Fastest ocean liner to cross Atlantic, SS United States, coming to Florida. Will you be able to see the SS United States off the Treasure Coast? It is unclear if the

The SS United States set the transatlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, a record it still holds today.

Four U.S. presidents sailed aboard the SSUS along with other renowned figures like Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Jackie Gleason, Marlon Brando, Judy Garland, Charlton Heston, Joan Crawford, Walt Disney and Bob Hope.

After months of multiple delays, the SS United States finally left its longtime home of Philadelphia just before 1 p.m. ET Wednesday. The storied ocean liner’s next stop is Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepared for its final mission – to become an artificial reef off the coast of the Florida Panhandle.

County officials previously predicted that it would take roughly two weeks for tugboats to tow the ship down to Mobile.

After months of delay, the historic ocean liner SS United States is getting towed down the Delaware River from Philadelphia on the first leg of its journey to become the “world’s largest artificial reef” about 20 miles off the Okaloosa,

After months of delays, the historic SS United States ocean liner finally moved out of Philadelphia today on a new voyage as it prepares to become the world's largest artificial reef off the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico.

For the third time, the hulking, historic SS United States is set to leave Philadelphia ... and into the Atlantic Ocean on its way to Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepared to be sunk.

The SS United States has finally left Philadelphia. Driving the news: The largest ocean liner ever built in the U.S. was towed down the Delaware River on Wednesday, gliding beneath the Walt Whitman Bridge as part of a two-week journey to Mobile,