MuseumShip Blog

19 December 1950, today 67 years ago Lightship Columbia (WLV-604) was commissioned and was stationed 5.3 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River beginning in April 1951

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19 December 1943, today 74 years ago USS Croaker  SS-246 was launched at Electric Boat Co.. Groton, CT

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18 December 1969, today 48 years ago INS Kursura (S20) was commissioned

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17 December 1931, today 86 years ago Fireboat John J. Harvey was commissioned

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17 December 1969, today 48 years ago USS New Jersey BB-62 was decommissioned for the 3rd time.

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16 December 1944, today 73 years ago USS Torsk SS-423 was commissioned with Cdr Bafford E. Lewellen in command.

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Added Light Vessel 93 to the site as 293rd museum ship:

Some pretty rare pictures of Dutch Schorpioen-class monitor HNLMS Schorpioen, provided by Ron van Maanen, taken during her renovation at 'The Schelde' shipyard in Vlissingen (Netherlands) in 1985.

She was then transferred to Middelburg as a museum ship. In 1998 the Royal Netherlands Navy purchased her back and she is now part of the Marine Museum in Den Helder as pictured below:

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Added London's SS Robin to the site as 292nd museum ship:

Added 291st museum ship to the site: Australian pilot boat 'John Oxley':