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World's fastest ocean liner is sunk to break another record: largest artificial reef November 11, 202610:10 PM ET

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Henry Larson

The SS United States, without its smokestacks, at port in Mobile, Ala., before its sinking on Wednesday. Destin-Fort Walton Beach/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

Destin-Fort Walton Beach/Screenshot by NPR

The fastest passenger liner in the world crossed the Atlantic Ocean in less than four days. On Wednesday, it sank in five hours.

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SS United States, record-setting ocean liner, makes its final voyage