MuseumShip Blog

55 years ago today, on 14 April 1969, Gato-class submarine USS Drum (SS-228) was donated to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission.
MuseumShip at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL

35 years ago today, on 11 April 1989 unique research submarine USS albacore AGSS-569 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a National Historic Landmark.
MuseumShip at USS Albacore Submarine and Museum, Portsmouth, NH

73 years ago today, on 10 April 1951 Gato-class submarine USS Cavalla SS-244 was commissioned for the second time, LCDR M.C. Duncan commanding. She was assigned to Submarine Squadron 8 and engaged in various fleet exercises in the Caribbean and off Nova Scotia.
MuseumShip at Galveston naval Museum, Galveston,. TX

On 10 April 1971 Soviet Foxtrot class Scorpion (B-427) was laid down at Sudomekh Shipyard Leningrad.

On 6 April 1946 Balao-class submarine USS Batfish SS-310 was decommissioned for the first time.
MuseumShip at Muskogee War Memorial Park - Home of the USS Batfish, MUskogee, OK

On 5 April 1958 the U.S. Navy's early attempt of a cruise missile submarine USS Growler SSG-577 was launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
MuseumShip at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY

81 years ago today, on 3 April 1944 Balao-class submarine USS Razorback SS-394 was commissioned with LCDR Albert M. Bontier in command.
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR

56 years ago today, on 2 April 1968 Gato-class submarine USS Croaker SS-246 was decommissioned for a 3rd and final time.
MuseumShip at Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, NY

on 1 April 1981 Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin SS-287 became a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, HI.
MuseumShip at USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, HI

on 1 April 1994 Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric attack submarine Foxtrot B-39 was decommissioned.