COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Office of Resilience announced that it has begun its second and final phase of the USS Yorktown Remediation project.

Crews removed the one millionth gallon of toxic pollutants back in Feb. 2025.

The aircraft was converted to an attack aircraft carrier and was donated and relocated to the Charleston harbor in 1975, but it included potentially hazardous materials on board.

McMaster directed SCOR to identify all legacy contaminants that still remain aboard and develop a plan to remove the hazardous materials in July 2022. SCOR awarded the Yorktown Environmental Assessment and Remediation project an American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds grant for a total award of $20.2 million for both phases.

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