Though some were skeptical the vessel could make it through such a journey, it faced 14-foot waves and high winds without much trouble.

The luxury liner SS United States completed its journey Monday from South Philadelphia to Alabama, where it will undergo preparations before it is sunk in the waters off Florida's Gulf Coast to become an artificial reef.

The SS United States is about 1,800 nautical miles closer to its final destination. It took 12 days to move the massive ocean liner from its South Philadelphia mooring in the Delaware River to the port of Mobile,