MuseumShip Blog

1 February 1991, Schooner Governor Stone was transferred from private ownership to the non-profit Apalachicola Maritime Institute

31 January 1989, USS Edson DD-946 a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum USS Edson DD946, Bay City, MI

31 January 1951, Balao-class submarine USS Lionfish SS-298 was recommissioned, Lt. Cmdr. Arthur G. McIntyre in command.
USS Lionfish SS298 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA

31 January 1964, Oberon-class submarine HMS Ocelot (S17) was commissioned and assigned to the 3rd Submarine Squadron, based at HMNB Clyde in Faslane.
Museum ship at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK

On 31 January 1955, Sverdlov-class light cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov was commissioned, Captain 1st rank Mikhail Zinovjevich Ljubichev in command.
Museum ship at Novorossiysk, Russia

67 years ago today, on 30 January 1959, Des Moines-class heavy cruiser USS Salem (CA-139) was decommissioned at Norfolk. She was stored as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The ship was surveyed in 1981 for possible reactivation as part of the 600 ship navy project, and while the inspection results showed she was in excellent condition, funding for her and Des Moines reactivation could not be secured from Congress.
USS Salem - Quincy, MA

31 January 1973, USS Marlin SST-2 was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip at Freedom Park (Omaha, Nebraska

29 January 1918, HMS President was launched at Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew, Scotland as HMS Saxifrage.

29 January 1944, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) was launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, christened by Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of Harry S. Truman, then a United States Senator from Missouri.
Battleship Missouri Memoral, Honolulu, HI 

27 years ago today, on 29 January 1999, 55 years after she was launched, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) opens her gangway to the public as a museum ship, operated by the Missouri Memorial Association (MMA)
Battleship Missour Memorial, Honolulu, HI