A passenger ship will be sunk in the United States to create an artificial reef, reports CBS News. The ship will lie on the bottom off the coast of Florida. According to the American television channel, the technologically complex event is scheduled for November 11. The SS United States set a speed record in the Atlantic Ocean during its first voyage in 1952 - about 67 kilometers per hour. The ship crossed the ocean in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes.

A passenger ship will be sunk in the United States to create an artificial reef, reports CBS News. The ship will lie on the bottom off the coast of Florida. According to the American television channel, the technologically complex event is scheduled for November 11. The SS United States set a speed record in the Atlantic Ocean during its first voyage in 1952 - about 67 kilometers per hour. The ship crossed the ocean in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes.