MuseumShip Blog

38 years ago today, on 1 April 1988, T-47-class destroyer Maillé-Brézé D-627 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip Maillé-Brézé, Nantes, France

111 years ago today, on 1 April 1915 M29-class monitor HMS M33 was laid down at Workman Clark for Harland and Wolff.
MuseumShip at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK

21 years ago today, on 1 April 2005, Gearing-class destroyer ROCS Te Yang (DDG-925) was decommissioned at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
She is the former USS Sarsfield (DD-837), and is now MuseumShip 安平定情碼頭-德陽艦園區 in Tainan City, Taiwain

34 years ago today, on 31 March 1992 Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri BB-63 was decommissioned for the last time by Capt. Albert Lee Kaiss.
MuseumShip at Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI

53 years ago today, on 31 March 1973, Knox-class frigate USS Ainsworth (DE-1090) was commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia with LCdr. Terrence E. Siple in command.
MuseumShip in Izmir, Turkey.

15 years ago today, on 31 March 2011 C-class light cruiser HMS Caroline was decommissioned.
HMS Caroline at National Museum of the Royal Navy, Belfast, UK

72 years ago today, on 31 March 1954, Russian Whiskey-class submarine S-189 was laid down at the S. Ordhonikidze yard in Leningrad (Saint Peterburg), Russia
MuseumShip in St. Petersburg, Russia

81 years ago today, on March 30 1943, PT-305 was laid down by Higgins Industries in New Orleans.
MuseumShip at The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA

202 years ago today, on 30 March 1824 Leda-class frigate HMS Unicorn was launched at Royal Dockyard, Chatham, Kent England.
MuseumShip HMS Unicorn, Dundee, UK

81 years ago today, on 30 March 1945 Victory ship SS American Victory 's keel was laid at California Shipyards, Los Angeles, CA
MuseumShip at American Victory Ship & Museum, Tampa, FL