54 years ago today, on 14 July 1969, Swedish Lightship Finngrundet was decommissioned. She was replaced by an unmanned caisson lighthouse and became a museum ship attached to the Vasa Museum.
MuseumShip at the Swedish National Maritime Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
On July 12 1945, Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Glendale (PF-36) was decommissioned and transferred to the Soviet Union. She was later returned and transferred to Thailand on 29 October 1951, where she is now a museum ship at the Thai Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
On 12 July 1943 Balao-class submarine USS Pampanito SS-383 was launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
MuseumShip at San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, San Francisco, CA
55 years ago today, on 12 July 1968 hydrofoil HMCS Bras d'Or FHE-400 was launched at Marine Industries Limited, Sorel-Tracy, Quebec.
Musée maritime du Québec - Capitaine J.E, Bernier, L'islet, QC, Canada
47 years ago today, on 12 July 1976 Lightship Huron (LV-103) was added to the National Register for Historic Places
Port Huron Museums, Port Huron, MI
