MuseumShip Blog

52 years ago today, on 15 March 1974 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CVS-11 was decommissioned for the final time. 
In 1976, Intrepid was moored at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia and hosted exhibits as part of the United States Bicentennial celebrations.
Plans originally called for Intrepid to be scrapped after decommissioning, but a campaign led by real estate developers Zachary and Larry Fisher and the Intrepid Museum Foundation saved the carrier and established it as a museum ship. In August 1982, the ship opened at Pier 86 on the Hudson River in New York City as the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Four years later, Intrepid was officially designated as a National Historic Landmark
MuseumShip at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY

74 years ago today, on 15 March 1952 unique research submarine USS Albacore AGSS-569 keel was laid at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine.
MuseumShip  at Albacore Park., Portsmouth, NH

On 15 March 1982, type XXI U-boat Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540) , was decommissioned for the final time.
MuseumShip at Deutsches Schifffahrtmuseum - DSM, Bremerhaven, Germany

114 years ago today, on March 15 1912, Dutch logger Balder (VL.92) was laid down at de Jong's Shipyard in Vlaardingen, Netherlands.
MuseumShip at Stichting Zeillogger Balder, Vlaardingen, Netherlands

78 years ago today, on 14 March 1947 LST-1-class tank landing ship USS LST-393 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip USS LST 393 Veterans Museum, Muskegon, MI

On 14 March 1955 Stalinets-class submarine S-56 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip in Vladivostok, Russia

19 years ago today, on 13 March 2007 Fremantle-class patrol boat HMAS Gladstone P216 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Gladstone Maritime Museum, Gladstone, QLD, Australia.

On 13 March 1945 Royal Navy A-class, Amphion-class or Acheron-class submarine HMS Alliance P-417 was laid down at Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, England.
MuseumShip at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, part of National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK

116 years ago today, on March 12 1910, Greek Pisa-class armored cruiser Georgios Averof was launched at Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno, Italy.
MuseumShip at the Naval Tradition Park, Palayio Faliro, Greece

On March 12 1914, New York-class battleship USS Texas (BB-35) was commissioned, Capt. Albert W. Grant in command.
MuseumShip at Battleship Texas Foundation, LaPorte, TX