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The planned sinking of the SS United States

  1. Оновлення 4 із 4НайновішеДень 14Через 4 дні

    990 feet beneath a new mission: SS United States becomes a Florida reef

    The 990-foot SS United States is upright and open to divers off Florida. Its successful sinking is established; the promised ecological and tourism gains are not.

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    • 990 feetLength of the former passenger liner
    • About 60 feetDepth of the uppermost deck
    • About 180 feetDepth of the seabed
  2. Оновлення 3 із 4День 10Через 7 годин

    SS United States: What the $11.42 million reef contract plan actually covers

    County records explain the amended reef-conversion contract, including $944,000 in proposed extra dockage. They do not establish the project’s final public bill.

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    • $7.228mOriginal Coleen Marine contract
    • $11.42mContract schedule including proposed third amendment
    • $944,000Proposed additional dockage coverage
  3. Оновлення 2 із 4День 9Через 2 дні

    SS United States leaves Mobile as Florida sinking moves up a day

    Forecast heavy winds have advanced deployment to November 11 at 1 p.m. CST. The tow has departed, but the sinking, final position and public diving access remain unconfirmed.

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    https://www.fox10tv.com

    • For decades, the SS United States survived one failed rescue plan after another. Now its intended final voyage is running ahead of schedule: the liner has left Mobile, Alabama, under tow, and Okaloosa County has brought forward the operation to sink it off Florida as an artificial reef. Forecast heavy winds on Thursday have shortened the remaining timetable for a ship whose future was argued over for years.
  4. Оновлення 1 із 4День 7

    SS United States faces a final voyage to the Gulf seabed

    The record-setting liner is scheduled to become an artificial reef on November 12, weather permitting. Its preservation lawsuit was dismissed—but that did not settle the merits of sinking it.

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    • Nearly 1,000 feet of ocean liner is scheduled to disappear beneath the Gulf of Mexico—not in a disaster, but by design. Florida’s Okaloosa County plans to sink the SS United States, turning a record-setting passenger ship into what would be the world’s largest artificial reef.

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  2. Включено «The sinking of the SS America off Florida»1 матеріал

    The situation and s1 both concern the same deliberate sinking of the SS United States off Florida to create an artificial reef; the situation’s name mistakenly calls the ship SS America.

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Організації

  • Okaloosa Countycounty in Florida, United States
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissionagency of the state government of Florida, United States
  • Dauphin Island Sea LabMarine education and research center in Alabama, United States
  • Louisiana State Universitypublic university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
  • United States Army Corps of Engineersdirect reporting unit and U.S. Army's branch for military engineering
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutionnon profit research institute and higher education facility

Місця

  • Mobile
  • Destin
  • Pensacola
  • Gulf of America
990 feet beneath a new mission: SS United States becomes a Florida reef