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Okaloosa County tells Walton TDC it bought the SS United States for reef deployment; vessel remediation underway
Summary
Okaloosa County told the Walton County Tourist Development Council that it purchased the historic liner SS United States for $10 million and is remediating the 990-foot ship in Mobile for eventual deployment as an artificial reef.
Jennifer Adams, the tourism director for Okaloosa County, told the Walton County Tourist Development Council that Okaloosa County (working with the SS United States Conservancy) has acquired the historic liner SS United States and is remediating the vessel for deployment as an artificial reef.
Adams said the ship is 990 feet long, larger than the Titanic, and is currently in Mobile undergoing remediation and testing. She said Okaloosa County purchased the vessel for $10,000,000 and has begun environmental testing and…
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