MuseumShip Blog

109 years ago today, on 16 January 1917, CGS (Canadian Government Ship) Acadia was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Acadia.
MuseumShip at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada

79 years ago today, on 15 January 1947, Fletcher class destroyer USS Charrette (DD-581) was decommissioned.
She was transferred to Greece in 1959 as 'Velos', and is now a museum ship in Thessaloniki

139 years ago today, on 15 January 1887, steel-hulled full rigged ship Balclutha entered in service for Robert McMillan, of Dumbarton, Scotland.

79 years ago today, on 15 January 1947, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was decommissioned for the first time, and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA

19 years ago today, on 15 January 2007, Dolphin-class submarine USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip at Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, CA

81 years ago today, on 13 January 1945, LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support ship USS LCS(L)(3)-102 was laid down at Commercial Iron works, Portland, OR.
MuseumShip USS LCS-102, Vallejo, CA

81 years ago today, on 13 January 1945, Type XXI U-boat U-2540 (Wilhelm Bauer) , was launched at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
MuseumShip at Technikmuseum, Bremerhaven, Germany

17 years ago today, on 22 January 2009, Gearing-class destroyer ROCS Te Yang (DDG-925) is being towed to the Anping Port in Tainan City where it is now a museum ship.
安平定情碼頭-德陽艦園區, Tainan City, Taiwan

158 years ago today, on 18 January 1868, Dutch Schorpioen-class ironclad ram ship HNLMS Schorpioen , was launched at Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France.
Museum ship at Marinemuseum, Den Helder, Netherlands 

80 years ago today, on 16 January 1946, Balao-class submarine USS Lionfish (SS-298) was decommissioned for the first time at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
MuseumShip USS Lionfish at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA