MuseumShip Blog

71 years ago today, on 9 January 1955, Russian Whiskey-class submarine S-189 was commissioned.
MuseumShip in St. Petersburg, Russia

79 years ago today, on 9 January 1947, South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) was decommissioned.
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL

72 years ago today, on 8 January 1954, Balao-class submarine USS Razorback (SS-394) was recommissioned with LCDR Charles E. Stastny in command.
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR

80 years ago today, on 8 January 1946, Gearing-class destroyer USS Eversole (DD-789) was launched at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, WA, sponsored by Mrs. S. R. Eversole, mother of Lt. (j.g.) Eversole, a naval aviator who was killed in the Battle of Midway.
She was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey as TCG Gayret (D-352) on 11 July 1973, where she is now a museum ship in Izmit.

84 years ago today, on 8 January 1942, Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Whyalla (J-153) was commissioned with LEUT Leslie N. Morison RANR(S) in command.
Museum ship in Whyalla City, SA, Australia

61 years ago today, on 8 January 1965, Oslo-class frigate HNoMS Narvik (F304) was launched at Navy Yard in Horten, Norway.
Museumsskipet KNM Narvik, Horten, Norway

On 7 January 1939, lighthouse tender USCGC Fir (WLM-212) was laid down at Moore Drydock Company, Oakland, California.

61 years ago today, on 7 January 1965, Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537) was decommissioned by her CO, CDR Leo Bruce Warring
Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park, Buffalo, NY

21 years ago today, on 7 January 2005, lighthouse tender USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227 ) was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Lilac Preservation Project, New York, NY

85 years ago today, on 6 January 1941, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri BB-63 was laid down at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI