The Long Goodbye -- Preparing SS United States to be Sunk as an Artificial Reef

The Long Goodbye -- Preparing SS United States to be Sunk as an Artificial Reef

The iconic passenger liner  SS United States arrived early Monday in Mobile, Alabama, nearly two weeks after departing under tow from South Philadelphia. She was docked at Modern American Recycling Service (MARS), where if all goes according to plan, she will be stripped of non-metal and potentially hazardous materials in preparation to be sunk as the world’s largest artificial reef, off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach in the Gulf of Mexic…