On 27 May 1945, Gearing-class destroyer USS Sarsfield (DD-837) was launched by the Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. Eugene S. Sarsfield. She was transferred to Taiwan as Te Yang (DG-925) on October 1 1977 and is now a museum ship in Tainan City, Taiwan.
On May 27 1943, PT-305 was launched by Higgins Industries in New Orleans.
MuseumShip at The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA
On 27 May 1914, Russian empire's icebreaker Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich was commissioned at the Vulcan Werft, Stettin, Germany.
Now MuseumShip Suur Tõll at Lennusadam, Tallinn, Estonia
93 years ago today, on 26 May 1933 Coast Guard lighthouse tender USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) was launched at Pusey & Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, DE, sponsored by Kristie Putnam.
MuseumShip at Lilac Preservation Project, New York, NY
On 26 May 1998 Essex class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was donated to the Aircraft Carrier Hornet foundation.
MuseumShip at USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA
