MuseumShip Blog

Added Belgian lightvessel 'Wes-Hinder III' to the site as 399th MuseumShip

Added ferry 'SS Badger' to the site as 398th MuseumShip

Added French Lightship 'Sandettié' to the site as 397th MuseumShip

Added former French lighthouse and buoy tender 'Roi Gradlon' to the site as 396th MuseumShip.

4 years ago today, on 26 March 2022, Gearing-class destroyer USS Orleck - (DD-886) arrives in Jacksonville, FL at her temporary berth on the North Bank Riverwalk.
MuseumShip at the Florida Historic Naval Ship Association, Jocksonville, FL

On 11 February 1959, French Aréthuse-class submarine  Argonaute - (S636) was commissioned.
MuseumShip at Cité des Sciences et de L'industrie, Paris, France
 

68 years ago today, on 29 June 1957, French Aréthuse-class submarine  Argonaute - (S636) was launched at Arsenal de Cherbourg in Cherbourg,
MuseumShip at Cité des Sciences et de L'industrie, Paris, France

Added German steel hulled four mast barque 'Peking' to the site as 395th MuseumShip

62 years ago today, on 23 March 1964, Lightship Portsmouth was decommissioned by her last CO, BMC Arthur D. Mitchell, USCG.
MuseumShip at Lightship Portsmouth Museum, Virginia

108 years ago today, on 27 September 1916, Lightship Portsmouth was commissioned, A.T. Loss in command (USLHS)
MuseumShip at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Portsmouth, VA