MuseumShip Blog

On 27 May 1911 former tender of the White Star Line SS Nomadic was completed and acquired
MuseumShip SS Nomadic, Belfast, UK
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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

62 years ago today, on 25 May 1964 Grayback class submarine USS Growler SSG-577 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Intrepid Museum, New York, NY

60 years ago today, on 25 May 1966 Danish Peder Skram-class frigate HDMS Peder Skram (F352) was commissioned with Cdr Sg. Jørgen V. Stilling in command.
MuseumShip Fregatten Peder Skram at Museet Skibene på Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark

On 25 May 1947, Burmese HMBS Mayu was commissioned, Lieutenant Commander Khin Maung Bo in command.
She was the former River-class frigate HMS Fal.
MuseumShip at Myanmar Naval Training Headquarters, Yangon, Myanmar

82 years ago, on 23 May 1944, Balao-class submarine USS Razorback (SS-394) ran aground in the late evening of 23 May 1944 at Race Rock Light outside New London submarine base.
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR