Okaloosa County purchases SS United States for largest artificial …
WEB3 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 ...
SS United States to be sunk off Okaloosa County after Escambia …
WEB3 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 ...
Tentative agreement reached to move SS United States from ... - CBS News
WEB3 days ago — The Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners approved a contingent contract to acquire the SS United States and sink it off the coast of Florida to create an artificial reef.
Okaloosa County, Florida inks tentative deal to turn SS United States ...
WEB3 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 …
WEB4 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 ...
Okaloosa County will become the home of the world’s largest …
WEB3 days ago — OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — Okaloosa County commissioners believe they have sealed the deal to buy the SS United States. The old cruise ship has been sitting at a dock in Philadelphia since 1996.
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...
Florida county's deal to buy SS United States on hold - Axios
WEBSep 4, 2024 — A $1 million deal to sell the SS United States to a Florida county hit a snag, requiring the ship's stewards to reopen talks to salvage the agreement.
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.
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.