The SS United States takes its final voyage to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico

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Retired passenger liner SS United States is pictured at a dock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The SS United States still holds the east- and west-bound transatlantic crossing records. AFP PHOTO/JEWEL SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

A ship bigger than the Titanic is being sunk off the coast of Florida to make an artificial reef.

(Image credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

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