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Okaloosa County officials vote to allocate $10.1 million to purchase, transport and sink the historic ship off the Destin-Fort Walton Beach.
Joe Warner/Special to Delaware News Journal; USA TODAY NETWORK
The SS United States, the historic ocean liner that has sat for decades on the Delaware River, is closer to becoming an artificial reef off the Florida coast.
Okaloosa County commissioners voted Tuesday in favor of an agreement to acquire the ship and sink it off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, the home of more than 560 artificial reefs. The deal is expected to close in the coming weeks, after the U.S. District Court-ordered mediation between the ship’s caretakers and landlord concludes. …