MuseumShip Blog

71 years ago today, on 3 February 1956, Soviet Union Whiskey-class  submarine S-290 was commissioned.
She was sold to Indonesia in the early 60's as KRI Pasopati (410), and is now a MuseumShip in Surabaya.

3 February 1973, USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) was decommissioned.
Lilac Preservation Project, New York, NY

3 February 1945, USS LCS(L)(3)-102 was launched at Commercial Iron works, Portland, OR.
She was transferred to Japan in April 1953 as JDS Himawari, on to Thailand as HTMS Nakha (LSSL-751) in 1966 and returned to the US in 2007. Now a museum ship in Vallejo, CA.