MuseumShip Blog

On 29 December 1941, Pennsylvania-class battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was decommissioned.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI

On 29 December 1951, Dutch tug Holland entered service for Doeksen shipping.
Zeesleepboot Holland, Harlingen, Netherlands

On 28 December 1967, Soviet Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric attack submarine B-39 was commissioned.
Martime Museum of San Diego, CA

On 28 December 1975, Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier 'Kiev' was commissioned.
Preserved at Tianjin Binhai Aircraft Carrier Theme Park, Tianjin, China

On 25 December 1939, Stalinets-class submarine S-56 was launched at Dalzavod, Vladivostok.
Museum ship in Vladivostok, Russia

On 25 December 1970, Russian Foxtrot-class subamrine B440 was commissioned.
Museum ship in Vologda Oblast, Russia

On 23 December 1909, Florida-class battleship USS Utah (BB-31) was launched at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, NJ., sponsored by Miss Mary Alice Spry, daughter of Governor William Spry of Utah.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI

56 years ago today, on 23 December 1968, Coastal tanker Mary A. Whalen ran aground on a sandbar off Rockaway Point outside New York harbor.
Museum ship Mary A. Whalen, New York, NY

With only one submission, there is no need for a vote,and Adiran Plantenga is hereby declared the winner of the March 2022 Cover Photo contest, with his picture of the former HNLMS Sittard M830.
Sittard is a Dokkum-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy build at Niestern, Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands with American MDAP funds. She served the Dutch Navy from 1956 thru November 1997 and is now in service as corps ship for the Harlingen Sea Cadets
Congrats Adiran!

56 years ago today, on 18 December 1969, Indian Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine INS Kursura (S20) was commissioned at Riga, Soviet Union, Cdr A Auditto commanding.
Museum ship in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India