MuseumShip Blog

46 years ago today, on 19 May 1978 Danish fast attack craft HDMS Sehested (P547) was commissioned.
Museet Skibene på Holmen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
 

On 19 May 1929, Soviet Dekabrist-class submarine 'Narodovolets' was launched at the Baltic plant Leningrad (St Petersburg)
MuseumShip in St. Petersburg, Russia

On 18 May 1939, lighthouse tender USCGC Fir (WLM-212) was launched at Moore Drydock Company, Oakland, California, sponsored by Miss Harriet Birta Mason.

112 years ago today, on 18 May 1912 New York-class battleship USS Texas BB-35 was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding Co., sponsored by Miss Claudia Lyon, daughter of Colonel Cecil Lyon, Republican national committeeman from Texas.

55 years ago today, on 18 May 1969 Gato-class submarine USS Drum SS-228 arrived at Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
MuseumShip at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL

On 18 May 1943 Fletcher-class destroyer USS Charette (DD-581) was commissioned, with Commander E. S. Karpe in command.
After transfer to Greece in 1959 as "Velos' (D16), she became a museum ship near Athens in 1994.  (temporarily in Thessaloniki)
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On 17 May 1980, Russian Tango-class submarine B396 was launched at the Gorky shipyard.
MuseumShip in Moscow, Russia

82 years ago today, on 17 May 1943, Cannon-class destroyer escort, USS McAnn (DE-179) was laid down at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey.
She was first loaned, and on 30 June 1953 transferred to the Brazilian Navy as 'Bauru (Be-4)'.
MuseumShip in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

153 years ago today, on 17 May 1871, Austro-Hungarian river monitor 'Leitha' was launched.
MuseumShip in Budapest, Hungary

On 16 May 1959 Barbel-class submarine USS Blueback SS-581 was launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS, sponsored by Virginia McManes, wife of Rear Admiral Kenmore McManes.
MuseumShip  at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, Oregon.