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Ocean liner to be sunk as reef off Destin, Florida

Original: A 45,400-ton ocean liner stripped of both funnels has spent 19 months tied up in Mobile, Alabama, and tugboats will tow her out so a Florida county can sink her 22 nautical miles off Destin in November, about 12 miles from an aircraft carrier already sunk as a r

A 45,400-ton ocean liner, stripped of both funnels, has been docked in Mobile, Alabama for 19 months. In November, tugboats will tow her to a site 22 nautical miles off Destin, Florida, where a county plans to sink her as an artificial reef, about 12 miles from an aircraft carrier already sunk for the same purpose.

Why now: People are interested in the unusual fate of a historic ocean liner being converted into an artificial reef.

Mobile, AlabamaDestin, FloridaOkaloosa County, Florida

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• A 45,400-ton ocean liner stripped of both funnels has spent 19 months tied up in Mobile, Alabama, and tugboats will tow her out so a Florida county can sink her 22 nautical miles off Destin in November, about 12 miles from an aircraft carrier already sunk as a r · Autonocion.com

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