That’s the final end for the ship. Originally commissioned in 1967, the USS Dubuque was deployed overseas multiple times, including to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield. It was ...

While many Americans think of summer as the perfect season to hit the pool for a float, U.S. service members in the Pacific are thinking about what they’re going to sink. In live fire exercises ...

In fall 2024, Florida’s Okaloosa County bought the ship to sink her and create the “world’s largest artificial reef.” “I don’t think of it as purchasing to sink it, I think of it as ...

The world’s fastest ocean liner’s ... move and then sink the liner to become the reef off Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Fla. The ship no longer has a working propulsion system.

Okaloosa officials plan to sink the ship and create what supporters hope will be a barnacle-encrusted star in the county's constellation of more than 500 artificial reefs, ...

A tentative agreement has been reached to send the ship from Philadelphia to Florida, where it will be sunk to become the world's largest artificial ... The deal to sink the ship will "also ...

Also, the county’s $10.1 million plan to purchase, move, clean and sink the ship includes $1 million toward a landside museum to promote the ship’s history. “Once the vessel is deployed as ...