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SS United States' funnels saved as liner becomes Florida reef

Washington Post's short report pairs the deliberate sinking with archival footage of the record-setting ship's maiden voyage.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 45,598 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (4,259).

The SS United States has sunk. It will become the world’s largest artificial reef.

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What stays above water when a historic ocean liner becomes a reef? For the SS United States, the towering funnels are among the pieces preserved for a museum display in Destin-Fort Walton Beach.

Washington Post's report opens with explosives detonating and smoke rising from the stripped vessel. Aerial footage shows small boats surrounding the liner before a map places its final resting place off Destin, Florida, 180 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. The planned sinking will create what the report describes as the world's largest artificial reef.

The Short has drawn more than 52,000 views, with its estimated first-day audience roughly ten times the channel's usual Shorts start.

Its sharpest contrast comes in black and white: archival images show the ship underway on its maiden voyage, when it set the transatlantic speed record that made its name. The report then returns to the weathered vessel prepared for a different purpose, as a diving destination and marine habitat. Its preserved funnels will tell the passenger-liner part of that story on land.

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Did she settle onto her keel?
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How beautiful. She will now become a part of the very ocean that she sailed upon her entire life. What a beautiful memorial. ❤ An honorable retirement after years of Service.
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