MuseumShip Blog

82 years ago today, on May 1 1944, Cannon-class destroyer escort USS Slater (DE-766) was commissioned, Lieutenant Commander Marcel J. Blancq in command.
MuseumShip USS Slater, Albany, NY

24 years ago today, on 1 May 2002 Italian Sauro class Submarine Nazario Sauro (S518) was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Galata Museo de Mare - Genova, Italy

46 years ago today, on 1 May 1980 USS Albacore AGSS-569 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip at Albacore Park, Portsmouth, NH

64 years ago today, on 1 May 1962 the first nuclear-powered merchant ship NS Savannah was delivered to the Maritime Administration.
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MuseumShip NS Savannah, Baltimore, MD

On 1 May 1952 T-1-class training submarine USS Marlin - T-2 was laid down at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, CT.
MuseumShip at Freedom Park (Omaha, Nebraska)

50 years ago today, on 1 May 1976 Polish Grom-class destroyer ORP Blyskawica H34 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni, Gdynia, Poland

81 years ago today, on 1 May 1945 three mast barque Gorch Fock was scuttled by her crew in shallow waters off Rügen, Germany in an attempt to avoid her capture by the Soviets.
The Soviets ordered her raised in 1947, restored between 1948-50, after which she became the training vessel Tovarishch.
MuseumShip Gorck Fock 1, Stralsund, Germany

On April 30 2012, Iowa-class battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) was officially donated to the Pacific Battleship Center in Los Angeles by the United States Navy.
Pacific Battleship Center - Battleship USS Iowa, San Pedro, CA

78 years ago today, on 30 April 1948, New York-class battleship USS Texas (BB-35) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Battleship Texas Foundation Group, Galveston, TX

71 years ago today, on 30 April 1953, USS LCS-102 was transferred to Japan and renamed JDS Himawari where she served until 18 April 1966.
MuseumShip USS LCS-102, Vallejo, CA