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The museum's exact location has not yet been decided, though renderings have begun based on dimensions of potential property in partnership with Okaloosa County.
Early rendering of the potential museum in Okaloosa County with ship parts of the SS United States. (Courtesy of SS United States Conservancy)
Warren Jones with the Conservancy Board of Directors said a meeting will take place this week with top donors to push forward the presented designs.
'The county has, again, partnered with us so we'll help out with the search for property and bounce around some ideas on that as well, and then they're involved in the transport of funnels to a temporary location,' Jones said. 'We've looked at the exhibits, and we've kind of mapped out what we would exhibit in the museum. There are thousands and thousands of artifacts for this museum, and they are all over the East Coast.'
Having launched 74 years ago, the SS United States holds the transatlantic speed records during her maiden voyage and has carried over 1 million passengers during her time on the water before being docked in 1996.
'The record's never been broken, both eastbound and westbound, never been broken,' Jones added. 'It will never be matched, and so it's really that, you know, we, the SS United States Conservancy, have tried since 2011 to have this ship repurposed as a multi-purpose stationary ship, hotel rooms, event spaces, eateries, as such.'
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Although the museum groundbreaking has no set date, reefing expects to be completed around the start of the new year.
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