Added 460th MuseumShip to the site. She is the USCG Motor Life Boat 44300 at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, OR
MuseumShip Blog
On 23 March 1964, Lightship Portsmouth was decommissioned by her last CO, BMC Arthur D. Mitchell, USCG.
MuseumShip at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Virginia
108 years ago today, on 27 September 1916, Lightship Portsmouth was commissioned, A.T. Loss in command (USLHS)
MuseumShip at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Portsmouth, VA
On 6 March 1915, Lightship Portsmouth's keel was laid at Pursey & Jones Corp, Wilmington, DE.
MuseumShip at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Virginia
On 1 October 1940, lighthouse tender USCGC Fir (WLM-212) was commissioned.
Fifty one years later, on 1 October 1991, she was decommissioned by her CO, LCDR Nutting.
On 12 September 1936, Treasury-class United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Ingham WHEC-35 was commissioned, CDR H. C. Hemmingway, USCG in command.
On 1 September 1944, 180-foot seagoing buoy tender, USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) was commissioned.
On 16 August 1932, USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) was laid down at Pusey & Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, DE.
On 30 August 1929, Lightship Frying Pan (LV-115) was launched at Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Co, Charleston, SC.