USS Orleck

East Bay Street will be closed for three days next week as water and sewer lines are installed at this spot.

Detour ahead: East Bay Street will be closed next week

Dan Scanlan

East Bay Street will be closed for three days between North Liberty Street and A. Philip Randolph Boulevard so the city can install water and sewer lines.

Workers check the new ramp connected to the stern of the USS Orleck on May 16, 2023, a week before the destroyer was reopened to visitors after its move to a new site off East Bay Street.

First Coast

USS Orleck reopens on Jacksonville's waterfront

Dan Scanlan

A new ramp connecting the stern of the retired Navy destroyer to a wooden walkway means the USS Orleck is back in business as a Downtown historic attraction.

The 78-year-old USS Orleck as it sits now at Downtown Jacksonville's Pier One, now known as The Navy Pier.

First Coast

USS Orleck will reopen to public on Memorial Day weekend

Dan Scanlan

The historic U.S. Navy destroyer will reopen at its new home on what is being called The Navy Pier, after a May 12th commemoration of its 1945 launching.

The USS Orleck sits at its new home at Pier 1 on the St. Johns River, after tugboats worked to move it through the silted-up former shipyard basin as tides receded.

First Coast

A slow slog: Mud slows USS Orleck as it crawls to permanent home

Dan Scanlan

The USS Orleck, Jacksonville's historic warship museum, was moved Monday from its temporary yearlong home in front of the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville to its permanent docking site at Pier One.

The U.S.S. Orleck, docked for now in front of the outside the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront at 225 E. Coastline Drive.

First Coast

USS Orleck's move delayed again

Jim Piggott-News4Jax

The Orleck was supposed to move to its new home in the Shipyards on Friday, but conditions won't be right for towing, a spokesman says.

A crane prepares Pier 1 for the USS Orleck.

First Coast

USS Orleck could move to new home by March 31

Michelle Corum

The Jacksonville Downtown Investment Authority board this week advanced a 10-year licensing agreement for the floating naval museum.

First Coast

USS Orleck has 'significant negative financial impact' on riverfront hotel; Council poised to move it

Dan Scanlan

City Council is considering an emergency bill to move the Orleck from its temporary site to its new home.

TheU.S.S. Orleck at its current mooring at 203 E. Coastline Drive.

First Coast

USS Orleck may move down the river

Dan Scanlan

The Jacksonville City Council is reviewing an emergency bill seeking to move the naval museum ship temporarily to a former dry dock pier known as Pier One.

The USS Orleck has been docked in front of the Hyatt Regency hotel since it arrive in Downtown Jacksonville in March.

First Coast

DeSantis sinks $250,000 for USS Orleck

David Bauerlein - Florida Times-Union

The money was among $175 million in local grants that Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked after lawmakers approved them last month.

First Coast

USS Orleck opens to visitors after Hurricane Ian delay

Aaron Farrar - News4Jax

The Orleck was in service for almost 80 years and is the most decorated post World War II vessel after fighting in the Korean, Vietnam and Cold War periods.