81 years ago today, on 2 April 1945 Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. - DD-850 was laid down at Bethlehem Steel's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts.
MuseumShip USS Jospeh P. Kennedy Jr DD-850, at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
64 years ago today, on 2 April 1960, French Narval-class submarine Espadon (S637) was commissioned.
MuseumShip at Saint-Nazaire Renversante, Saint-Nazaire, France
Added Brazilian Oberon-class submarine Riachuelo (S22) to the website as 367th MuseumShip.
on 1 April 1981 Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin SS-287 became a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, HI.
MuseumShip at USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, HI
On 1 April 1990, Hawaiian Chieftain starts her maiden voyage to French Polynesia, arriving in Papeete on April 20.
on 1 April 1994 Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric attack submarine Foxtrot B-39 was decommissioned.
on 1 April 1943 Gato-class submarine USS Croaker SS-246 was laid down at Electric Boat Co.. Groton, CT.
MuseumShip at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park, Buffalo, NY
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
