Famed ship SS United States to be sunk off coast of Florida

This archival video shows the SS United States in 2025 as it starts its move to Florida on its way to become the world's largest artificial reef. A ship that was once the fastest in the world and is longer than the Titanic will be sunk off the coast of Florida and turned into the world's largest artificial ocean reef. The SS United States spent nearly 30 years docked in Philadelphia before it was moved to Florida, where it will soon become a home for sealife and an underwater attraction for marine enthusiasts.

Activists unsuccessfully fought for the historic liner - which crossed the Atlantic Ocean hundreds of times - to be preserved as a museum. Instead, after being purchased by a Florida county, it will be added to the dozens of artificial reefs off the coast, as a land-based museum detailing the ship's history is also planned. Before its retirement, the SS United States was known for carrying royalty and celebrities from the US the Europe, beginning in 1952 and ending in 1969.

A young Bill Clinton, before he was president, used the ship to cross the Atlantic.