The SS United States has completed its voyage from Philadelphia to Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepped to become part of the world's largest artificial reef.

After being docked in Philadelphia for nearly three decades, the SS United States -- once the world's fastest ocean liner -- has arrived in Mobile, Al., ahead of schedule to be prepared to be turned into an artificial reef.

Photos of the SS United States being pulled by a 140-foot tugboat prompted many to ask how the move was even possible.

Though some were skeptical the vessel could make it through such a journey, it faced 14-foot waves and high winds without much trouble.

The SS United States completed its long trip from Philadelphia to the Port City on Monday, but in many ways, its journey is just beginning.

Crews will spend about six months cleaning the 1,000-foot vessel and removing hazardous materials as they prepare it to eventually be sunk off Florida's Gulf coast.

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.

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.

USS United States left Philadelphia Feb. 14, traveled down the Delaware River to Delaware Bay and out to the Atlantic. The estimated two-week journey takes the liner down the East Coast and into the Gulf on the way to Mobile, Alabama where it will be ...

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The luxury liner SS United States completed its journey Monday from South Philadelphia to Alabama, where it will undergo preparations before it is sunk in the waters off Florida's Gulf Coast to become an artificial reef.