合众国号邮轮拟11月第二周沉入佛州外海：建成世界最大人工礁
佛罗里达州 Okaloosa 县宣布，历史邮轮「合众国号」（SS United States）预计于11月第二周沉入墨西哥湾，地点在 Destin 西南约22海里处，建成后将成为世界最大的人工礁。具体日期尚未确定，取决于天气等条件。
县政府在10月9日的声明中说：「这是一个令人振奋的进展，将为我们的环境与旅游业创造独一无二的资源。」该船的环保清理与沉船准备工作已经完成，美国陆军工程兵团已发放最终批准。合众国号全长近1,000英尺（约305米），1952年首航时打破跨大西洋航速纪录，该纪录保持至今。
这艘约4.5万吨的邮轮1969年退役，在费城停泊了近30年；Okaloosa 县2024年从合众国号保护协会购入该船，2025年3月将其拖至阿拉巴马州 Mobile 进行清理整备。沉入海底后，它将加入当地500多处人工礁之列，县政府预期它会成为潜水与垂钓的热门地点，为当地商家带来可观的旅游收入。保护协会另在筹建一座陆上博物馆，展出该船的烟囱、雷达桅杆等拆存部件与船上文物。
SS United States to Be Sunk Off Florida in Second Week of November as World's Largest Artificial Reef
Okaloosa County, Florida, announced that the historic ocean liner SS United States is expected to be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the second week of November, about 22 nautical miles southwest of Destin, becoming the world's largest artificial reef. The exact date has not been set and will depend on weather and other conditions.
"This is an exciting move forward to create a one-of-a-kind resource for the environment and for our tourism industry," the county's Board of Commissioners said in an October 9 statement. Environmental remediation and preparation work on the vessel is complete, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued its final approval for the deployment. Nearly 1,000 feet (305 meters) long, the SS United States broke the transatlantic speed record on her maiden voyage in 1952 and still holds it.
The roughly 45,000-ton liner retired in 1969 and spent nearly three decades docked in Philadelphia. Okaloosa County bought the ship from the SS United States Conservancy in 2024 and towed it to Mobile, Alabama, in March 2025 for cleanup and preparation. Once on the seabed, she will join more than 500 artificial reefs in the region; the county expects the site to become a major attraction for divers and anglers and a significant source of tourism revenue for local businesses. The Conservancy is separately planning a land-based museum featuring the ship's funnels, radar mast and other salvaged components.
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图片来源：图：停泊在阿拉巴马州 Mobile 的合众国号邮轮，船首可见「UNITED STATES」字样。照片：Brian Snelson，CC BY-SA 4.0，经维基共享资源。 / The SS United States moored in Mobile, Alabama. Photo: Brian Snelson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
