r/UpliftingNews • u/Strict-Ebb-8959 • 1d ago

Historic ocean liner off Florida's Gulf Coast will soon be the world's largest artificial reef

https://apnews.com/article/historic-ship-florida-gulf-coast-reef-3002d3c073df7237a6a944ebb0179acf
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u/StacyChadBecky 1d ago

I’m kinda jazzed that i recognized the SS US from the thumbnail.

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u/OldBat001 1d ago

The SS United States is the ship that finally beat the Queen Mary's transatlantic speed record and won the Blue Riband.

Sad to see the end of it.

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u/virgilreality 1d ago

Nope, no metaphors to see here. Everyone move along...

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u/twbassist 1d ago

It's appropriate that the United States will be sunk.

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u/SteveCastGames 18h ago

Oh thank heavens I almost forgot to do my rote America hate.

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u/Bicentennial_Douche 1d ago

Is using old ships as “artificial reefs” just a quick and easy way to dispose old ships?

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u/chickawang 1d ago

Don't think so. The ships gonna spend quite a bit of time at its current dock getting stripped of anything that's harmful to the environment i believe i read that process was going to take months.

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u/cpufreak101 20h ago

Not really. The entire interior has to be gutted and removed of hazardous materials that could affect marine life, they're generally also modified to allow for easy exploration via divers, as well as changes necessary to make it safe for them (IE, try to eliminate as many points as possible for injury to occur).

It's nearly a step removed from total scrapping, and in some ways is environmentally better given some of the techniques used by shipbreakers in developing nations.

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u/SteveCastGames 18h ago

This is the opposite of uplifting. That ship should’ve been preserved as a museum but years of mismanagement doomed it.

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u/Horn_Python 15h ago

Alot the opposite of uplifting since it's very much sinking downward

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u/Arbiter2023 1d ago

It's not really uplifting, just sad it's come to this

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u/Fun-River-3521 11h ago

Florida finally doing something right

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u/Quigleythegreat 18h ago

Glory days in the 1950s, gutted and sold out in the 90s, living in denial ever since, sunk now.

Welp.