MuseumShip Blog

16 December 1944, today 73 years ago USS Torsk SS-423 was commissioned with Cdr Bafford E. Lewellen in command.

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Added Light Vessel 93 to the site as 293rd museum ship:

Some pretty rare pictures of Dutch Schorpioen-class monitor HNLMS Schorpioen, provided by Ron van Maanen, taken during her renovation at 'The Schelde' shipyard in Vlissingen (Netherlands) in 1985.

She was then transferred to Middelburg as a museum ship. In 1998 the Royal Netherlands Navy purchased her back and she is now part of the Marine Museum in Den Helder as pictured below:

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Added London's SS Robin to the site as 292nd museum ship:

Added 291st museum ship to the site: Australian pilot boat 'John Oxley':