The SS United States has finally left Philadelphia. Driving the news: The largest ocean liner ever built in the U.S. was towed down the Delaware River on Wednesday, gliding beneath the Walt Whitman Bridge as part of a two-week journey to Mobile,

The long-awaited departure of the SS United States from Philadelphia has been rescheduled once again. Here's when it's scheduled to depart.

After months of multiple delays, the SS United States finally left its longtime home of Philadelphia just before 1 p.m. ET Wednesday. The storied ocean liner’s next stop is Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepared for its final mission – to become an artificial reef off the coast of the Florida Panhandle.

The SS United States, a retired ocean liner that became a Philadelphia waterfront staple, is on its way to a new home in Okaloosa County, Florida, to become part of an artificial reef.

The SS United States’ long tenure docked in South Philadelphia ended Wednesday when tugboats guide it down the Delaware River and toward its final destination off Florida's Gulf Coast.