MuseumShip Blog

On 2 November 1979, excursion steamship SS Columbia was added to National Register of Historic Places.
SS Columbia Project, currently docked in Buffalo, NY

52 years ago today, on 2 November 1971, Canadian hydrofoil HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE-400) was decommissioned.
Now a museum ship at Musée maritime du Québec,  L'Islet, QC, Canada.

On 1 November 1969, Balao-class submarine USS Batfish (SS-310) was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Museum ship at Muskogee War Memorial Park - Home of the USS Batfish, Muskogee, OK

On 1 November 1941, Gato-class submarine USS Drum (SS-228) was commissioned with CDR Robert H. Rice in command.
Museum ship at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.

230 years ago today, on 1 November 1794, three-masted heavy frigate USS Constitution was laid down at Edmund Hartt's shipyard, Boston, MA.
USS Constitution, Boston, MA

80 years ago today, on 1 November 1944, Balao-class submarine USS Lionfish (AGSS-298) was commissioned with LCdr Edward D. Spruance, son of Admiral Raymond Spruance, in command.
Museum ship Lionfish at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA

80 years ago today, on 31 October 1944, Admirable-class minesweeper USS Hazard - AM-240 was commissioned with Lt. Curtis B. Tibbals, USNR in command.
Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska

38 years ago today, on 31 October 1986, general cargo ship MS Cap San Diego was decommissioned.
Now an operational museum ship in Hamburg, Germany.

On 31 October 1931, Soviet Dekabrist-class submarine 'Narodovolets' was commissioned.

On 30 October 1994, the first steam turbine-powered steamship 'Turbinia' was moved to Newcastle's Museum of Science and Engineering (later renamed The Discovery Museum) and put on display to the public in March 1996.
Museum ship at Discovery Museum in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK