SS United States is set to become the world's biggest artificial reef in Florida's Gulf. Southwest Florida has it's own version.

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.

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

Over 700 miles — that's how far Joe Beaman of Indiana was willing to travel to visit the SS United States in the Port City. FULL STORY:

The SS United States, the former luxury ocean liner that was parked in South Philadelphia for almost 30 years, has reached Mobile, Ala., faster than expected and in one piece, proving the skeptics wrong.

Royal Caribbean International’s Utopia of the Seas met the SS United States while cruising off the coast of Florida in late February. Offering a short cruise to the Bahamas, the 2024-built ship sailed out of its planned route to pay tribute to the former ocean liner,

Looking rusty and every bit of 75 years old, the former luxury cruiser limped into the Port of Mobile Monday with the help of a couple of tug boats.

A chilly morning wind greeted the photographers and residents who gathered at the East End to catch a glimpse of history as the SS United States, following its journey from Philadelphia, was towed into Mobile. It is expected to arrive this afternoon to the Modern American Recycling & Repair Services facility at 601 S. Royal St., south of downtown.

Once-fastest transatlantic ship arrives for six-month preparation before final destination as artificial reef in Florida.

The SS United States is expected to arrive in Mobile, Alabama, sometime Monday. The next step? Off the coast of Destin, where it will be turned into an 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.