OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The SS United States, left the port of Philadelphia behind a tugboat last Wednesday for the first time in almost 30 years. Okaloosa County bought the ocean liner last ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP)- Calling all scuba divers and fishermen: a new underwater reef will soon be off the shore of Panama City, and it’s got quite a bit of history behind it. The new reef is ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Bay County’s artificial reef program is about to add to its collection. This is the “Jessie a.” The tugboat was commissioned in 1953 as the Capt. Mac. The first owner was ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Since 1956, the “Captain Hornblower” has been a working tugboat, mainly as a ship-assist tug. “She worked in the New York harbor area and some years later, moved down to ...

Blue skies, high spirits and a gallon bag of boiled peanuts made for a successful afternoon last week as a group of onlookers watched the Susan Richards disappear below calm seas. After several weeks ...

This vessel will benefit the community and ecosystem. “Bay County, we have a division that is in charge of reef building reefs and looking for vessels to deploy or writing grants to get vessels out ...