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Historic ship completes first leg of journey to become world's largest artificial reef

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The SS United States , a 1,000-foot ( 305-meter ) vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952 , arrived early Monday in Mobile , Alabama .

Crews will spend about six months cleaning and preparing the ship before it is eventually sunk off Florida ’s Gulf Coast .

Officials in Okaloosa County , Florida , hope the ship will become a barnacle-encrusted standout among the county's more than 500 artificial reefs.