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verdverm • last Monday at 4:46 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

> The SS United States, once the fastest passenger liner in the world, is scheduled to be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico in November, creating what will be the world’s largest artificial reef.

This sentence may anger someone into causing a controversy... hope this doesn't hit his favorite channels.


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input_sh • yesterday at 11:04 PM

It's a British magazine, they (like the rest of the world) don't really have a reason to care about his Executive Orders.

mahboi • yesterday at 10:03 PM

Without judging, this is the first I've heard of deliberately sinking ships to create artificial reefs.

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Terr_ • last Monday at 4:50 AM

Regardless of the location, there's editorial cartoon/headline grist in it, e.g.: "As Trump does $VERB this weekend, the United States will sink to its doom."

I would not be surprised if Ron DeSantis (Florida governor, Republican) somehow abuses his position to force a rename of the ship at the last moment, purely to avoid snarky headlines.

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