A historic ocean liner built in Newport News will become the world's largest artificial reef once it reaches its final resting place off Florida's Gulf Coast.

The SS United States, long celebrated as America's flagship, will soon be transformed into the world's largest artificial reef.

The nearly 1,000-foot vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, is going through a monthslong scouring at the Port of Mobile.