跟进：合众国号全部阀门打开、船员撤离，最后下沉已经开始
据佛罗里达州 Okaloosa County 官员11月11日傍晚通过当地直播更新发布的信息，停泊在 Florida 州 Destin-Fort Walton Beach 西南约22海里海域的合众国号邮轮已打开全部进水阀门，船上工作人员已撤离，船体完全注水并开始最后下沉，沉没完成后将成为世界最大人工鱼礁。
沉没作业当天比原计划推迟约一小时启动。县方信息显示，作业人员先打开两处阀门向船体注水，县公共信息官 Nick Tomecek 随后确认全部阀门均已打开、人员已离开船体。县官员当天下午表示，船体完全注水后已开始下沉；按县方此前公布的方案，下沉开始后船体预计约45分钟沉至海底。
沉放点位于 Destin-Fort Walton Beach 西南约22海里、Pensacola Pass 东南约32海里，县方公布的拟沉放坐标为北纬30°07.148′、西经86°46.755′，实际坐底位置以沉放后的勘测为准。该海域水深约180英尺，船体直立坐底后，上层甲板预计距水面约55至60英尺。
县方表示，Destin-Fort Walton Beach 与 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 的潜水队将首先下水勘测船体坐底姿态，勘测结果将提供给美国陆军工程兵团。若沉放按计划完成，休闲潜水员预计可自11月12日清晨起前往参观，县方提醒潜水员以官方公告为准再安排行程。
合众国号全长990英尺，1952年首航即刷新横渡大西洋速度纪录并保持至今。Okaloosa County 于2024年购入该船，原定11月12日沉放，因气象预报有大风与危险海况提前一天至退伍军人节举行；保存团体提出的紧急叫停申请已于11月6日被联邦法官驳回。本站此前已报道该船注水下沉作业启动的消息，本篇为同一事件的最新进展。
关联：合众国号注水下沉作业在佛州外海启动，沉后将成世界最大人工鱼礁
Follow-Up: All Valves Open and Crew Off, SS United States Begins Final Descent Off Florida
The SS United States began its final descent off Florida on the evening of November 11, Okaloosa County officials said in live updates carried by local media, after all flooding valves were opened and crews left the ship, setting up the 990-foot liner to become the world's largest artificial reef.
The deployment, at a site about 22 nautical miles southwest of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, started roughly an hour behind schedule. Crews first opened two valves to flood the hull, and county public information officer Nick Tomecek later confirmed that all valves were open and personnel were off the vessel. County officials said in the late afternoon that the ship was fully flooded and had started to sink; under the county's published plan, the descent itself was expected to take about 45 minutes.
The site is about 32 nautical miles southeast of Pensacola Pass, at proposed coordinates of 30°07.148′ N, 86°46.755′ W, with the actual resting position to be fixed by a post-deployment survey. The water is about 180 feet deep, and if the ship settles upright as planned, her upper decks will sit about 55 to 60 feet below the surface.
Dive teams associated with Destin-Fort Walton Beach and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will make the first survey dive, with the results provided to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the county said. Recreational divers are expected to be able to visit from dawn on November 12 if the deployment proceeds as planned, though officials advised waiting for an official announcement.
Built for United States Lines, the SS United States set the transatlantic speed record on her 1952 maiden voyage and still holds it. Okaloosa County bought the ship in 2024 and moved the sinking up a day, to Veterans Day, because of forecast heavy winds; a federal judge denied a preservation group's emergency bid to halt the sinking on November 6. GSM reported the start of flooding operations earlier in the day; this story covers the latest stage of the same event.
来源：Okaloosa County
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
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（资料照片）。照片：Brian Snelson，CC BY-SA 4.0，经维基共享资源。 / File photo: The SS United States moored in Mobile, Alabama. Photo: Brian Snelson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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