MuseumShip Blog

56 years ago today, on 21 November 1969, whaleback ship SS Meteor ran aground on Gull Island Shoal off Marquette, Michigan. Cleveland Tanker Company chose not to repair the 73-year-old steamer because Meteor was a single-hull tanker and because of the severe damage that had been done to the hull. Because Meteor was the last surviving whaleback, she was bought, repaired and taken to Superior, Wisconsin in 1971 for use as a museum ship. She was berthed at Barkers Island where she remains today.
Museum ship at Superior Historic Properties, Superior, WI

75 years ago today, on 21 November 1950, Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was commissioned for the second time, with Capt. David M. Tyree in command. Big J proceeded to the Caribbean, where she welded her crew into an efficient body which would meet the demanding requirements of the Korean War.
Battleship New Jersey, Camden, NJ

73 years ago today, on 21 November 1952, Tang-class submarine TCG Hizirreis (S342) was commissioned as USS Gudgeon (SS-567), with Commander Robert M. Carroll in command.
Now a museum ship in Izmit, Turkey.

94 years ago today, on 21 November 1931, MV Moonta entered service for the Adelaide Steamship Company. She was built by Burmeister & Wain Shipyard in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Now a museum ship in Le Barcarès, France.

72 years ago today, on 20 November 1953, T-1-class training submarine USS Marlin - T-2 was commissioned Lt. Edward Holt in command.
Museum ship at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE

On 20 November 2012, Oberon-class submarine HMCS Ojibwa (S72) arrived at Port Burwell and became part of the new Museum of Naval History, Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada.

81 years ago today, on 20 November 1944, Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was launched at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, TX, sponsored by Mrs. Josie Viola Taylor Rogers,
She was transferred to South Korea as ROKS Jeon Ju (DD-925) on 25 July 1981, and is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea

165 years ago today, on 20 November 1860, Danish Frigate Jylland was launched at Naval dockyard Copenhagen, Denmark.
Museum ship Fregatten Jylland, Ebeltoft, Denmark

On 19 November 1895, 'Whaleback' ship SS Frank Rockefeller 's keel was laid at the American Steel Barge Company (ASB) at their yard in Superior, Wisconsin. She would be renamed 'South Park' in 1927, and finally 'Meteor' in 1942, when she was sold to the Cleveland Tanker Company, and converted to a tanker. It was at this time that she obtained the name Meteor, as Cleveland Tanker named their vessels after celestial bodies.
Museum ship at Superior Public Museums: Fairlawn, SS Meteor, Firehouse & Police Museum, Superior, WI

75 years ago today, on 18 November 1950, Dutch ocean-going tug Holland was laid down at Ferus Smit Shipyards, Westerbroek, Netherlands
Zeesleepboot Holland, Harlingen, Netherlands