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Sunken treasure: Historic US ocean liner reborn as artificial reef

A majestic and all but indestructible 20th-century ocean liner that once ferried royal leaders, movie stars and even the "Mona Lisa" to the United States was being deliberately sunk Wednesday to become the world's largest artificial reef.

Phys.org ScienceNovember 12, 20261 min read
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Sunken treasure: Historic US ocean liner reborn as artificial reef

A majestic and all but indestructible 20th-century ocean liner that once ferried royal leaders, movie stars and even the "Mona Lisa" to the United States was being deliberately sunk Wednesday to become the world's largest artificial reef.

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