SS United States to be sunk off Okaloosa County after Escambia …
WEB2 days ago · The historic ocean liner, SS United States appears to be headed to the Destin-Fort Walton Beach area.The ship was sought after by both Escambia and Okaloosa counties as an artificial reef, but Okaloosa County and the SS United States Conservancy announced Tuesday that Okaloosa’s Board of County Commissioners has approved a contingent contract to acquire the ship and convert it into the world ...
Okaloosa County purchases SS United States for largest artificial …
WEB2 days ago · On Tuesday, the Okaloosa County Commission voted 4-1 to approve a tentative purchase and sale agreement for $1 million to buy the SS United States, along with a $10.1 million budget appropriation ...
Okaloosa County staff looking forward to bringing historic SS United ...
WEB2 hours ago · The historic SS United States, built in the early 1950s, has been at a Philadelphia port since the 1990s. Okaloosa County leaders have made big steps towards bringing the ship down to Okaloosa ...
Okaloosa Approves Contingent Contract to Acquire SS United States
WEB1 day ago · Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and the SS United States Conservancy announced today that the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners has approved a contingent contract to acquire the SS United States. According to a press release, the deal could see the historic ocean liner …
Okaloosa County, Florida inks tentative deal to turn SS United States ...
WEB2 days ago · The contract approved Tuesday by officials in Okaloosa County on Florida's coastal Panhandle is contingent upon the resolution of court-imposed mediation, after a judge ordered the storied but...
Okaloosa County votes to purchase SS United States for just …
WEB3 days ago · OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- Okaloosa County commissioners believe they have sealed the deal to purchase the SS United States. The cost is just over $10 million. The ship will be sunk off Destin and ...
SS United States headed to Okaloosa County instead of Escambia County
WEBAug 30, 2024 · Okaloosa agrees to buy SS United States after Escambia tourism board puts off discussion. Mollye Barrows. Pensacola News Journal. 0:03. 1:11. The ship may have sailed, so to speak, when...
Okaloosa County's plan to turn a historic ship into the world's …
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Okaloosa County is in talks to acquire a storied but aging ocean liner in a proposed deal that could create the largest artificial reef in the world. But the plan hit a snag Tuesday, after local officials postponed a vote on the plan to buy and purposefully sink the SS United States.
The Fate of the ‘Most Famous Ship that Didn’t Sink ... - USNI News
WEBSep 6, 2024 · The Oskaloosa County Board of Commissioners delayed a vote on its budget Tuesday that would have met the court-set deadline for the ship to leave or pay Penn Warehousing’s higher rental fees, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The county would pay $9 million to buy, move and then sink the liner to become the reef off Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Fla.
Okaloosa County to acquire SS United States for world’s largest ...
WEBAug 30, 2024 · Okaloosa County has signed an agreement to purchase the SS United States, the historic ocean liner that holds the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing, with plans to create the world’s largest artificial reef off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach.