One of the last Non-Nucular examples of steel left in the world, Is going to a reef.
this is sad for many reasons.
Wut……
You mean the SS United States?
The SS America is a broken up wreck on a beach in Africa somewhere.
I messed that up;
Yes, the SS United States…
The hulk up north heading to a reef in Florida.
Construction started: February 8, 1950, so unless built from steel made before 1945, or recycled steel from shipwrecks built during, or pre-WWII, she don’t qualify as “non-nuclear”
Sad but sounds like she will at least break one last world record:
Yep, You are correct.
Still, she can’t glow in the dark to much. 
Seems this is a far better outcome to at least let scuba divers (I am not one) get to enjoy this vessel. Certainly no one is going aboard up in Philly.
It’s about time.
In equity investing this is called a Dead Cat Bounce.
2 more weeks untl the ship that set a transatlantic record breaks another, becoming the worlds largest artificial reef 22 miles south of Destin, Florida.
We should have kept and preserved her and let the QM rot in England.
Why do you thing the QM would be left to rot in England, or anywhere in the UK?
The Brits are among the best and most enthusiastic preservers of historical ships and boats in the world. From old man-o-wars, merchant hips, to canal boats and yachts. There are currently over 2000 vessels on this register: The Registers | National Historic Ships
These include details of designer, builder, dimensions, construction, propulsion, service history, current location and ownership, as well as images of many of the vessels.
BTW; There appears to be quite a few preserved historical vessel in USA as well, much centered on Naval vessels: https://museumships.us/ptboat/ptf-3
This one is familiar to me; PTF 3, of the Nasty design, built in Norway in 1962:
PS: I served as “coxsen” on this type during my National Service in the Royal Norwegian Navy (1965-66)
My point was we should have cared for our engineering marvel and kept it, rather than one that wasn’t built by nor ever crewed, operated or owned by the United States. Period.
They should have kept what was theirs and we should have kept and cared for what was ours.