MuseumShip Blog

Added 358th museum ship to the site; French Aréthuse-class submarine Argonaute (S636).
She is a museum ship at the Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie

64 years ago today, on 15 October 1959, Barbel-class submarine USS Blueback SS-581 was commissioned with LCDR Robert H. Gautier in command.
She was the last non-nuclear submarine to join the United States Navy and was the final conventionally powered combat capable submarine to be decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy with a fully nuclear submarine fleet except for the research submarine USS Dolphin.
MuseumShip  at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, OR

On 15 October 1863, confederate submarine 'H.L. Hunley', while performing a demonstration dive beneath CSS Indian Chief in Charleston Harbour, SC, was lost with all hands. It wasn't until November 7 until she was found.
Museum ship at Friends of the Hunley, Charleston, SC

32 years ago today, on 14 October 1992, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) was opened to the public as a museum ship.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX

71 years ago today, on 14 October 1953, T-1-class training submarine USS Marlin - T-2 was launched at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, CT, sponsored by Mrs. William R. DeLoach.
Museum ship at Freedom Park (Omaha, Nebraska)

66 years ago today, on 14 October 1958, deep-sea tug Elbe was launched at J&K Smit's Scheepswerven NV, Kinderdijk, Netherlands, christened by Mrs. D.G. Lels-Elbeling.
Zeesleper Elbe,  Maassluis, Netherlands

On 13 October 1944, Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418) was commissioned, Commander Ernest P. Abrahamson in command.
She was transferred to the Turkish Navy on 2 July 1975 as TCG Uluçalireis with pennant number S-338.
Now a MuseumShip at the  Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey.

Updated layout and social media pages for USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park's PBR.

Added CCB-18 as 357th museum ship to the site. She was a Command and Control boat, supporting the Mobile Riverine Force of Task Force 117.
Thanks to Ron Brown for the 'add' request!

On 12 October 1817, Royal Navy Leda-class frigate HMS Trincomalee was launched by the Wadia family shipwrights in Bombay, Inda.
She was named after the 1782 Battle of Trincomalee off hte Ceylon (Sri Lanka) port of that name.
Now a museum ship in Hartlepool, UK, part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy.