The Orleck Foundation then decided to move the ship to the Calcasieu River in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

On 26 March 2022, she arrived in Jacksonville, FL, where she served as a Naval Museum on the downtown riverfront until 3 April 2023, when she docked to its permanent home at the Shipyards West.

A recipient of the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescue work during the Casablanca invasion, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his firefighting and flood control efforts to prevent total loss of his ship during the Salerno assault.

During the Vietnam War, Orleck served as plane guard for aircraft carriers on "Yankee Station" in the Gulf of Tonkin, participated in "Operation Sea Dragon", patrolled on search and rescue duties, and carried out naval gunfire support missions.

The USS Adams Association studied Orleck and deemed that she would survive the tow from Lake Charles to Jacksonville.

[6] Over the next few weeks she was deemed to be in much better shape than expected and restoration work was done which extended the ship's life by 15 years.

[7] On 11 January 2022, ownership was officially transferred to the museum association in preparation for its tow and set-up in Jacksonville.

With restoration work completed, she passed all inspections by the US Coast Guard, on 17 March 2022, she left Port Arthur, Texas under tow to Jacksonville.