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The historic SS United States is sunk after a long goodbye off Florida's coast

The historic SS United States is sunk after a long goodbye off Florida's coast
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The historic SS United States, once the fastest ship on the seas, made a slow final journey beneath the waters Wednesday. The famous ocean liner — which is longer than the Titanic and crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times — was deliberately sunk Wednesday to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico,...

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