MuseumShip Blog

On 15 March 1952 unique research submarine USS Albacore AGSS-569 keel was laid at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine.
MuseumShip  at USS Albacore Submarine and Museum., Portsmouth, NH

On 7 March 1952, Balao-class submarine USS Batfish SS-310 was commisssioned for the second time with LCDR Robert J. Jackson in command.
MuseumShip at Muskogee War Memorial Park - Home of the USS Batfish, Muskogee, OK

98 years ago today, on 5 March 1927, Soviet Dekabrist-class submarine 'Narodovolets' was laid down at the Baltic plant Leningrad (St Petersburg)
MuseumShip at St. Petersburg, Russia

55 years ago today, on 4 March 1968, Tench-class submarine USS Torsk SS-423 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Historic Ships in Baltimore, MD

On 4 March 1943, Gato-class submarine USS Cavalla SS-244 was laid down at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
Galveston Naval Museum, TX

On 3 March 1980, the worlds first operational nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus SSN-571 was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Submarine Force Museum Association, Home of the USS Nautilus, Groton, CT

On 1 March 1980, Nazario Sauro-class Italian Submarine Nazario Sauro (S 518) was commissioned.
Museum Ship at Galata Museo de Mare, Genova, Italy

80 years ago today, on February 29 1944, Gato-class submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244) was commissioned for the first time, LCdr Herman J Kossler in command.
Museum Ship at Galveston Naval Museum, TX. Here seen around 1974

79 years ago today USS Cobia suffers her only casualty of WWII.
20mm loader Ralph Clark Huston Jr was wounded by enemy fire the day before during an egagement in which Cobia sank two targets with gunfire. He succumbs to his wounds and is buried at sea the on February 27 1945.

On 25 February 1945, Balao-class submarine USS Clamagore SS-343 was launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT, sponsored by Miss Mary Jane Jacobs, daughter of Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs.