Sea Scouts are coming to Fort Caroline Community Center to showcase life saving skills. The group hosted an "Open House" to show new members what they could be a part of.

The USS Orleck will host a NYE party sure to inspire a great 2024!

The USS Orleck, which moved from the Hyatt Regency downtown to the Shipyards West area earlier this month, has finally been freed from the mud.

The city council is set to vote Tuesday night on a lease agreement to allow MOSH to build on the site now known as the Museum District on the North Bank.

The USS Orleck, which had been docked outside the Hyatt Regency downtown for more than a year, finally relocated to its permanent home near Bay Street on Monday after several delays.

Monday morning the USS Orleck, which is currently docked outside the Hyatt Regency downtown, will officially relocate to its permanent home near Bay Street.

The look of downtown Jacksonville is getting ready to change again.

On Tuesday night’s City Council agenda is a proposal that would move the Museum of Science and History from its longtime home on Jacksonville’s Southbank to a new home on the Northbank that is yet to be built.

During Tuesday night’s meeting, the City Council voted to approve a plan to move the USS Orleck from where it is now to its final location where it will turn into a permanent Naval museum.

The USS Orleck has three months to relocate from its current spot at the Hyatt Regency, according to our reporting partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

State money that would have gone to help the USS Orleck naval museum prepare for its permanent home has sunk.

The museum was only supposed to be in the downtown spot for a short period of time. But things have changed.

The USS Orleck -- the centerpiece of the Jacksonville Naval Museum -- opened to the public Wednesday after a weeklong delay caused by Hurricane Ian.

The centerpiece of Jacksonville's Naval Museum opens to the public next week. The USS Orleck will officially welcome guests on board starting Wednesday.

The USS Orleck is starting to become a downtown destination, but it might have worn out its welcome at its current spot.

This weekend, flags for Governor Ron DeSantis were up, and some people are asking, 'Can political flags be posted on a ship that’s run by a non-profit?'

The USS Orleck is sprucing the ship up to celebrate the city’s Bicentennial celebration.

The USS Orleck has been docked on the Northbank since the end of March, and visitors will soon have a chance to experience what life was like on board.

This drone was restored piece by piece in February over three months, for about $31,000 and the help of about 20 people and Aviation Systems Engineering Company.

Downtown has a different look now that the Jacksonville Fire Museum and the USS Orleck are along the St. Johns River, but it’s going to be a while before either open to the public.

The arrival of the USS Orleck was not the only big move happening in the city on Saturday. The Jacksonville Fire Museum is setting up shop in its new (old) home along Bay Street.

The USS Orleck arrived in Jacksonville on Saturday to become the centerpiece of Jacksonville’s naval museum, expected to open in June.

The vision for a museum district is starting to take shape downtown with the impending arrival of the USS Orleck and the move of the Jacksonville Fire Museum this weekend.

This weekend, there will be some changes along downtown Jacksonville’s riverfront as two museums make their way downtown.

The USS Orleck on Thursday finally began its voyage to Jacksonville after spending its preservation period at the Gulf Copper and Manufacturing Corporation in Port Arthur, Texas.

There is still work to be done on the topside of the USS Orleck, but work on the ship is “nearing completion soon,” according to a news release from the Jax Naval Museum.

The JHNSA has been working with the city to make the USS Orleck a downtown attraction on the St. Johns River. They now hope to have the top tier open to the public in 30 days.

The Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association is moving forward with its plan to bring the Orleck Museum to Jacksonville -- creating what will become the Jacksonville Naval Museum.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Downtown Development Review Board has approved plans to build a temporary welcome center and office space for USS Orleck DD-886 Naval Museum proposed for the city-owned Shipyards property, Jacksonville Daily Record reports. The board voted 8-0 on Thursday to approve a 90-by-50-foot modular building off Pier 1 for the Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association’s warship museum. The vote came after the board added a condition that the nonprofit return to DDRB in three years to extend approval for a temporary building or submit designs for a permanent center. Naval Ship Association plans to tow the USS Orleck from Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Jacksonville. After regulatory approval, the Naval Ship Association has several steps to take before it can tow the USS Orleck from Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Jacksonville.