SS United States to be sunk Wednesday, become world's largest artificial reef

The sinking of the S.S. United States. It's now happening tomorrow. You know, the big ship that was along the Delaware River. They were able to tow it on out down in Florida. And now, well, they're going to sink it a day earlier than originally scheduled. So the ship once sat along Delaware Avenue near the Walt Whitman Bridge and it departed for Florida in February of 2025. where it will become the world's largest artificial reef. Okaloosa County officials say it's being sunk a day early because of heavy winds in the forecast for Thursday. The SS United States shattered the transatlantic speed record on its maiden voyage back in 1952. It was retired in 1969. So there's going to be a live stream of tomorrow's sinking starting around 2 p.m. And that's what I was Googling. I'm like, how do you, you know, get to it? But I guess on their website or the Okaloosa County's official website. And also here on Fox Local, because we have a Fox Local streaming show at 2 o'clock, and no doubt we're going to be taking you live down to Florida as they begin the process. It's going to be quite fascinating to see the S.S. United States going down. I know. Fascinating, but also sad. Yeah, quite the history right there. Because so many people have memories and all that. So, okay, so if you go to the SSUS.com, there's also a website, too, where you can find more information about it and hopefully the stream. So I'm going to make sure my grandpa gets to see that because you guys know that he was on there from Germany. They're coming over here back to the U.S. I'm sure he'll be wanting to see that. Oh, yeah, you're going to have to set him up so he can see it. Yeah, the historic journey and now the sinking. He still has his ticket and everything saved, Bob. Does he really? Yeah, the menu and everything. Because at the time, since he was in the military, of course, he never thought that he'd be on something so fancy and on, like, a higher class. So they were sending him home. So does he have everything framed now? It's not framed, but I've shown on the show, like, videos of it, but he has everything. It's in perfect condition. His ticket, the picture, I'm holding my dad coming over here. You should do that for Christmas. You should get all that framed in one big, beautiful box set. Yeah, that would be nice. There you go. All right. Great luck. So, that's one Christmas gift off the list.