SS United States to Become World’s Largest Artificial Reef: Heritage or Neglect?

The SS United States, an icon of American engineering and maritime dominance in the mid-20th century, is set to meet a watery grave off Florida’s Gulf Coast early next year. While officials tout this transformation into the world's largest artificial reef as an environmental win and tourist draw, it also exposes deeper failures in preserving our national treasures under an America First lens. Is Sinking Our National Heritage Progress or Neglect? This nearly 1,000-foot vessel shattered transatlantic speed records on its maiden voyage in 1952, carrying troops and symbolizing American industrial might. Today, rather than being preserved as a monument...