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SS United States号：$11.42 million人工礁合同计划实际涵盖哪些内容

县里的记录解释了修订后的人工礁改造合同，其中包括拟议追加的$944,000泊位费用。但这些记录并未确定项目最终由公共资金承担的总账单。

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县里的记录解释了修订后的人工礁改造合同，其中包括拟议追加的$944,000泊位费用。但这些记录并未确定项目最终由公共资金承担的总账单。

SS United States号正在为未来沉入海床做准备。但其人工礁改造合同中最大的一笔新增费用之一，只是为了让船继续停靠在码头：审批等待期间，额外的泊位费用为$944,000。这约占最新拟议合同增额的四分之三——这笔钱不是用于另一阶段的清理，也不是用于最终拖航。⁠126

奥卡卢萨县工作人员的记录如今说明了，Coleen Marine的一份$7,228,000协议如何增至显示金额为$11,420,000的合同计划，涵盖拖航、准备和投放。记录还显示，外部捐助已计入这个较大的金额。但记录没有提供SS United States号整个项目的最终账单，也无法证明每一笔拟议款项都已获批、到账或支出。⁠126

在我们11月10日的报道中，我们介绍了因天气而决定将投放作业提前至2026年11月11日中部标准时间下午1点，并指出了几种相互竞争的费用说法。新增信息涉及财务而非行动安排：县里的合同修订案和投放费用建议澄清了大部分承诺金额，但尚未确认船只已抵达离岸地点，也未确认沉船已完成。⁠1⁠126⁠127

$7.228mColeen Marine原始合同 126
$11.42m包括拟议第三次修订案的合同计划 126
$944,000拟议的额外泊位费用覆盖 126

哪些费用增加，哪些没有

县里的计划将协议标识为C25-4056-TDD。协议起始金额为$7,228,000，第一次修订案列为零美元；2025年12月的第二次修订案增加$2,950,000，第三次修订案则拟再增加$1,242,000。这些计算解释了此前报道的两个承包商总额之间的关系：最新提案之前为$10,178,000，计入提案后为$11,420,000。⁠126

累计增额为$4,192,000，相当于原协议金额的58%。这是该合同的大幅增长，但并不表明整个人工礁项目超出预算58%，也不表示$11.42 million已经支付。现有记录是工作人员提出的修订建议，而非经审计的支出账目，也不是经独立核实的最终签署协议。⁠126

第一次修订案说明了为什么需要结合文字叙述和金额表格来看。该修订案于2024年11月签署，将弗吉尼亚州诺福克的修复和准备工作转移至阿拉巴马州莫比尔。工作人员称，此举增加了前期成本，但他们的表格将该修订案的合同净增额列为零。计划中没有单独列出的搬迁费用可以负责任地另行加算。⁠126

第二次修订案的$2.95 million分为三笔：$300,000用于额外泊位费用，$500,000用于承包商无法预见的情况，$2.15 million用于因费城至莫比尔拖航而产生的不可预见监管要求、保险规定、港口指令和海事条件。这些分项涵盖了全部增额。⁠126

第三次修订提案的用途更为集中。除截至2026年12月31日的$944,000泊位费用外，提案还拨出$298,000，用于补充因持续遵守监管要求而耗尽的拖航和投放资金。当时，工作人员称修复工作已完成，船只则已等待美国陆军工程兵团最终批准数月，泊位费用不断累积。⁠126

12月的日期是工作人员申请泊位费用覆盖的截止日期，并非新的沉船期限。该船随后于11月9日在拖船牵引下离开莫比尔。这份提案解释了等待的成本，但不能证明该船停靠至年底，也不能证明申请的泊位费用最终全部支出。⁠62⁠126

融资表也消除了另一种可能的误读。表中列出$7,228,000旅游资金、$3,575,000补助金和外部资金，以及从营销预算重新分配的$617,000。三类资金合计恰为$11,420,000。若再把外部捐助加到总额之上，就会重复计算。⁠126

旅游资金和营销预算重新分配的款项共计$7,845,000，占这份融资计划的68.7%。工作人员称外部支持已经落实或承诺提供，但这不意味着每笔捐助都已到账。记录所显示的取舍是重新分配旅游营销和推广资金，而非已证实从学校、住房或其他一般公共服务中转移资金。⁠126

这使承包商的具体数字得以厘清，但并未厘清与项目相关的所有价格。我们此前的报道提到县里承诺出资$10.1 million，以及CBS报道的$1 million购船款，之后还有$13 million用于准备工作。新计划不能证明这些说法涵盖相同的费用或时间段。在任何一个数字被视为项目总成本之前，仍需根据已签署的合同链和已付款发票，核对购置及其他项目支出。

安保、观众与采购例外

县里另行申请预先批准约$110,000的投放周费用，此外还有佛罗里达州鱼类与野生动物保护委员会提供的加班协助。申请背景还提到一份于2025年12月获批的$100,000采购订单，用于部分抵消安保协调费用。这些分别是申请和较早的一项授权，并非两笔已核实付款，可以直接加到承包商总额上。⁠127

委员会执法部门正与海岸警卫队、佛罗里达州及联邦其他机构、埃格林、县警长办公室以及应急管理和医疗人员协调海上安保，从船只启程直到沉船。符合条件的费用包括加班、燃油、住宿、差旅、设备、临时聘用的持证人员、用品，以及为安保机构人员提供的餐食。把这笔预估费用称为$110,000的派对账单，会歪曲相关工作的性质。⁠127

把它说成纯粹的安保账单也不对。同一份申请还提到，20多家船只服务商将载送受邀观察者，另有会展中心庆祝活动、观礼活动、直播和媒体安排。工作人员预计服务商总数为30至40家。没有费用明细将安保与招待及宣传支出分开；规划说明也不能证明每家服务商都已受聘，或每场活动都如期举行。⁠127

州政府差旅系统的过渡使安排变得复杂。10月15日至12月15日期间，差旅支出被冻结，不过加班费仍可支付。因此，县工作人员寻求直接为安保团队支付燃油、住宿、船位、餐食和小型设备费用。⁠127

申请方要求直接向供应商付款，而不是使用采购订单；对单家供应商金额超过$4,500的采购申请竞争性采购豁免；并允许预付最高50%的款项，须有发票，并由负责运营的副县行政官批准。预计大多数交易仍低于$4,500的非竞争性采购门槛；较大金额的项目包括观测船、码头燃油，以及提供超过50间客房夜的酒店。这份申请既不能证明哪些例外获准，也不能证明哪些预付款已支付。⁠127

目前，行动计划仍是我们11月10日报道的内容：投放作业计划于11月11日星期三中部标准时间下午1点开始，地点在德斯廷-沃尔顿堡滩西南约22海里处。由于预报称周四将有强风、天气不安全，官员将计划提前了一天。计划开始时间不等于已确认的沉船时间。⁠1⁠2

送别仪式已取消；原计划中午在德斯廷的AJ’s Seafood and Oyster Bar举行聚会，并进行现场直播。聚会时间不是投放时间，宣布的直播也不代表直播已确认能够正常进行。船只抵达时间、最终海床位置、沉船地点的观众安全边界，以及对公众开放潜水的日期，均尚未确定。此前拖航期间移动中的100码安全区不能替代投放地点的周界。⁠63⁠116⁠120

11月3日提起的保护诉讼仍是一个单独且未解决的问题。诉讼质疑环境和历史保护审批，并指称可能损害海洋生物和食物网。据报道，紧急阻止投放的努力遭到驳回，但完整的签署命令和此后的案卷记录尚未核实；这并不意味着有关诉讼主张的最终裁决已经确认。⁠44⁠45⁠122

县里希望获得的回报——潜水旅游、包船预订、过夜住宿和海洋栖息地——尚未衡量。预期中的「世界最大人工礁」称号同样尚未实现。财务记录让相关承诺更易理解，但最终评估的两方面仍未有定论：人工礁能带来什么，以及整个项目究竟花费多少。⁠99⁠3

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  3. The Maritime Executive
  4. https://www.fox10tv.com
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  6. visitflorida.com
  7. 6abc Philadelphia
  8. All About Lawyer
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  1. County staff proposed another $944,000 just to dock the SS United States. Their financing schedule reaches $11,420,000, most of it tourism money. That money backs preparations to turn the 990-foot ocean liner into an artificial reef.
  2. On November 10, we reported a revised deployment schedule and several price tags that didn't line up. The new breakdown explains more of that commitment. How much of the public bill can those contract figures explain?
  3. The ship left Mobile under tow on November 9. Its planned destination is about 22 nautical miles southwest of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials advanced deployment by one day because heavy winds made Thursday's conditions unsafe.
  4. The financial question reaches beyond that final voyage. Earlier figures included a $10.1 million county commitment and a contractor amount of $10,178,000. Another account put acquisition at $1 million and preparation at another $13 million. Those figures still can't all be treated as the same bill.
  5. Coleen Marine's original contract was $7,228,000. The December 2025 amendment brought it to $10,178,000. Staff's September 2026 proposal adds $1,242,000, taking the schedule to $11,420,000 for the towing, preparation and deployment agreement.
  6. That's an increase of $4,192,000, or 58 percent, across this contract. Staff presented those amounts in an amendment recommendation. The final signed agreement and paid invoices still need reconciling. Calling the whole project 58 percent over budget would go beyond what those figures show.
  7. The second amendment added $2,950,000. It allocated $300,000 to extra dockage and $500,000 to contractor unknowns. Another $2,150,000 covered unforeseen regulatory requirements, insurance mandates, port directives and maritime conditions tied to the Philadelphia-to-Mobile tow.
  8. An earlier change moved the preparation site from Norfolk, Virginia, to Mobile, Alabama. That first amendment was executed in November 2024. County staff said the move increased upfront costs, while their table assigns the amendment a zero-dollar net addition. The schedule provides no separate charge to add for that move.
  9. By the September proposal, staff described remediation as finished and the ship as waiting months for final Army Corps of Engineers approval. Berth charges kept accumulating during that wait. The liner had undergone remediation and preparation in Mobile since March 2025.
  10. The third amendment proposal assigns $944,000 to dockage coverage through December 31, 2026. Another $298,000 restores towing and deployment funds depleted by continued regulatory compliance. Together, those two amounts account for the entire proposed $1,242,000 increase.
  11. The December date describes the berth coverage staff sought while approvals were pending. The ship has since departed. And the county has defended Coleen Marine's performance, arguing that the underlying work stayed much closer to its original budget than the overall contract growth suggests.
  12. County staff say core contracted tasks remain within about 10 percent of the original budget. That assessment covers a narrower set of work. The 58 percent increase covers the full contract schedule, including added dockage and other requirements.
  13. The financing also clears up a potential double count. Outside contributions sit inside the $11,420,000 schedule. Adding them again would inflate the amount. The county's funding categories match the proposed contract total exactly.
  14. The schedule lists $7,228,000 in tourism funds, $3,575,000 in grants and outside funding, and $617,000 redirected from marketing. Together, they finance the displayed $11,420,000. Staff describe the outside support as executed or committed.
  15. Committed support can still be awaiting payment. Tourism funds and the marketing reallocation together provide $7,845,000, or 68.7 percent of this financing schedule. The county is redirecting tourism marketing and promotion money. Those calculations reconcile the exact contractor totals, while acquisition and other project spending still need a final accounting.
  16. Staff also sought pre-approval for approximately $110,000 in deployment-week expenses, alongside Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission overtime assistance. An earlier $100,000 purchase order had been authorized for security coordination. Those are requests and authorizations, so adding both to the contractor total would be misleading.
  17. The commission's law-enforcement division coordinated offshore security from departure through sinking. Partners included the Coast Guard, Florida law enforcement, federal firearms agents, Eglin and the county sheriff, alongside emergency-management and medical personnel. Eligible costs covered overtime, fuel, lodging, travel, equipment, temporary certified personnel, supplies and a catered security-agency meal.
  18. A state travel-system change froze travel expenses from October 15 through December 15. Overtime could still be paid. County staff therefore sought to handle fuel, lodging, boat slips, meals and minor equipment directly for the security detail.
  19. The request sought direct vendor payments instead of purchase orders, plus competitive-procurement waivers for individual vendors above $4,500. Most transactions were expected to stay within that noncompetitive threshold. Larger examples included observation boats, marina fuel and a hotel providing more than 50 room nights.
  20. Staff also requested vendor advances of up to 50 percent, backed by an invoice and approval from the deputy county administrator for operations. These were proposed purchasing exceptions. The request doesn't tell us which advances, if any, were actually paid.
  21. The same expense request included viewing and promotional arrangements. Staff described more than 20 boat vendors carrying invited observers, a convention-center celebration, a watch party, livestreaming and media activities. They expected 30 to 40 vendors altogether. The estimate doesn't separate security costs from hospitality and promotion.
  22. The November 11 sendoff ceremony was canceled. A gathering at AJ's Seafood and Oyster Bar in Destin was planned for noon, with a live feed. That gathering preceded the scheduled operations. A working stream and every planned vendor arrangement still await confirmation.
  23. The county expects the reef to attract dive travel, charter bookings and overnight stays, while creating marine habitat. Those benefits haven't been measured. Its world's-largest artificial-reef designation is also an intended outcome. The November 3 preservation lawsuit challenges environmental and historic-preservation approvals and alleges potential harm to marine life and the food web.
  24. Emergency efforts to stop deployment were reportedly denied, but the environmental claims haven't received a confirmed final ruling. Operations remain scheduled to begin Wednesday, November 11, at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time. The ship's arrival at the site hasn't been confirmed.
  25. The earlier 100-yard moving tow safety zone doesn't provide a sinking-site spectator boundary. Officials haven't confirmed that boundary or an opening date for public diving.

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