MuseumShip Blog

53 years ago today, on 1 June 1973 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-10 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC

On 26 May 1998 Essex class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was donated to the Aircraft Carrier Hornet foundation.
MuseumShip at USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA

75 years ago today, on 12 May 1951 Essex class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was decommissioned for the 2nd time.
MuseumShip at USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA

83 years ago today, on 26 April 1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding, sponsored by the wife of Vice Admiral John H. Hoover.
MuseumShip at Intrepid Museum, New York, NY

on 23 April 1947 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was decommissioned

83 years ago today, on 15 April 1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) was commissioned with Captain Joseph J. Clark in command.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC

34 years ago toay, on 11 April 1992 Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway CV-41 was decommissioned by her last CO, Capt. Larry Ernst.
MuseumShip at USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA

74 years ago today, on 9 April 1952 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was decommissioned for the second time at the Norfolk Naval shipyard to  receive SCB-27C modernization to operate jet aircraft as an attack aircraft carrier.
Intrepid Museum, New York, NY

44 years ago today, on 23 March 1982, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Intrepid Museum, New York, NY

79 years ago today, on 22 March 1947 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was decommissioned for the first time by her CO, Commander Arthur Arlo Giesser.
MuseumShip at the Intrepid Museum, New York, NY