Before it was retired, the SS United States was celebrated for ferrying royalty and celebrities across the Atlantic between the United States and Europe, a role it held from 1952 until 1969.
A young Bill Clinton, long before his presidency, crossed the Atlantic aboard the vessel. Former presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and John Kennedy were also among its passengers.
Last year, the ship was relocated from Philadelphia to Alabama for cleaning and remediation work.
On Monday, it embarked on its final voyage from Alabama to the waters off Destin, Florida, where on Wednesday it was carefully scuttled in a precision operation carried out without the use of explosives.
