USS Orleck

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

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

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

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.

An agreement is expiring for the warship museum to dock near the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville, but the museum association is seeking permission to stay longer.

Rick and Patti Butler traveled from Colorado and renewed their vows aboard Jacksonville's new naval museum.

The famed ship is docked on the Jacksonville riverfront and will soon become a naval museum. We got a tour.

The USS Orleck is expected to arrive in Downtown Jacksonville between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., a step closer to becoming a floating naval museum on the St. Johns River.

The Jacksonville Naval Museum will feature what the association calls "the U.S. Navy Cold War Experience," paying tribute to generations of veterans and serving as a gathering place for naval associations, crew reunions and military conventions.