The sinking of the SS United States can be seen without taking a trip to Florida.
Okaloosa County is paying $68,000 to capture the historic ocean liner’s final journey in a livestream shot using drones and underwater cameras. The ship, which was docked in Philadelphia for nearly three decades, is being prepared to be sunk off the Florida panhandle, where it will become an artificial reef. It is expected to be sunk before the end of the year, but a date hasn’t been announced.
Drones and on-board cameras will capture the ship as it is towed from Mobile, Alabama to the spot where it will be sunk, about 20 nautical miles south of Florida’s Destin-Fort Walton Beach. Underwater cameras will show its descent to the ocean floor…