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artificial reef

Coverage of artificial reef from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

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The long dark hull of the SS United States ocean liner, its smokestacks removed, docked at a waterfront shipyard on the Mobile River under a blue sky

Environment

SS United States Will Leave Mobile in November for Its Final Voyage to a Gulf Reef Site

Okaloosa County says the SS United States, docked in Mobile since March 2025, is scheduled to be deployed as an artificial reef in the…

Oct 11, 2026 Mobile

Arts & Culture

Mobile-Born Sculptor Raine Bedsole Creates ‘Reef Goddess’ for Gulf Underwater Museum

Sep 22, 2026 Mobile

Community

A Gas Rig 60 Miles Offshore Becomes Two Reefs — and a $1.5 Million Donation

Sep 19, 2026 Baldwin County

Environment

Two-Thirds of the Argosy VI’s Roof Has Collapsed, and Tropical Storm Bertha Is the Likely Cause

Sep 3, 2026 Orange Beach

Politics

Artificial Reef Honoring Charlie Kirk Set to Be Sunk Off Destin This Week

Aug 18, 2026

Mobile

Mobile Bay’s 3D-Printed Reef Project Expands After Successful Pilot

Jul 20, 2026

Bayou La Batre

408-Foot Riverboat Casino Sunk Off Orange Beach Completes Alabama’s Big-Ship Reef Trio

Jul 3, 2026

Mobile County

Storied SS United States Docks in Mobile as Crews Prepare Historic Liner for New Life as Artificial Reef

Mar 3, 2025

Dauphin Island

Alabama Plans to Sink $22.5 Million Into Gulf Habitat, With a New Big Ship Still Undecided

May 22, 2019

Gulf Shores

New Venture Finally Rests on the Gulf Floor After a Rocky Sinking Off Orange Beach

Jul 2, 2018

Gulf Shores

Alabama Preparing to Sink Another Big Ship as Reef Zone’s Dive Scene Keeps Growing

Aug 2, 2017

Baldwin County

House Passes Bill Giving Gulf States More Control Over Red Snapper Season

Jun 1, 2015

Point Clear

1,600 Tons of Rubble Became a New Fishing Reef in Mobile Bay

May 23, 2007