The USS United States is the largest passenger vessel constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to ever cross the North Atlantic. As the nation’s flagship for over 17 years, the ship’s service was exemplary and was never plagued by mechanical difficulty. Decommissioned in 1966, the ship has been spared from the worst humiliation a vessel can endure: the breaker’s torch. A true American icon, it finally departed a dock in Philadelphia to become an underwater artificial reef.
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