report its substance: a vessel once equipped to move crowds will instead stay in one place, becoming part of an underwater ecosystem.

The preview drew about 61,000 views in eleven hours, already well beyond FOX Weather's usual full first day for a Short. Some viewers shared memories of Atlantic crossings and seeing the ship docked in New York.

The interest extends beyond this brief boat-side dispatch. Two longer FOX Weather uploads about the liner's final journey also drew unusually fast starts, with one including Campbell's conversation with a former passenger.

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The numbers

The ship preview passed FOX Weather's usual first-day Short audience within its opening eleven hours. The channel's longer reports on the same operation also drew unusually large early audiences.

the video's first day

usual first day here

7,847

this video

94,198

subscribers

1,090,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

768,205,632

views per day

663,651

typical day: 626,614

the video

views

60,815

likes

362

comments

106

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

CNN 10

1,200,000

TLDR News Global

1,190,000

10 News

1,150,000

TLDR News EU

1,150,000

FOX Weather

1,090,000

WLA

1,050,000

As of November 12, 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.