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Part of the USS Jacksonville submarine could wind up in Downtown Jacksonville
By Dan Scanlan | JaxToday.org Published on July 24, 2026 at 12:24 pm The USS Jacksonville leaves Joint-Base-Pearl-Harbor is this undated photo. A huge piece of the decommissioned USS Jacksonville could be headed Downtown for display next to the USS Orleck and the Jacksonville Naval Museum . The nonprofit Bring The Sail 2 Jax is trying to bring the sail of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack…
‘It’s a really great thing’: Major piece of the only ship named after Jacksonville set to come home
By Jake Stofan, Action News Jax July 22, 2026 at 5:55 pm EDT View The Original Article and Video Here Major piece of the only ship named after Jacksonville set to come home JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An effort to bring home a major piece of the only Naval warship named after Jacksonville, Florida, will soon make its way back to the Bold New City of the South. The USS Jacksonville was a nuclear…
Update July 20, 2026
Received official confirmation from the Department of the Navy, Director of Submarine Programs that the Sail Structure, Fairwater Planes and Rudder have been gifted to non-profit organization, Bring The Sail 2 Jax Inc., for eventual display in downtown Jacksonville FL along the riverfront. Within sixty (60) days the Sail Structure and other items will be picked up in Bremerton WA, from the…
Progress Continues on the USS Jacksonville Sail Preservation Project
X99 Sail Pictures ex-USS JACKSONVILLE (SSN699)Sail Structure and Fairwater PlanesPuget Sound Naval ShipyardApril 2026 Top portion of Sail Structure. Looking forward from the stern. Top portion of Sail Structure. Looking forward from the stern. Lower portion of Sail Structure. Looking aft from the starboard side. Fairwater Planes still attached. They will be removed for separate transport. Lower…