Video taking off 22x its usual first day

SS United States' illuminated decks disappear into the Gulf

FOX Weather's nighttime footage captures the ocean liner rolling onto its side during its planned sinking to become an artificial reef.

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FOX Weather Story of November 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 172,596 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (7,901).

The Legendary SS United States Completes Its Final Descent To The Gulf Floor

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An off-camera phone conversation continues as the SS United States tilts deeper into the water. The illuminated decks lean sharply, then slip beneath the surface. FOX Weather's brief recording makes the enormous liner's final descent feel startlingly close.

This is the completion of the reef-making project whose preparations we reported here. Credited to Brandy Campbell, the footage moves from a distant nighttime view to a closer look at the stern, then follows the ship as it rolls to starboard. According to FOX Weather, the descent ended shortly before 10 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.

The Short drew about 172,000 views in its first day, far beyond the channel's usual short-form audience. Its comment section was more than fifty times as busy as a typical first day, with viewers recalling Atlantic crossings and childhood sightings in Bremerhaven. Others asked why the sinking happened at night, when so much was difficult to see.

The video captures the change between those two lives: a vessel built to carry passengers across an ocean, now resting below it as an artificial reef.

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What viewers say

I sailed on her from NY to LeHavre in 1961
@MelvinAstrahan-b3fSee it on YouTube
As a child I saw this beautiful ship several times in Bremerhaven Germany. So sad!
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Why at night? We can't see it.
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