MuseumShip Blog

70 years ago today, on 12 January 1956, Swedish Halland-class destroyer HSwMS Småland was commissioned.
Museum ship at Maritiman, Gothenburg, Sweden.

On 11 January 1995, Knox-class frigate USS Ainsworth (FF-1090) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. She had been transferred in 1994 to Turkey as TCG Ege, and is now a museum ship in Izmir.

On 11 January 1954, Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia was commissioned with Captain J.S. Dalglish in command.
The Royal Yacht Britannia, Edinburg, UK

66 years ago today, on 10 January 1960, Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) was commissioned for a third and final time.
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, HI

22 years ago today, on 10 January 2004, Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) arrives at her current location.
USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA

54 years ago today, on 10 January 1972, after 10 years of service in which she sailed 450,000 miles, nuclear-powered merchant ship NS Savannah was placed out of service.
Museumhip in Baltimore, MD

25 years ago today, on 10 January 2001, Landing Ship Tank USS LST 325 arrived in Mobile, AL after a 6500 mile journey from Crete, Greece.
Here seen arriving in Mobile, AL
USS LST 325 Ship Memorial, Inc., Evansville, IN

35 years ago today, on 10 January 1991, Potvis-class submarine HNLMS Tonijn (S805) was decommissioned.
She has since been preserved as a museum boat at the Dutch Naval Museum in Den Helder, Netherlands

61 years ago today, on 9 January 1965, South-Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) opens to the public as a museum ship, and welcomes over 2000 guests that day. Governor George C. Wallace was the first to sign the 'guest-log'.
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL

79 years ago today, on 9 January 1947, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) was decommissioned for the first time, and berthed with the Bremerton Group, in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Patriots Point Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC