On 3 June 1944, Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was laid down at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, TX
She was transferred to South Korea on 25 July 1981, and is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea
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On 31 May 1883 Warrior-class ironclad HMS Warrior was decommissioned.
HMS Warrior 1860 at National Museumof the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK
113 years ago today, on 31 May 1911 former tender of the White Star Line SS Nomadic began her maiden voyage, ending up in Cherbourg on 3 June, to begin her service for the White Star Line.
MuseumShip SS Nomadic, Belfast, UK
On 31 May 1965 Danish Tumleren-class small coastal submarine HDMS Sælen (S323) was laid down at Rheinstahl-Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany as HNoMS Uthaug (S304) for the Norwegian Navy
MuseumShip at Skiben på Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
On 29 May 1950 Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner RCMP St. Roch became the first vessel to circumnavigate North America, from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Vancouver via the Panama Canal.
MuseumShip at Vancouver Maritime Museum (official), Vancouver, BC, Canada
On 29 May 1961 Dutch Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was decommissioned
MuseumShip at MarineMuseum, Den Helder, Netherlands
On 29 May 2010 Italian Sauro-class submarine Nazario Sauro (S 518) became a museum ship in Genoa, Italy
MuseumShip at Galata Museo del Mare - Genova, Italy
On 29 May 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1080 was commissioned, LT. James D. Voorhees Jr. USNR in command. She was transferred to South Korea January 1959, and served the ROK Navy as Hwa San (LST-816).
MuseumShip at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, South Korea
On 28 May 1940 Flower-class corvette HMCS Sackville (K181) was laid down at Saint John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Canada's Naval Memorial - HMCS Sackville, Halifax, NS, Canada
#museumships # #hmcssackville
21 years ago today, on May 28 2003, Lütjens-class guided-missile destroyer FGS Mölders (D186) was decommissioned in Wilhelmshaven, after traveling 776,839 miles.
MuseumShip at Deutsches Marinemuseum, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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