The SS United States is marking the end of the first leg of its journey to becoming the world's largest artificial reef.

The council unanimously agreed to offer $3 million to Okaloosa County to sink the SS United States closer to Panama City.

RELATED: Ship sinking expert explains how the SS United States will be prepped for its underwater grave It's been an emotional process for many who have memories of the SS United States.

A petition has been launched to save an iconic cruise ship with links to Southampton which is due to be sunk to create the world’s largest artificial reef. Plans are in place for the SS United ...

In her heyday in the 1950s, the superliner SS United ... the ship for one more voyage somewhere about 20 miles off Destin-Fort Walton Beach in the Florida panhandle, where it will be sunk to ...

Other ship-turned-reef projects, like the USS Oriskany, which was sunk in 2006 near Pensacola, Florida, have proven successful over time. Before the SS United States is actually sent to its new ...

The SS United States, the historic ocean liner that decayed at a Philadelphia pier for nearly 30 years before finally being tugged away recently, will arrive in Mobile, Alabama, on Monday.

March 3 (UPI) --The decommissioned luxury liner SS United ... it is sunk in the waters off Florida's Gulf Coast to become the world's largest artificial reef. The massive 72-year-old ship, which ...