MuseumShip Blog

85 years ago today, on 22 May 1941 Woban-class district harbor tug Hoga (YT-146) was commissioned in Norfolk, VA
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR

111 years ago today, on 22 May 1915 M29-class monitor HMS M33 was launched at Workman Clark, Belfast, for Harland and Wolff
MuseumShip at Royal Navy Museums, Portsmouth, UK

24 years ago today, on 21 May 2002, USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) partially flooded, shorting electrical panels and starting fires, due to a failed torpedo tube gasket.
MuseumShip at Maritime Museum of San Diego, CA

82 years ago today, on 21 May 1944 Admirable-class minesweeper USS Hazard - AM-240 was launched by the Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co., Winslow, WA, sponsored by JoAnne Ruth Heddens.
MuseumShip at Freedom Park (Omaha, Nebraska)

28 years ago today, on 21 May 1998 Oberon-class submarine HMCS Ojibwa (S72) was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Museum of Naval History, Port Burwell, ON, Canada

62 years ago today, on 21 May 1964 French Daphne-class submarine Flore (S645) was commissioned with Lt. Barbier in command.
MuseumShip at Sous-marin Flore-S645 & son Musée, Lorient, France

80 years ago today, on May 21, 1946 the USS RED OAK VICTORY (AK-235) was decommissioned at 2:54 pm.
MuseumShip SS Red Oak Victory, Richmond, CA

88 years ago today, on 21 May 1938, tanker Mary A. Whalen was launched at John H. Mathis Shipyard, Camden, NJ.
MuseumShip Mary A Whalen at PortSide NewYork, NY

61 years ago today, on 20 May 1965 Peder Skram-class frigate HDMS Peder Skram (F352) was launched at Helsingør Skibsværft, Helsingør Denmark.
MuseumShip at Museet Skibene på Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

76 years ago today, on 20 May 1950 Tang-class submarine USS Gudgeon (SS-567) was laid down at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Leased (later sold) to Turkey on 30 September 1983 as TCG Hizireis (S342).
Now a museum ship in Izmit, Turkey.