MuseumShip Blog

80 years go today, on 28 November 1945, PT-305 was Struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Museum ship at The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA

On 28 November 1969, hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship CSS Acadia was retired from active service and transferred to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography for use as a museum ship.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada

17 years ago today, on 27 November 2008, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 was retired from active service, and handed over to her new owners at Port Rashid in Dubai.
The QE2 Dubai, UAE

On 26 November 1968, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 was completed and started her sea trials.
The QE2 Dubai, UAE

On 25 November1930, Great lakes railroad car ferry SS City of Milwaukee was launched Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI.
SS City of Milwaukee, Manistee, MI

On 25 November 1944, during the Philippines campaign, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) was struck by two kamikazes, killing sixty-six men and causing a serious fire. The ship remained on station, however, and the fires were extinguished within two hours. She was detached for repairs the following day, and reached San Francisco on 20 December.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY

On 25 November 1942, Type VIIC/41 U-boat U-995 was laid down at Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany.
Museum ship at Deutscher Marinebund, Laboe, Germany

On 25 November 1937, Grom-class destroyer ORP Blyskawica (H34) was commissioned, Kmdr por. T. Morgenstern-Podjazd in command.
Museum ship at Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni, Gdynia, Poland

16 years ago today, on 24 November 2009, Treasury-class United States Coast Guard Cutter Ingham WHEC-35 arrived in Key West as museum ship.
USCGC Ingham Museum, Key West, FL

89 years ago today, on 24 November 1936, Stalinets-class submarine S-56 was laid down by shipyard #194 in Leningrad.
MuseumShip in Vladivostok, Russia