ALPENA — Research from Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary revealed the steel-hulled, whaleback freighter SS Choctaw is cataloged as one of region’s numerous sunken vessels. Named after the Southern ...

Work is continuing to transform the world's fastest ocean liner, the SS United States, to the world's largest artificial reef.

The SS United States, after its forward smoke stack was removed in Mobile, Ala. (Courtesy of Okaloosa County) Crews in Mobile, Ala., work near a propeller of the SS United States.

On the morning of Lundi Gras in early March, the SS United States arrived quietly in Mobile as a sleeping giant, rusting but regal as it was guided up the Mobile Bay. From a distance, “America ...

The 65-foot forward smokestack was removed from the SS United States. The stack will be preserved for future use in the SS United States Conservancy.

The 65-foot forward smokestack was removed from the SS United States. The stack will be preserved for future use in the SS United States Conservancy.

The forward funnel of the SS United States was removed from the ship at Mobile, Ala., Aug. 4, for future use at the planned SS United States Museum and Visitor Experience museum in Okaloosa County, ...

The towering funnels of the legendary SS United States will be removed in Mobile, Alabama, to become the centerpiece of a planned museum in Destin-Fort Walton Beach.

Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become an artificial reef ...

As the ocean liner SS United States is being prepared for its final voyage, from Alabama to a site off Florida, we look back at what made it so important.

Curious about the SS United States' engines? Learn what powered this legendary ocean liner and how it broke speed records.

The SS United States, a former South Philly staple now by Florida’s coast, will soon be the world’s largest artificial reef The SS United States is set to join Okaloosa County’s more than 500 ...