MuseumShip Blog

84 years ago today, on 5 August 1939, British Town-class light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35) was commissioned, Captain G A Scott in command.
HMS Belfast, London, UK

43 years ago today, on 4 August 1982, Polish sail training ship 'Dar Pomorza' was decommissioned.
Statek-Muzeum Dar Pomorza, Gdynia, Poland

119 years ago today, on 4 August 1906, German Empire's submarine 'U-1' was launched at Germania Werft, Kiel, Germany.
Museum boat at Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany

65 years ago today, on 3 August 1959 Forrest Sherman-class destroyer USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was commissioned, Cdr. Ralph Strafford Wentworth Jr. in command.
USS Turner Joy, Bremerton, WA

83 years ago today, on 3 August 1942, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was laid down at Newport News shipbuilding, Newport News, VA. She was originally named USS Kearsarge but was renamed in honor of the prior USS Hornet (CV-8 ), which was lost in October 1942, becoming the eighth ship to bear the name.
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA

109 years ago today, on 3 August 1916, Imperial Russian Navy icebreaker Krasin was launched as 'Svyatogor'
MuseumShip in St. Petersburg, Russia
 

On 2 August 1943, USCGC Bramble (WLB-392) was laid down at Zenith Dredge Co. Duluth, Minnesota.

83 years ago today, on 2 August 1941, Danish HDMS Askø (MHV-81) was commissioned.
MuseumShip at Koldkrigsmuseum Langelandsfort, Bagenkop, Denmark

130 years ago today, on 2 August 1894, the first steam turbine-powered steamship 'Turbinia' was launched by Brown and Hood, Wallsend on Tyne, UK.
MuseumShip at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

16 years ago today, on 1 August 2007, Norwegian Oslo-class frigate Narvik (F304) was decommissioned.
Museumsskipet KNM Narvik, Horten, Norway