MuseumShip Blog

On 8 April 1930 lightship Frying Pan (LV-115) was commissioned.
MuseumShip Frying Pan - NYC, New York, NY

On 9 April 1941 North Carolina-class battleship USS North Carolina BB-55 was commissioned for the first time, with Capt. Olaf M. Hustvedt in command.
MuseumBattleShip USS North Carolina (BB55), Wilmington, NC

80 years ago today, on 8 April 1946 Canadian Flower-class corvette HMCS Sackville (K181) was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Canadian Naval Memorial Trust Halifax, NS, Canada

On 8 April 1927 Active-class patrol boat USCGC McLane (WSC-146) was commissioned.
MuseumShip at USS Silversides Submarine Museum, Muskegon, MI

On 7 April 1944, 180-foot seagoing buoy tender USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) was launched at Zenith Dredge, Duluth Minnesota.
MuseumShip at SS City of Milwaukee, Manistee, MI

On 7 April 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1134 was commissioned, LT. Charles R. Barheght USNR in command.
Transferred to Thailand as HTMS Pangan (LST-13) on 16 May 1966, and now a museum ship in Ko Pha-ngan district, Surat Thani, Thailand

82 years ago today, on 7 April 1944 C-class destroyer HMS Cavalier (R73) was launched at J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.
MuseumShip at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK

80 yars ago today, on 6 April 1946 Balao-class submarine USS Batfish SS-310 was decommissioned for the first time.
MuseumShip at Muskogee War Memorial Park - Home of the USS Batfish, MUskogee, OK

80 years ago today, on 6 April 1946 Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418), later Turkish TCG Uluçalireis (S 338), was decommissioned at New London.
Now a MuseumShip at Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey.

58 years ago today, on 6 April 1968 Iowa class Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was commissioned for the 3rd time at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for Vietnam War service, with Capt. J. Edward Snyder in command.
MuseumBattleShip New Jersey, Camden, NJ