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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.

Sunken treasure: Historic US ocean liner reborn as artificial reef
Image: Phys.org
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.

Originally published at Phys.org

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