The ship will be sunk to the bottom of the sea and turned into an artificial reef, joining more than 4,300 artificial reefs off the coast of Florida. Other sunken ships have become artificial reefs in ...

The SS United States began its final approach into Mobile, Alabama, Monday morning, marking the end of the first leg of its journey to becoming the world's largest artificial reef. The historic ...

"We are proud to continue the story of this historic vessel as an artificial reef along with the land-based museum," Okaloosa County Board Chairman Paul Mixon said Monday. "I applaud the Destin ...

The coast of Florida is about to be home to the world’s largest-ever artificial reef, and it’s going to be made out of a 75-year-old, 1,000-foot-long ship. It’s a poetic end for the SS ...

It will be submerged about 20 miles offshore and turned into an artificial reef. The Florida coastal county is also planning to build a land-based museum and immersive exhibit detailing the ship ...

Mar. 18, 2025 — The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully. They are very similar to the original communities and ...

(AP Photo/Jack Harris, File) The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world’s largest artificial reef has completed the first leg of its final voyage. The SS United ...

This transition is a pivotal step toward converting the decommissioned ship into the world’s largest artificial reef. The vessel will undergo extensive remediation for six months at a Mobile ...

The Mesoamerican Reef region lies within the Caribbean Sea and touches the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. It contains the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, stretching ...

Using SECORE’s approach, we fertilize the eggs in the lab, culture the larvae for a few days and then settle them onto specialized tiles that can be planted back out on the reef. Collecting these ...

See where coral in the world's largest coral reef system has been bleached to death. By Lauren E. James This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine.