81 years ago today, 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
58 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
On 12 July 1995 French Daphne class submarine Flore (S645) was hauled onto a Lorient slipway and from then on she is maintained by a group of former submariners called the MESMAT Association (Musée de l'escadrille des sous-marins de l'Atlantique)
20 years ago today, on 12 July 2006, White Star Line tender SS Nomadic leaves Le Havre, France to become a museum ship in Belfast, UK
MuseumShip SS Nomadic, Belfast, UK
50 years ago today, on 11 July 1973 Gearing-class destroyer USS Eversole (DD-789) was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey as TCG Gayret (D-352).
MuseumShip in Izmit, Turkey
9 years ago today, on 11 July 2014, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender, EML Valvas (PVL-109), former USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389), was decommissioned, and is now a museum ship Lennusadam Seaplane Harbour, Tallinn, Estonia.
22 years ago today, on 9 July 2001, Thai HTMS Tachin (PF-1) , former Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Glendale (PF-36), became a museum ship at the Thai Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
She was dismantled and transported by truck to the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, re-assembled, and has been on display there since 9 July 2001 with all her original armament intact
54 years ago today, on 9 July 1969 HMCS Bras d’Or (FHE-400), becomes the world’s fastest warship, setting a record speed of 62 knots! Two knots over her designed maximum speed.
MuseumShip at Musée mariitme du Québec - Capitaine J.E. Bernier, L'Islet, QC, Canada
