MuseumShip Blog

85 years ago today, on 12 May 1941 Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Whyalla (J-153) was launched at Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd in whyalla, south Australia.
MuseumShip at Whyalla City Council, Whyalla, SA, Australia

82 years ago today, on 11 May 1944, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389) was commissioned. She was transferred to Estonia on 5 September 1997 as 'Valvas' (PVL-109), and is now a museum ship in Tallinn, Estonia.
MuseumShip at Eesti Meremuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia

On 24 May 1900 protected Cruiser Aurora was launched at Admiralty Shipyard St. Petersburg.
MuseumShip in St. Petersburg, Russia

40 years ago today, on 10 May 1986 Iowa class battleship USS Missouri BB-63 was commissioned for a second time in San Francisco with Capt. Albert Lee Kaiss in command.
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI

On 10 May 1902 excursion steamship SS Columbia was launched.
SS Columbia Project, Buffalo, NY

80 years ago today, on 10 May 1946 Gearing-class destroyer USS Eversole DD-789 was commissioned with, Commander B. P. Ross in command. She was transferred to Turkey as TCG Gayre - (D-352) on 11 July 1973.
MuseumShip in Izmit, Turkey

93 years ago today, on 10 May 1933 Finnish submarine Vesikko launched at Crichton-Vulcan dock in Turku, Finland.
MuseumShip at Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, Helsinki, Finland

80 years ago today, on 9 May 1945 German Type VIIC/41 submarine U-995 surrendered at Trondheim, Norway
MuseumShip at Deutscher Marinebund, Laboe, Germany

113 years ago today, on 8 May 1913 CGS Acadia launched at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
MuseumShip at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada

On 8 May 1943 Mazapeta (YT-181) was launched at Gibbs Gas Engine Co. Jacksonville, FL.