USS Adams Museum
The city's Waterways Commission voted unanimously last week to approve the request by the Downtown Development Authority to oversee the Development and Licensing Agreement to operate the USS Adams Museum at the Shipyards Property.
The mission is to make the USS Adams into a museum and re-create every moment of a sailor's life at sea. According to plans, it will be equipped with a cafe and, eventually, a bed and breakfast.
Mayor Alvin Brown and other city, state and national leaders have all given the stamp of approval to the project. The Navy will release the ship once final funding is secured. At that time, the warship will be restored prior to coming home to Jacksonville. The USS Charles F. Adams Naval Warship Museum is expected to open to the public in early 2015.
The proposal will next go before the City Council Finance Committee and a full City Council vote expected on August 12.
NOTE: As we and our Xtra's will notice the sources says shipyards which are located on the Northbank but the photo above shows the USS Adams on the Southbank. So at this point it is anyone's guess. Sounds like there will be some competition for the Jaguar's Owner Shipyard Development Project.
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