World's fastest ocean liner is sunk to break another record: largest artificial reef
Verified: 9 outlets in 6 countries have reported this story since Nov 10, 3 of them from the United States.
The SS United States broke trans-Atlantic speed records. On Wednesday, it was sunk off the Florida coast and will become a diving destination and home for marine life.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
3 outlets from the United States, where the story is: NPR News, Phys.org, UPI · how we count
- Nov 10, 2:23 PM UTCFirst reportHistoric ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reeftheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 10, 2:27 PM UTC+3 minHistoric ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reeftheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Nov 11, 5:25 AM UTC+15 hThis ocean liner was the world's fastest. It's being sunk to make the largest artificial reefwinnipegfreepress.com ↗
- Nov 12, 1:08 AM UTC+35 hRetired ocean liner to become largest artificial reef in the worldphys.org ↗
- Nov 12, 3:19 AM UTC+37 h· you’re reading thisWorld's fastest ocean liner is sunk to break another record: largest artificial reefnpr.org ↗
- Nov 12, 3:20 AM UTC+37 hHistoric US ocean liner sinks near Florida to become world’s largest artificial reeftheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 3:35 AM UTC+37 hHistoric US ocean liner sinks near Florida to become world’s largest artificial reeftheguardian.com (again) ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: Reports 2 and 3 cover the same sinking of the SS United States as artificial reef; Report 4 says the Gulf of Mexico, while Report 1 says off the Florida coast (the Gulf side of Florida, so not clearly
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